Project insights: Research for the energy transition

Integrally designed

Energy innovations in energy-plus child day care centre

The “Noah’s Ark” is a children’s day care centre that has an exemplary design not just in architectural and building ecology terms but also...

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Heating systems

High-efficiency, decentralised heating pumps instead of thermostatic valves

Central heating normally requires a central circulation pump. The fact that this does not have to be the case has been shown by a pump manufacturer...

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Thermal power plants

Increasing gas turbine output through precise cooling

Scientists are working to further develop manufacturing technologies for gas turbines in order to meet the ever increasing demands.

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Data centre as a heat source

Office building as a laboratory for sustainable construction

The “Z3” office building for the Ed. Züblin AG company utilises innovative concepts for the building structure and building services technology.

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Room-based micro-heat pumps

Refurbishment to a sustainable hotel with a decentralised technology concept

In autumn 2011, a hotel chain opened in central Munich, its first hotel conceived as a green building in accordance with the sustainability principles

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IBA Hamburg

Excellent architecture with a sustainability certificate

The new building for the Hamburg Department for Urban Development and the Environment forms part of the International Building Exhibition (IBA).

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Heat from waste water

New “Neckarpark Stuttgart” urban district: Local heating and cooling energy from waste water

A new urban district with highly energy-efficient buildings is being built on 22 hectares of brownfield land.

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Heating and ventilation systems

Sensor position affects energy requirements and indoor comfort

How does the sensor arrangement affect the energy requirements for heating and air-conditioning systems?

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Increasing the flexibility of CHP plants

Use of heat storage systems and power-to-heat plants in district heating generation

CHP plants can be made more flexible by integrating thermal storage systems in district heating networks, as this enables temporal decoupling of the..

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