News from energy research
27.10.2021 Mission Heat 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 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 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 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 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, Mission Heat 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 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 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 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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19.10.2021 Mission Energy System, Mission Heat 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 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 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 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 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.