Project insights: Research for the energy transition

Heating with low exergy

Sustainable university building in a climate-neutral campus complex

The spectacular new central building for Leuphana University Lüneburg interprets energy-optimised construction in a different way.

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CO2-neutral campus

University building with an innovative energy system

With the new-build scheme, Erfurt University of Applied Sciences is expanding its traditional “green campus” with a particularly energy-efficient...

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A blueprint for energy-efficient housing renovation

Residential Complex Aims for Net-Zero Energy Supply

A residential complex comprising four 3- or 5-storey buildings with basements and an unconverted attic was in need of refurbishment.

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Bioenergy

The role of bioenergy in the energy system

Bioenergy has a special role to play among renewable energy sources. To achieve this, it must be able to fit flexibly into a complex energy system.

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Financing models

Energy efficiency at universities through intracting

The research project is transferring the intracting funding model tested in municipalities to the special conditions that exist at universities.

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Refurbishment with low-exergy concept

Building refurbishment with exterior wall heating

For this fundamentally new heating concept, a minimally invasive refurbishment system is combined with the low-exergy heating principle.

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Operation optimisation

Mobile measuring and analysis system for heat exchangers

The researchers in this project are developing correction algorithms for clamp-on flow measurement and clamp-on temperature measurement.

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Heat pump systems

Geothermal and solar collectors complement each other as heat sources

Geothermal collectors and solar collectors can be combined as bivalent heat sources for heat pumps. This promises some advantages.

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New-build energy-plus school

New school building with low-exergy heating concept and electricity load management

The new building for Willibald Gluck Secondary School in Neumarkt in Upper Palatinate, Germany, has provided a new learning and living space.

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