Project insights: Research for the energy transition

Buildings can be optimised in terms of their energy efficiency using new, lightweight and flexible structures made of films or textile fabrics.

The Luitpoldhaus, which was originally built in 1911 and then rebuilt following extensive destruction in the 1950s, has undergone refurbishment.

In this research project, software for calculating life cycle costs was developed as a planning and decision-making aid for experts.

The municipality of Hennigsdorf plans to increase the share of net-zero heating in its district heating network to 80 % by 2023. 

This research project will systematically and comprehensively record non-residential buildings.

The energy-efficient Charlottenburg university campus, developed by the TU Berlin and the University of the Arts, is being developed in Berlin.

Aldi Süd is testing its “energy saving store of the future” with its new supermarket in Rastatt, Germany.

The ArKol research project aims to develop two innovative facade collectors from the initial concept to application readiness:

A landmark project for the refurbishment of residential schemes is the Lilienstrasse Nord housing estate in Munich-Haidhausen.