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The high-rise building with the main entrance facing Neuenfelder Straße, together with the west wing (left) and the north wing (right), houses the Hamburg Authority for Urban Development and the Environment.

27.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke

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).

Energy from wastewater supplies urban district via low-temperature heating network

27.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke

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.

Climate chamber of the ILK Dresden research institute in the 3D CAD model with RLT system

27.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke

Sensor position affects energy requirements and indoor comfort

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

27.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke

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..

An example of solar-based energy supply for buildings.

26.10.2021 Mission Energy System 2045 Projekteinblicke

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.

Example of a building with PCM wall elements and PCM cooling ceilings.

26.10.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045, Mission Heat Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke

Performance of ventilation systems with PCMs

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

An example of a modernised office building.

26.10.2021 Mission Transfer Projekteinblicke

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.

Three buildings and a gymnasium of the vocational college campus in Detmold were fundamentally renovated.

26.10.2021 Mission Energy System 2045 Projekteinblicke

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.

The picture shows a III-V//silicon tandem solar cell, the nano-structured rear side shimmers in rainbow colours.

25.10.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke

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.

The picture shows the tower of a solar power plant.

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.

The campus of the Technical University of Munich in Garching, with the city of Garching in the background.

19.10.2021 Mission Energy System 2045, Mission Heat Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke

Optimised energy supply of mixed-use areas

By analysing historical consumption and simulating large loads, power, heating and cooling demand scenarios are being drawn up for the future.

19.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke

Performance of surface cooling systems with PCMs

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

MoniSoft can be used with a Java environment on any operating system, both via the command line and via a graphical user interface (GUI).

18.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke

MoniSoft for building monitoring and energy-based optimisation

MoniSoft, a Java-based and platform-independent software package, simplifies the monitoring and operational analysis of buildings.

18.10.2021 Mission Hydrogen 2030 Projekteinblicke

New office and laboratory building uses waste heat and geothermal heat

With its new “Energy Centre”, the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg now has an energy-efficient new building.

The Heinrich colliery, whose pit water could serve as a heat source in the future.

14.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Projekteinblicke

Heating new construction areas with mine water

The goal of the GW-Ruhr project is to use the existing mining infrastructure in the Ruhr region for a more climate-friendly energy provision.

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Excellent architecture with a sustainability certificate

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

Sensor position affects energy requirements and indoor comfort

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

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

Performance of ventilation systems with PCMs

Public-private partnership finances new energy-efficient administrative building

Resource-conserving refurbishment of a vocational college

Triple solar cells achieve record efficiency

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

Optimised energy supply of mixed-use areas

Performance of surface cooling systems with PCMs

MoniSoft for building monitoring and energy-based optimisation

New office and laboratory building uses waste heat and geothermal heat

Heating new construction areas with mine water