The innobite project, co-funded by the EU, aims to valorize urban and agricultural residues by developing biobased materials for the construction sector. Its 2nd workshop on February 20, 2014, in San Sebastian focuses on the potential of biocomposites, highlighting advancements in bio-thermosetting polymers and cellulose nanofibres. The workshop discusses the competitive aspects of biobased products, including regulatory, scientific, and environmental performance factors.

1. INNOBITE is a research project co-funded by the European
Community Seventh Framework Programme for European
Research and Technological Development, and has received
research funding from the European Union
Grant Agreement No: 308.465
INNOBITE’s 2nd Workshop
Biocomposites &
EcoConstruction
20th Feb 2014
san sebastian
INNOBITE´s 2nd WORKSHOP LOCATION
TECNALIA Donostia
Teknologi Parkea, Paseo Mikeletegi, 2, 20009 Donostia
San Sebastian, Spain
GENERAL INFORMATION
Costs
The event is sponsored by Tecnalia and
free of charge for the participants.
Contact arantxa.artola@tecnalia.com
www.innobite.eu

2. INNOBITE’s 2nd Workshop
Current unused by-products and wastes from various biobased sources amount to a total of 2.8 bn tons/year
in the EU. With the aim of better valorizing urban and agricultural residues, INNOBITE project is currently developing a new generation of biobased materials and composites, allowing the production of better-performing
components for application in the construction sector.
INNOBITE project’s “Biocomposites for Eco-construction Workshop” aims to disseminate the potential of
biocomposites, based in new bio-thermosetting polymers and cellulose nanofibres as reinforcement, in the
construction sector.
Biocomposites for Ecoconstruction
20th Feb Programme
In addition to the inorganic fraction, the biorefinery process will also
provide cellulose and lignin. These fractions, along with the inorganic
fraction (mainly silica) can be used to produce lignin based thermosetting resin, lignin based thermoplastic resin and silica biocomposites,
which in turn can be used in the production of decking, fencing and
indoor panels.
Ecoconstruction and the INNOBITE Project
In order to have competitive biobased products in the market, each
step of the value chain needs to be competitive: the feedstock supply,
the processing, as well as the product(s) and market (both in terms of
price and environmental performance). The workshop attempts to address these aspects from both regulatory and scientific perspectives,
not only including the legal framework perspective in the construction
sector at European level and the environmental impact assessment of
these biomaterials, but also covering the latest scientific developments on biobased reinforcements and thermosetting polymers.
Workshop Organizer: Arantxa Artola and Alvaro Tejado, TECNALIA
Place & Date: Teknologi Parkea, San Sebastian / 20th February 2014
Contact: arantxa.artola@tecnalia.com
Introduction
INNOBITE project and 2nd Workshop
Alvaro Tejado (TECNALIA)
09:30-10:00
The role of materials and products in
sustainable construction
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Patxi Hernandez (TECNALIA)
Environmental Impact Assesment of constructing
biomaterials by means the LCA tool.
Case study: INNOBITE
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Julia Fernandez de Casas (VTG)
10:30-11:00
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Nuevos Bioplasticos Termoestables
Jokin Hidalgo (TECNALIA)
11:00-11:10
Open discussion on the previous topics
11:10-11:40
Coffee break
11:40-12:10
Cellulose Nanofibres as reinforcement
of composites
Gilberto Siqueira (EMPA)
One of the main objectives of the INNOBITE project is “to develop
and integrate a biorefinery process that is an environmentally acceptable method for the effective extraction of the inorganic fraction
of wheat straw”, a sub-process that has not yet been developed nor
integrated in existing biorefineries. A biorefinery is a highly sustainable
process that enables the successive extraction of the different valuable fractions of plants, similar to how a crude oil refinery enables extraction of valuable fractions from crude oil.
Registration and Welcome
09:00-9:30
Biocomposites and the INNOBITE project
08:30-9:00
Finite Element Analysis in composites.
Case study: INNOBITE
Carmen Tola (ACF)
12:40-13:10
Advanced Nanocomposites
Galder Kortaberria (UPV/EHU)
13:10-13:40
Permacultura y Sostenibilidad
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en la Construccion
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David Gonzalez
(IRAUN PERMAKULTURA)
10:00-10:30
12:10-12:40
13:40-13:50
Open discussion on the previous topics
13:50-14:00
Closing of the Workshop
Concluding Remarks
INNOBITE partner
INVITED speaker (Gratefully Acknowledged)
Alvaro Tejado (TECNALIA)