GREiA is a research group driven by the need to develop technological solutions for the industry related to the field of sustainability through research, technology transfer and training. The research group is known worldwide for its research, in energy and artificial intelligence but also diversified into other technological areas of research, such as the new research line on leather tanning. Thus the research group’s activity is related to five research areas: energy engineering, industrial and construction design, energy sustainability, artificial intelligence and the development of more sustainable tanning processes.  The group works in numerous interdisciplinary EU projects (Innova MicroSOLAR, HYBUILD, SWS‐Heating, SolBio‐Rev, etc.). GREiA research is based on thermal energy storage (TES) and energy efficiency in processes, in all its aspects, from the development and characterization of materials to the evaluation and improvement of heat exchange, laboratory and pilot plant experimentation, modeling at component and system level, and energy optimization. In regard to materials, the focus is on the use of sustainable materials with low environmental impact, the use of by‐products and waste, and the life cycle analysis (LCA) of materials and systems. In the field of artificial intelligence, predictive control and deep‐learning techniques are being applied in hybrid energy systems (TES, photovoltaic, network, etc.) that allow optimal planning of operations. Such optimal control of the systems in real time can be achieved by an efficient coding of the problem and correct integration of the optimization and machine learning tools. All in all, its vision is to be a reference group in engineering at an international level, linked to the environment of the University of Lleida.

i-TES, Italy

Consiglioi Nazionale delle Ricerche. Instituto di Tecnologie Avanzate per l’Energia “Nicola Giordano” (CNR-ITAE), Italy.

The University of Auckland (UoA), New Zealand.

Università degli Studi di Perugia (UniPG), Italy

Loughborough University (LU), UK.

Universidad de Antofagasta (UA), Chile

Ben‐Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Israel.

A secondment for 6 months is offered at i‐TES, which is a start-up company developing and commercializing phase change materials (PCM) for thermal energy storage (TES) applications. Through this secondment, the research fellow will gain insights in product development at lab level, but also to consider and develop scale‐up of the process and bringing the products closer to the market.