EnergyLab Technology Centre
EnergyLab Technology Centre

Overview

EnergyLab is a private technology centre specialised in energy efficiency and sustainability. It is a non-profit private entity set up on 2008 as an initiative of the industry and the Regional Government. EnergyLab identifies, develops and promotes technologies, processes, products and consumption behaviours able to contribute to the improvement of the energy efficiency and sustainability through its applications in industry, domestic products, mobility and buildings. In 2014, EnergyLab was recognised as National Technological Centre by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and it is member of ATIGA (Galician Technological Alliance). The technological aspect of the centre’s activity covers four main areas: - Bioenergy: this area develops projects related to different kind of renewable and alternative energy such as: biogas, biomass, geothermal, wave energy, etc. - Sustainable Mobility: electric mobility, gas mobility, etc. - Efficient Buildings: this area integrates the energy efficiency and renewable… EnergyLab laboratories include high-tech equipment and offer their services to develop R+D+I projects related to the recovery of organic and biomass waste together with new biofuels testing for transport.

*Mobility: EnergyLab has specialised equipment which allows the centre to research on the alternative mobility area. As far as alternative fuels are concerned, there is a test bench to characterise the performance of gas fuels. It includes a dualised diesel cycle motor and an Otto cycle engine with biofuel system. Both of them are completely sensorised and include emissions measuring systems. In addition, there is also a gas mixer which allows to synthesise mixtures composed by up to 5 gases. In terms of electric mobility, the centre owns equipment to characterise the performance of batteries, charge and discharge, deep discharge and determination of capacity. The engine test bench for new fuels is equipped with a regenerative braking system and two combustion engines (diesel and petrol), stacks of…. *Laboratory Services:

Characterisation of Electrical Energy Accumulation Systems
Characterisation of Organic Waste and Determination of Potential -Advanced Engineering in Anaerobic Digestion and Biomethane Production Processes
Characterisation of Biomass Fuels for Their Improvement by the Selection of Additives and Biomass Energy Valuation
Use of Alternative Fuels in Internal Combustion Engines

*Diagnosis and Energy Management:

Pre-audit and Detail Energy Audits
Compressed Air Networks Audits
Implementation of Platforms to Monitor Energy Consumption
M&V Energy Savings - Technical Assistance for the Implementation of the ISO 50001 Standard
Fleet Audit

*Simulation: 

Building Energy Simulation
CFD Simulation
Life-cycle analysis (LCA)

* Other services:

Monitoring Researches and Technological Analysis
Property Engineering
Training courses for EVO certification level
Training courses for Energy Auditors
Course on the Use of Measurement Equipment and…. Yes. service.