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08.11.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

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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05.11.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Operating innovative turbomachinery with hydrogen

In the InnoTurbinE project, a team of scientists is developing robust and efficient turbines that can also be operated with hydrogen.

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04.11.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

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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03.11.2021 Mission Energy System 2045 Project Insights

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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02.11.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

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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27.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

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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27.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

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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27.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

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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27.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

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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26.10.2021 Mission Energy System 2045 Project Insights

Management system for the solar-based energy supply of residential buildings

In the “iHEM” research project, an integrated energy supply using solar energy is being developed for residential construction.

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26.10.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045, Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

Performance of ventilation systems with PCMs

The PCM Demo II research project intends to test and scientifically evaluate the practicality of PCMs in buildings.

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26.10.2021 Mission Transfer Project Insights

Public-private partnership finances new energy-efficient administrative building

A special financing model was used for delivering the project: a public private partnership or PPP for short.

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26.10.2021 Mission Energy System 2045 Project Insights

Resource-conserving refurbishment of a vocational college

On the campus of the vocational college in Detmold, three school buildings and a sports hall were completely refurbished.

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25.10.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Triple solar cells achieve record efficiency

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have developed multi-layer solar cells with an efficiency of 35.9 per cent.

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21.10.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 News

Researchers develop the world's first pilot plant for solar fuel

Sunlight becomes fuel: In Jülich, the technology chain is mapped from capturing sunlight to synthetic fuel.

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