SPECIFIC IKC Phase 2

英国面临着提供安全、可持续和负担得起的能源系统的挑战。采用集中式发电模式，升级电力基础设施的成本估计为2000亿英镑。我们相信，建筑作为发电站的概念可以创造一个全新的制造业和商业机会，并大大减少为下一代创造安全未来所需的投资。即使将电力基础设施投资减少10%，英国也能获得200亿英镑的机会，这在发达国家也是一样的。到目前为止，在我们的旅程中，我们已经产生了巨大的影响，而SPECIFIC是确保这些颠覆性技术商业化的关键组成部分，主要是通过在建筑环境中领导新技术的示范。在研究方面的领导地位和卓越表现得到了149篇论文的发表、国际受邀会议的演讲和29项专利的不断扩大的投资组合的支持。一个由超过52个早期采用者组成的工业合作伙伴网络，从大型企业到一系列快速发展和创新的中小企业，都得到了发展。在没有公司或市场的地方，我们选择分拆出两家公司。除此之外，还为大规模研究和产品制造示范创造了世界一流的设施，包括三条试验线，配有世界一流的科研仪器。今年7月Solcer示范房的开业是一个重要的里程碑；与威尔士建筑学院（加的夫）和建筑供应链的同事们一起，这个“活跃的房子”以一种独特的方式利用现有技术，产生的能量是其消耗的两倍。该住宅结合了太阳能发电、热能发电和存储系统，是全球独一无二的，建筑成本低于15万英镑，价格合理。进入下一个十年，挑战与机遇并存。我们打算以前四年的成功为基础，向市场提供关键的新技术，包括印刷光伏电池，其成本是目前商业硅成本的一半，更安全的建筑规模的水电池，为可再生能源发电提供了时间转移的机会，以及太阳能热集成存储解决方案，创造了不需要燃气加热的活跃建筑。这些领域中的每一个都代表着10亿英镑的机会，它们共同创造了一个令人信服的案例，让我们的能源矩阵从集中发电和电网分配模式转变为分布式能源生产模式。这是一项颠覆性技术，因此准确的市场评估具有挑战性。然而，单独考虑国内新建房屋，2014年英国新建房屋145,000套，假设平均建筑成本为12.5万英镑（通过Solcer House项目证明），如果只有10%的新房使用建筑物作为发电站的概念，那么每年国内新建房屋的机会将达到18亿英镑。考虑到它价格合理，环保，并为业主提供额外的收入流，这个预测是保守的。改造的机会甚至比商业和工业建筑更大。相关的制造业机会将在建筑供应链上创造5000个工作岗位，并为以威尔士为中心的英国提供“千载难逢的机会”，使其能够利用在威尔士发明、开发、验证和制造的技术引领世界。在新的工业革命中，威尔士和英国可以成为发达国家和发展中国家的领导灯塔。

The UK faces a challenge of providing an energy system that is secure, sustainable and affordable. The cost of upgrading the power infrastructure is estimated to be £200bn using a centralised energy generation model. We believe that the Buildings as Power Stations concept can create a whole new manufacturing and business opportunity and dramatically reduce the investment required to create a secure future for the next generation. Even reducing the power infrastructure investment by 10% represents a £20bn UK opportunity which is mirrored across the developed world.So far on our journey we have had substantial impact and SPECIFIC is a key component to ensure commercialisation of these disruptive technologies principally though leadership of demonstration of new technology in the built environment. Research leadership and excellence is backed up by the publishing of 149 papers, international invited conference presentations and an expanding portfolio of 29 patents. A network of over 52 early adopter industrial partners, spanning both large corporates through to a selection of fast moving and innovative SMEs has also been grown. Where no company or market yet exists we have elected to spin two companies out. Alongside this, world class facilities have been created for large scale research and demonstration of product manufacture, including three pilot lines co-located with world class scientific research instrumentation. The opening of the Solcer Demonstration house in July this year is a key milestone; with colleagues at the Welsh School of Architecture (Cardiff) and the construction supply chain, this 'Active House' uses EXISTING technology harnessed in a unique way to generate up to twice as much energy as it uses. Combining solar electric and thermal generation and storage systems the house is globally unique and with a construction cost of under £150k it is affordable.The journey into the next decade brings both challenge and opportunity. We intend to build on the success of the first four years and to deliver critical new technologies to market, including printed photovoltaics at half the current commercial Si cost, safer building scale aqueous batteries delivering the opportunity to time shift renewable generation to demand, and solar thermal integrated storage solutions which create Active Buildings that do not require gas heating. Each of these sectors alone represent a billion pound opportunity and together they create a compelling case for a paradigm shift in our energy matrix from centralised generation and grid distribution to a model of distributed energy generation. This is disruptive technology so accurate market assessment is challenging. However, considering domestic new build in isolation, with 145,000 new UK homes built in 2014 and assuming an average £125k construction cost (proved through the Solcer House project) this translates to a >£1.8bn annual domestic new build opportunity if only 10% of new homes use the Buildings as Powerstations concept. Given it is affordable, environmentally friendly and offers building owners an additional income stream this projection is conservative. The opportunity in retrofit is even larger as is that in commercial and industrial buildings. The associated manufacturing opportunity will create 5000 jobs in the construction supply chain and give the UK, centred in Wales, a 'once in a lifetime opportunity' to lead the world using technology invented, developed, proven and manufactured here. Wales and the UK can be a beacon of leadership for developed and developing nations alike in a new industrial revolution.