In October 2019, the EU-funded initiative “Switch2Save” (grant agreement No. 869929) was launched to improve the availability and affordability of electrochromic and thermochromic smart glass technologies. About one year later, the first project results show that the use of these technologies in combination with intelligent switching protocols can reduce the primary energy use of extensively glazed buildings by up to 70%. During an online workshop on “Energy Efficient Technologies for Building Envelopes” from 25-27 November 2020, the project members will present the project progress.
JOLED Inc. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan), an OLED expert and manufacturer of 4K OLED by printing technology, started testing digital signage using its OLED displays in cooperation with JR East Retail Net Co., Ltd. (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan) at the NewDays stores of JR Ichigaya Station and other stations starting from Sunday, 1 November 2020. Through this initiative, JOLED will demonstrate the usefulness of in-store digital signage using JOLED’s medium-sized and high-resolution OLED displays, aiming to expand applications for various uses of signage.
Climate change, shortage of raw materials and the impending traffic gridlocks are forcing a switch to post-fossil energy sources. The solution is: Electromobility. It can create the freedom of movement that modern societies need. New materials are used because new design concepts and functionalities will be realised and integrated in the car of the future. Design, entertainment and communication play an important role as do new energy storage systems such as the fuel cell or the lithium ion battery. This is where the "Bonding Engineers" of Lohmann (Neuwied, Germany) come into play. In the field of functional tapes in particular, the company has been using its inventiveness to introduce innovations that play a considerable role in developments in the electromobility sector.
