Go to contents 28 Enhanced R&D and QA with in-house testing rig Key achievements in 2022 Our activities in 2022 were focused on the design and planning for this rig. Production of the rig began in the later part of the year. In Q4, the steel parts were successfully fabricated, pre-assembled for quality inspection at their manufacturing plant. Focuses for 2023 In January 2023, the steel parts arrived at our facility. Construction and calibration of the rig will be completed in Q2 2023. Funded by the 2014-2021 Norwegian Financial Mechanism Program “Business Development, Innovation and SMEs” EEA and Norway Grants, we are constructing a testing rig on our premises in Vilnius. The additional rig with a larger capacity will be operated by the Project Technology Unit team. They will continue to ensure that every Staticus project is verified via physical testing both before production begins, and throughout the production process. The team will be able to use this rig for visual mock-ups as well as performance testing. The rig is large enough to accommodate over-size units and enable us to run full test sequences in accordance with CWCT and European standards at our premises. It will also further enhance our in-house quality control and quality assurance programme. Furthermore, it will be a valuable asset for our R&D and prototyping work, allowing our engineers to quickly collect a range of testing data without having to leave Staticus’ facility. Improved performance with IoT technology Staticus’ R&D team is exercising ways to integrate Internet of Things (IoT) technology in our façades with the goal of enhancing building performance, and reducing maintenance costs. Achieving this can have a significant impact on carbon emission reduction over the lifetime of a building. The team is developing façades with integrated sensors. These sensors deliver real time data to a digital twin, allowing us to monitor façade performance. Once this data is integrated into the building management system (BMS), the BMS can be optimised for improved energy use and faster responses to changing conditions or potential issues. This is because our sensors are able to collect data that is otherwise unavailable to traditional BMSs, creating much richer datasets. Another important advantage of IoT is related to façade end of life and component reuse. By tracking and archiving information on components in our digital twin library, we will be able to accurately determine which components are still reusable. We can then plan for their retrieval and reuse. This will allow us to have an impact on parts of the value chain that we are not yet directly involved in. Key achievements in 2022 In 2022, we worked on building the physical and software components required to have a fully functioning façade monitoring application. This application will be used by the Staticus Care team to identify and address potential issues using a predictive maintenance system. Our project partner KTU worked on creating the digital twin concept, which is now in the final stages of development. Meanwhile, OsloMet and SINTEF, who are also project partners, continued with the development of a predictive model to alert Staticus Care personnel of potential non-conformance issues in the hybrid unitized façade. Our partners ADD Business Solutions worked on the development of the cloud platform that will ingest, store and process the collected sensor and weather data. Focuses for 2023 Our goal for 2023 is to integrate all of these components into a user friendly online and mobile platform. This platform will stream live data from our IoT mock-up, providing us with proof of concept. R&D Activities and Digitalization I believe that these activities, and our long term commitment to R&D, are boosting the innovation mindset within Staticus, providing a space similar to a playground where people can test, try and experiment. “ Aušra Vankeviėičtū, Group CEO, Staticus