Projects

Engineering projects, research programmes and social innovation.

Explore our project websites and see details of current and completed funded programmes below.

Project descriptions are available in English here. Some linked technical project websites currently open in Hungarian.

LIFE S2C2

Stored Solar Energy for Clean Community Heating: a solar-powered modular system for processing and storing biomass to reduce air pollution from residential heating, with demonstration sites at three scales.

glia.hu/s2c2 ↗

ERAIS – European Rural AI Spine

Artificial intelligence

ERAIS – European Rural AI Spine

A sovereign, offline-first AI infrastructure concept for rural and infrastructure-constrained regions, featuring autonomous local AI nodes, federated learning and a replicable European rural AI backbone.

glia.hu/erais ↗

Modular housing

Housing

Modular housing

A modular housing system for disadvantaged families, from the concept and production facilities in Miskolc to seven pilot rental homes in Tarnabod.

glia.hu/modularis-lakohaz ↗

Rural Pact Action Leader

Recognition · European Commission

Rural Pact Action Leader

GLIA was recognised as a Rural Pact Action Leader by the European Commission’s Rural Pact Support Office for its Tarnabod 2.0 – Factory of the Future initiative.

glia.hu/rural-pact ↗

Modular rain gardens

Product development

Modular rain gardens

Expandable rain-garden basins assembled from prefabricated concrete modules. They retain stormwater locally and move it to plant roots through capillary action without pumps.

glia.hu/modularis-esokert ↗

TarnaJoule

Energy

TarnaJoule

Storing summer sunshine for winter: photovoltaic-powered biomass processing, woodchip boiler heating and a 1.6 km local district-heating network in Tarnabod.

glia.hu/tarnajoule ↗

ReBood Analog

Social enterprise

ReBood Analog

Turning waste into design and design into work: a Tarnabod workshop making products from invasive Japanese knotweed and recycled sheet metal, with local employment opportunities for women.

glia.hu/rebood ↗

SOIL-V4-80 soil sensor

Sensor technology

SOIL-V4-80 soil sensor

A 50 cm soil probe developed by GLIA and the University of Miskolc, measuring at four depths with self-calibrating FDR sensing, LoRaWAN communication and solar-powered autonomy.

glia.hu/talajszenzor ↗

Tarnabod Biodome

Agriculture

Tarnabod Biodome

The H4green all-season growing facility consists of four 80 m² double-polycarbonate greenhouses with sensor-based automated control and local operation.

glia.hu/biodom ↗

SmartDew

Irrigation

SmartDew

An AI-assisted solar-powered drip irrigation system for small, distributed plots, featuring an enclosed pump unit, remote supervision and nutrient dosing without grid electricity.

glia.hu/smartdew ↗

Bible Garden

Community

Bible Garden

A garden of biblical plants and interpretive quotation plaques at St Stephen’s Church in Tarnabod, maintained by local schoolchildren.

glia.hu/bibliakert ↗

Funded projects

Our projects and outcomes.

Funding proposal

TarnaJoule

A proposed sustainable energy model for Tarnabod combining solar-powered biomass processing, heat-pump systems, community energy use and building energy upgrades.

Partners: GLIA Ltd., Hungarian Charity Service of the Order of Malta
Current status: Funding proposal in preparation / under assessment
Total estimated cost: HUF 807 million
Requested grant: HUF 603 million

Key results

Engineering and financial concept developed (HUF 807 million investment; HUF 603 million requested support)
50 kWp rooftop solar PV system with storage planned for the Tarnabod site
Related rainwater-management technology (rain gardens)

Impact in Tarnabod

Potential locally generated heat and electricity for community facilities and households, alongside employment linked to local biomass supply.

TarnaJoule project website

Completed

Solar-panel waste processing and recycling facility

Development of GLIA’s electronic-waste recycling facility in Tarnabod to process end-of-life photovoltaic panels.

Partners: GLIA Ltd.
Current status: Implemented; project completed
Total project cost: HUF 63,450,262
Grant funding: HUF 59,877,275
Project ID: GINOP-1.2.9-20-2021-00060

Key results

Acquisition and commissioning of a MeWa QZ1200 cross-flow shredder
Renovation of the production hall
Installation of solar-panel waste-processing capacity

Impact in Tarnabod

A functioning industrial site and local jobs in Tarnabod; the refurbished building provides a base for subsequent work.

Completed

Algae–bacteria co-cultivation wastewater treatment

Development of a modular, automated agricultural wastewater treatment system based on algae–bacteria co-cultivation.

Partners: CYX Ltd., GLIA Ltd., Szent István University (now MATE)
Current status: Completed consortium project
Total project cost: HUF 832,580,051
Grant funding: HUF 597,917,427
Project ID: 2017-1.3.1-VKE-2017-00030

Key results

Development of a modular automated wastewater-treatment technology
Experimental validation of an algae–bacteria co-cultivation process
Research partnership with a university

Impact in Tarnabod

The algae technology expertise contributed to Tarnabod’s Algabood programme and its algae strain collection.

Completed

Modular concrete–polymer stormwater infiltration prototype

A modular infiltration system built from prefabricated components for fast installation, high water retention and corrosion-resistant connections.

Partners: GLIA Ltd.
Current status: Prototype completed; further development continued under the modular rain-garden project
Total cost: HUF 79.3 million (net)
Grant funding: HUF 49.34 million
Grant intensity: 62.35%
Project ID: GINOP-2.1.7-15-2016-02435

Key results

Prototype specification and concrete mix design
High-strength fibre-reinforced concrete production know-how
Custom stainless-steel moulds and manufacturing tools
Installation support software

Impact in Tarnabod

Development and manufacturing were carried out in Tarnabod. The technology also informs rainwater management and the TarnaJoule system.

Modular rain-garden website