All Projects

CircularityOptimizer – URBAN MENUS Circularity China: Resilient Circularity Optimizer for Urban Systems

CircularityOptimizer develops a digital planning tool for resilient, circular urban systems. The goal is to establish circularity through collaboration, innovation, and sustainable, circular urban planning.

HeatITup – Digital twin for cost-optimized operation of solar thermal plants

The project develops an open-source software for the automated analysis of operating data from large-scale solar thermal plants based on a digital twin.

NUCLEUS – Sustainable Urban Clusters for Climate-Neutral, Efficient, and Eco-Friendly Urban Development

The exploratory project NUCLEUS investigates how Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) can function as nuclei for positive urban development using a former industrial site in Graz as a case study.

Rammed earth walls as energy storage – sustainability rethought

AnergieLeichtGemacht – Development of scalable implementation models for geothermal anergy networks to decarbonize the building sector

Decarb4SME+ – Building know-how for the twin transformation of manufacturing and industry – climate neutrality and digitalization

Decarb4SME+ supports SMEs with hands-on training to save energy, reduce CO₂ emissions, and leverage digital solutions – for greater climate protection, energy security, and competitiveness.

HeinrichBiCool – Climate-positive cooling and biodiversity through intensive building greening

Green cooling in a real-world test: In the HeinrichBiCool project, the building of the Faculty of Theology at Heinrichstraße 80 is being greened – demonstrating how effectively nature combats summer heat.

Climate-School-Life – Preparation of the climate-neutral education campus in Gratwein-Straßengel

The exploratory project cooperatively prepares the climate-neutral education campus in Gratwein. The first milestone is the modernization and expansion of the elementary school, aligned with “City-Country-Climate” and the municipality’s climate roadmap.

ReVation – Renewable energy technologies and façade engineering: Achieving CO2 Neutral serial building renovation

ReVation develops sustainable renovation concepts for buildings by integration of renewable energies and multifunctional facade elements. Using new methods, CO₂ emissions and energy demand after renovation are calculated an decarbonisation scenarios are created.

IEA Cities Task 2 – Data for Urban Energy Planning

Support for cities in data-driven energy planning through international expertise, innovative tools, and best practices for a sustainable urban energy transition.