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PhaseOut – Heat pumping technologies for the renovation of existing buildings
This project reflects an important milestone for forcing the “phase-out of gas”. The goal is to switch the heating and hot water supply in residential buildings from gas to innovative heat pump solutions plus PV. However, this also requires a corresponding minimally invasive thermal refurbishment of the existing buildings in order to reduce the required supply temperature to a level that makes sense for heat pumps.
IEA DHC TS5 – Integration of renewable energy sources into existing district heating and cooling systems (RES DHC).
Integration of high shares of renewable energy sources (RES) into existing DHC systems with focus on large-scale solar thermal, large heat pumps, renewable P2H-systems, biomass, geothermal and large heat stores in combination with CHP and surplus heat.
IEA EBC – Annex 83 – Positive Energy Districts
“Positive Energy Districts” (PEDs) contribute to carbon-neutral urban development by increasing energy efficiency, cascading consumption, and using low-carbon generation technologies as well as energy flexibilities.
Build Re Use – 100 percent re-use and recycling with regard to short service-life buildings
The project BuildReUse aims to develop concepts for circular economy with regard to buildings with short usage cycles and to promote the necessary change in the building sector.
Exploration Reallabor Weiz plus – Reallabor climate neutral region Weiz plus
With the involvement of the regional innovation ecosystem, the relevant questions for the establishment of a real laboratory in the Weizplus, region, which aims at a 100% supply with renewable energies by 2030, are to be clarified.
PEC-Solarreactor – Solar reactor for photo-electrochemical recovery of hydrogen from wastewater
The aim of the project is the development and proof-of-concept of a solar reactor tested under real conditions for efficient photo-electrochemical production of hydrogen and simultaneous wastewater treatment.
Hybrid LSC – Management of trans sectoral energy carriers for local sustainable communities
Energy Communities (EnCos) have been recognized as a possible effective and cost-efficient way to use distributed energy technologies and consumer empowerment in order to meet citizens’ needs and expectations regarding energy sources, services and local participation. By actively engaging consumers, EnCos have the potential to facilitate the uptake of new technologies and consumption patterns, including smart distribution grids and demand response, thereby increasing energy efficiency and helping to fight energy poverty through lower energy costs.
HarvestIT – Advanced monitoring of large-scale solar thermal plants with open-source software solution
The focus of the project HarvestIT lies on developing an open-source software for a comprehensive performance and yield analysis of large-scale solar thermal plants by means of an automated test procedure.
FlexModul – Demonstration of a Modular Solid Sorption Heat Storage System
Heat storage systems based on solid sorption have the potential to achieve three to four times higher energy densities compared to water storage systems and can store energy efficiently over a long storage period seasonally.
AbSolut – Absorption technologies as solutions for sustainable district heating and cooling
The aim of the project ‘Absolut’ is the detailed evaluation of the integration of absorption-heatpumping-systems in district heating & cooling grids. The use of those systems allows the integration of renewables and waste heat and its related increase of grid capacities a more flexible energy supply. For several use cases, the integration of those plants will be investigated in detail based on technical and economical criteria. Whitin this project business models and data-based optimization in close cooperation with users, utilities and technology providers are developed.