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19.10.2021 Mission Energy System 2045, Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

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.

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19.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

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.

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18.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

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.

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18.10.2021 Mission Hydrogen 2030 Project Insights

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.

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14.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

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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12.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

Cost-effective decentralised fieldbus system tested

SmallCAN can be used to considerably simplify the automated operation of buildings.

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12.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

Energy-plus housing scheme with a solar-active, grid-connected energy supply

The project is accompanying the first construction phase of an energy-plus housing scheme being constructed in Berlin Adlershof.

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12.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

Heat pumps for the refurbishment of apartment buildings

Solutions for the use of low-exergy systems are being developed for the heat supply of existing multi-family houses.

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12.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

Low-exergy transmission pipes for storing and distributing heat

Development of a LowEx multi-line network capable of integrating different local energy sources at different temperature levels.

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12.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

Performance of heat storage systems with PCMs

Evaluation of various PCM systems in buildings during actual, long-term operation.

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11.10.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Offshore wind turbines: New coatings protect against corrosion

New coatings for flanges of offshore wind turbines are to provide lasting protection against corrosion.

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05.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

Building ensemble utilises ground as a heating and cooling source

Foundation piles with absorber arrays extract heat from the ground in winter and serve as a cooling source in summer.

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05.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

Feeding renewable energy optimally into district heating networks

In this project, researchers want to find out how an increasing number of decentralised heat generators affect the network hydraulics.

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05.10.2021 Mission Heat Transition 2045 Project Insights

Office building as an investor scheme is heated without emissions

Energy-saving contracting helps the new building provide zero-emission heating.

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05.10.2021 Mission Electricity Transition 2045 Project Insights

Smart Green Tower becomes an energy producer

The Smart Green Tower is being built in the city of Freiburg. The 51 m high residential and commercial building will have a building envelope made of

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