A collection of case histories of successful collaborations between High Technology Network Laboratories and businesses. These are tangible and customisable examples of the application of new technologies, products, or services that show how industrial research can meet the needs of innovation.

Results: 8

INTEGRO - Integrated Floor System

High performance dry floor

INTEGRO is a simple warp horizontal wooden structure with plywood sandwich deck and core in GFRP moulded grating (glass-fibre reinforced plastic). The main structural features are the high degree of rigidity of the deck, especially with regards to...

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Sentiment Analysis Systems for Business Intelligence

Analysis ofthe opinions expressed on the internet on a topic

The implemented Social Business Intelligence system makes it possible to interpret and analyse unstructured texts generated and collected from the web, to extract qualitative and quantitative assessments. Specifically, the system exceeds the...

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Middleware solution to manage Private Clouds based on open source technology

Lower management costs for the company's IT

CIRI ICT laboratories have developed an innovative distributed Private Cloud Computing platform based on open-source software, as a valid alternative to expensive industrial solutions available on the market typically targeted to large size...

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Experimental green roofs for sustainable urban drainage

Green technologies for management of urban drainage

Two green roofs - part of the "Green roofs" project - have been installed on the LAGIRN laboratories of the Bologna University's School of Engineering and Architecture, via Terracini building, within the framework of researches carried out by CIRI E...

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Embedded Automatic Vision Systems

Multi smart camera system for indoor tracking

Implementation of a low cost embedded vision system with the use of smart cameras based on low-cost embedded hardware, where optics, acquisition sensor, processing and communication hardware are integrated in a single device. This aspect, on one hand...

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RE.SIS.TO® Fast method for the assessment of the seismic vulnerability of masonry and reinforced concrete buildings

Expeditious assessment of seismic vulnerability

A fast method to assess the seismic vulnerability of buildings in masonry and reinforced concrete is being patented. The preferential scope of application of this methodology is represented by buildings belonging to the built heritage of significant...

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Continuous monitoring of the indoor thermal comfort of public and private buildings

Indoor thermal comfort of public and private buildings

The system entails monitoring and storing the main indoor thermal comfort parameters of large sized public buildings, as well as private ones. The monitored parameters are: surface temperatures of internal and windowed walls, indoor air temperature...

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Continuous energy performance monitoring of ventilated facades

Energy monitoring of ventilated facades

The system entails to monitor and to store the main thermal parameters of ventilated facades to assess energy their performances. The monitored parameters are: the wall surface temperatures including air cavity, the temperature and the relative...

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