Innovation is a concept that has a commercial value for Esbensen. Innovation Management is one of the newer areas Esbensen has developed its competencies. Many R & D projects leads to realization of ideas and knowledge and to tangible products, but often a driving force in getting from the laboratory to the market is missing. It is this role Esbensen fills through active innovation management.
Esbensen has focused on developing these skills in several of our employees so that we can help companies and partners with innovative management, so that the ideas companies can be realized and integrated in a commercially available product.

Examples of Esbensen's innovation leadership in various areas:

• REFRAME - development of an entirely new concept for opening windows with an extremely low U-value (<0.6 kWh/m2K in standard test measures), which is demonstrated in full scale in laboratories and are patent pending. Now a dialogue with producers is initiated about further development, production and launch of the product, which will set a new standard for window designs and performances. Esbensen has been the head of the international consortium from the idea to the stage we are at today. Esbensen is also in charge of the dialogue with the producers that is about to begin

• THE MODERN CURTAIN - development of an entirely new type of textiles, which gives the same indoor environment and thermal characteristics as known from more traditional solar shading technologies. Esbensen has been in the head of the analysis and documentation of the theoretical properties of the product and assists the consortium with the basis of decisions to take the step toward commercialization of specific products

• LOW ENERGY HOUSING - development of a comprehensive approach to energy efficient prefabricated housing in tropical climate. The project was initiated under the auspices of a B2B project under Danida in cooperation with a Thai producer of prefabricated building components, under the leadership of EnergiMidt of DK. Esbensen is responsible for the overall concept of improvements of energy and indoor environment. Esbensen is also in charge of the theoretical analysis and detailed measurements of the actual prototypes. Furthermore we assist in the strategic decisions about the marketing strategy for the final products which will be launched on the Thai market.

Please contact director of development Henrik Sørensen for further information about innovation management.