Recent research contributions and main numerical and experimental findings – TES systems integrated in buildings. Case studies. –
50.00 € – 300.00 €This lesson will introduce the most recent research contributions and results regarding PCM integration into building envelope components and active systems. In particular…
TES systems for heating and cooling in buildings’ applications (active) – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €This lesson will introduce the basic concepts of PCM integration into building envelope systems and will analyse the main thermo-physical effects of such passive strategy.
Integration of PCMs into building envelopes and thermo-physical considerations (passive) – 2 ECTS…
100.00 € – 600.00 €This lesson will introduce the basic concepts of PCM integration into building envelope systems and will analyse the main thermo-physical effects of such passive strategy.
Selection of TES for given boundary conditions in buildings – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €The present lesson is restricted to active storage systems for heating and cooling building applications. The methodology has two major steps. The…
Building soft skills in management and entrepreneurship – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €This lesson is designed to provide concepts, tools and techniques of soft skills in management and entrepreneurship. It provides an overview of main soft skills necessary to…
Scaling your start-up – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €Once a startup has found a business model that works, it enters the scaling phase between a startup and a company. This is often a period of rapid expansion, both in terms…
Funding your start-up – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €You’ve found your customers, built a business model, road tested your startup, and now you are ready to seek funding to get started. This Lesson, “Funding your startup”…
Legal forms of companies – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €Once a startup goes from an idea to an operating business, it needs to be registered as a company – but what kind of company, and where? This Lesson…
Business planning foundations – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €A business needs more than a good product idea to be successful. It needs customers as well as a profitable business model that allows it…
Opportunity assessment – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €To you, your startup is special and your product is genius. To an investor, your startup is one of many and, statistically, it is very likely to fail.
Find your customer – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €You have a great idea. That great idea will make a great product. As soon as the product is available, customers will automatically know about it and rush.
Project lifecycle. Project follow-up and justification. General project management skills – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €Project management plays a critical role in the research world. Once funding for a project has been secured with a successful proposal, it is important to effectively initiate…
Types of funding. Proposal writing and submission. Evaluation of project proposals – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €This lesson focuses on existing types of funding available for research and innovation activities, at the different levels such as national, European or worldwide.
Traditional Media coverage. Community dissemination and new media. Report writing – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €This lesson looks at how best an academic can disseminate his or her research findings. It starts by considering traditional media coverage…
Participation in scientific conferences – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €This topic includes lessons on How to write a paper for conference and seminars. The topic includes a series of lectures in which the skill set required to disseminate research…
Publication in scientific journals – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €This topic includes lessons on: How to write a paper, How to get published, How to make submission, How to respond to the reviewers comments and Open…
Business analysis tools – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €The business analysis tools lesson looks a number of tools which are available in the context of developing new markets. The lesson…
Idea generation methods – 2 ECTS
100.00 € – 600.00 €The aim of the course is to enable participants to apply methods of idea generation on their own project. Who is this course for? Everyone…
Intellectual Property and Intellectual Property Rights – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €This lesson is designed to provide basic concepts and definitions of IP (Intellectual Property) and IPR (Intellectual Property Rights). It provides an…
Basics of patents and classification systems – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €This lesson is designed to provide basic concepts on patents and the main classification systems, which are used by examiners or other people to categorise with great…
Theoritical and numerical analysis of multi-dimensional heat transfer – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €This lesson provides basic knowledge on the methods used in the analysis of heat transfer problems. In the first part theoretical (analytical) methods used for…
Heat transfer fundamentals – 3 ECTS
150.00 € – 900.00 €The aim of this lesson is to present fundamental issues of basic modes of heat transfer, i.e. heat conduction, convective heat transfer and radiation. For each…
Modelling of thermochemical storage – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €Solid-gas adsorption is an interesting solution for thermal energy storage because of the energy density and heat power storage/release. Basically, adsorption….
Process-related properties characterisation: Chemical properties – 1 ECTS
50.00 € – 300.00 €This lesson explains how to determine the chemical properties of TES materials. It is important in materials to predicting the performance and understanding the…