Squash · Tennis · Dancefloor
One energy store for three complementary renewable technologies.
Imagine a universal, easily deployable structure that houses both true sportsmanship and cutting-edge technology. Capsule Piezoelectric Courts use pioneering piezoelectric, quantum and thermogenerating technologies to generate and store clean energy — while you simply enjoy the game. The air inside is cleaned with special filters.
Now the question is not only who will win, but who will generate more energy?
The project received funding (260k PLN) from the “Granty na Eurogranty” programme by PARP.
A seemingly ordinary court hides a pioneering piezoelectric coating underneath, generating electrical energy with every step the players take and every bounce of the ball. The layer also enables precise activity mapping for sports analysis.
The fibreglass capsule is QD-MFC™ — Quantum Dots Multifunctional Composite: a multifunctional polyester-glass laminate with quantum dots, integrated with 4th generation photovoltaics (BIPV). It generates renewable energy from scattered sunlight.
Integrated into the ventilation system, the GTG is the world's first fully flexible, shape-personalised thermoelectric cell based on two-dimensional graphene. It produces electricity from thermal energy.
The energy generated by the court is stored at the back, from where it is distributed to the building or the city grid.
A new construction material: a multifunctional polyester-glass laminate with quantum dots — transparent and translucent like glass, yet flexible. The first on a global scale to offer power generation where classic photovoltaics fail: shipbuilding, off-shore, military, rail, aerospace and medical equipment.
Founder of BJORG Tech Sp. z o.o. and Constellation.love, initiator and inventor of QD-MFC™, originator of the eko-system.net revenue-inclusive ecosystem, initiator of Capsule Piezoelectric Squash Courts.
Lecturer at KUL University, scientist and laboratory contractor working on translucent current-generating quantum glass and improvements to QD-MFC™.
Lecturer at Rzeszów University of Technology, materials scientist and laboratory contractor working on the Graphene ThermoElectric Generator.
Polish radio and television journalist (Warner Bros / TVN24), Grand Press Journalist of the Year 2015 — and a respected squash enthusiast.
Polish engineer at CERN, astronaut of the European Space Agency. “Maybe we will take your technology into space?”
Serial startup mentor and co-founder of TeenCrunch.