<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><ns2:project xmlns:ns1="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api" xmlns:ns2="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project" xmlns:ns3="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/fund" xmlns:ns4="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/person" xmlns:ns5="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/project/outcome" xmlns:ns6="http://gtr.rcuk.ac.uk/gtr/api/organisation" ns1:created="2026-06-03T15:52:43Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/projects/5B20A8C9-CD4A-4D00-B044-3085CE1498F1" ns1:id="5B20A8C9-CD4A-4D00-B044-3085CE1498F1"><ns1:links><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/persons/A40F9870-CF08-4030-B83C-6A6862B43CAE" ns1:rel="PM_PER"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/523D946A-DC01-41B0-8034-B2F1FBE7A756" ns1:rel="LEAD_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/organisations/523D946A-DC01-41B0-8034-B2F1FBE7A756" ns1:rel="PARTICIPANT_ORG"/><ns1:link ns1:end="2025-04-29T23:00:00Z" ns1:href="http://gtr.ukri.org/gtr/api/funds/A8CD9A2A-E07B-4F8E-9A1B-52BDB88686A0" ns1:rel="FUND" ns1:start="2025-02-01T00:00:00Z"/></ns1:links><ns2:identifiers><ns2:identifier ns2:type="RCUK">10147959</ns2:identifier></ns2:identifiers><ns2:title>Innovation Exchange Challenge: New Insulation Materials for Enhanced Sustainable Lintel Products</ns2:title><ns2:status>Closed</ns2:status><ns2:grantCategory>Feasibility Studies</ns2:grantCategory><ns2:leadFunder>Innovate UK</ns2:leadFunder><ns2:abstractText>Opovate is a new bio-composites company with a focus on bio-materials, recycling and reuse within the insulation and acoustic space. We are passionate about working with Catnic to develop a reduced carbon, fully recyclable, cost-competitive, plaster-compatible new insulation material for their lintel product. With a background in Formula 1 advanced materials development and more recently mycelium composites, we are well placed to undertake this R&amp;amp;D project. Our idea for this project is to offer a selection of bio-based and recycled composite materials to develop a lintel insulation material for Catnic. We will reduce embodied carbon and produce something that is fully recyclable.</ns2:abstractText></ns2:project>