DGAP-News: Dyesol Limited / Key word(s): Miscellaneous/Miscellaneous Dyesol Limited: Tata Steel, LCRI invest in energy from buildings research 01.04.2011 / 08:14 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Tata Steel, LCRI invest in energy from buildings research At the opening of the SBEC (Sustainable Building Envelope Centre), the First Minister of Wales and other visitors inspected prototype demonstration roof modules produced by the Dyesol Tata Steel team at the PV Accelerator building on the Shotton site. This is the first public demonstration of prototype roof modules incorporating DSC on steel. The Tata Steel announcement on the opening of SBEC follows. Tata Steel and LCRI invest in research to generate energy from buildings Tata Steel has today unveiled a new centre which will develop and demonstrate ultimate low-carbon, low-energy sustainable construction technologies. The Sustainable Building Envelope Centre (SBEC) will also highlight the commitment by Tata Steel to designing innovative solutions to the energy challenges facing UK industry. The Centre, to be opened by First Minister of Wales Carwyn Jones, is the result of a collaboration between the Welsh Assembly Government, the Low Carbon Research Institute (LCRI) and Tata Steel. SBEC, based at Tata Steel's site at Shotton, Deeside, will be a showcase for sustainable products and used to test and monitor new integrated heating, energy and ventilation systems on the fabric of the building. At SBEC, a team of researchers and technologists will create building façades - the walls and roofs - which will transform the buildings from being energy consumers into energy generators. SBEC was designed by the Welsh School of Architecture (WSA) in partnership with Tata Steel and already incorporates several prototype renewable energy systems that will be tested and monitored as part of the initial work programmes. Tata Steel's involvement in the £6.5 million SBEC project is just the latest in a number of investments in technology with the aim of improving the sustainability both of the steel industry and the industries it services. In addition, Tata Steel and Dyesol recently announced that they had decided to expand their £11 million joint photovoltaics development project based at the PV Accelerator Centre at the Tata Steel site at Shotton. Meanwhile the £20 million SPECIFIC project at Baglan in South Wales has been set up to study other new coatings for steel and other substrates that can generate power. Uday Chaturvedi, Chief Technical Officer of Tata Steel in Europe, said: 'Buildings are responsible for almost half of the UK's carbon emissions, half of its water consumption, around a third of its landfill waste and a quarter of all raw materials used in the economy. This means that the UK's sustainable development targets cannot be met without a fundamental change to the way in which buildings are constructed. The steel industry can be part of the solution and these projects demonstrate our commitment to helping to develop a sustainable future.' ENDS For further information, please call: Tata Steel Bob Jones: 0207 717 4532, 07764 710340, bob.jones@tatasteel.com Brunswick Group David Litterick, Teresa Bianchi: 020 7404 5959 About Tata Steel in Europe The European operations of Tata Steel (formerly known as Corus) comprise Europe's second largest steel producer. With main steelmaking operations in the UK and the Netherlands, the company supplies steel and related services to the construction, automotive, packaging, material handling and other demanding markets worldwide. Tata Steel is one of the world's top ten steel producers. The combined group has an aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 28 million tonnes and approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. For further information contact Mrs Sylvia Tulloch on +61 (0) 405 357 451 or Mr Richard Caldwell on +61 (0) 412 544 024 Note to editors The Technology - DYE SOLAR CELLS DSC technology can best be described as 'artificial photosynthesis' using an electrolyte, a layer of titania (a pigment used in white paints and tooth paste) and ruthenium dye deposited on glass, metal or polymer substrates. Light striking the dye excites electrons which are absorbed by the titania to become an electric current many times stronger than that found in natural photosynthesis in plants. Compared to conventional silicon based photovoltaic technology, Dyesol's technology has lower cost and embodied energy in manufacture, it produces electricity more efficiently even in low light conditions and can be directly incorporated into buildings by replacing conventional glass panels or metal sheets rather than taking up roof or extra land area. The Company - DYESOL Limited Dyesol is a global solar technology company and in August 2005 was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX: DYE). Dyesol manufactures and supplies a range of dye solar cell products comprising equipment, chemicals, materials, components and related services to researchers and manufacturers of DSC. The Company is playing a key role in taking this third generation solar technology out of the laboratory and into the community. More details about the company and the technology can be found at: http://www.dyesol.com End of Corporate News --------------------------------------------------------------------- 01.04.2011 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP's Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- 118028 01.04.2011
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