GARDEN DUT – Grid-Aware Decarbonization of Electricity-driven Neighbourhoods
GARDEN responds to the challenges posed by increasing PV penetration, heat pump adoption, and electric vehicle usage in local electricity grids. Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) currently lack district-level energy management systems, hindering collective flexibility utilization for increased grid-awareness. GARDEN aims to address these gaps through a replicable governance process, which supports municipalities to create decarbonised […]
ReAssuRe – Risk Management for ReUse of Construction Components and Building Technology On-Site Testing Procedures
The construction industry needs sustainable solutions to extend the life cycle of building materials and building technology and to re-use building components. Despite the increased interest in re-use components, suitable non-destructive testing methods for products with high requirements are still lacking. This research aims to close a gap by developing test methods for a reliable […]
klimaaktiv Heizwerke und Wärmenetze
The program klimaaktiv “Heizwerke und Wärmenetzek” focuses on the following key topics: The district heating infrastructure is central for achieving climate neutrality. klimaaktiv Heizwerke und Wärmenetze connects and supports stakeholders in this sector and manages the nationwide quality management system “QM Heizwerke” (the Austrian implementation of QM for Biomass DH Plants). QM for Biomass DH […]
IEA DHC Annex TS8: Experimental investigations of DHC systems
For the heat transition a successful conversion and expansion of thermal networks is crucial. This requires new operational strategies for utilizing volatile heat sources, being based on innovative approaches to flexibilisation, digitalisation and sector coupling. For a successful implementation of those new solutions key prerequisites are the testing of these approaches in both, laboratory and […]
HEAT 35 – Transforming district heating systems of Central Europe into sustainable and efficient heating and cooling systems by 2035
Many district heating systems in Central Europe are facing major challenges on the way to transforming into more sustainable and efficient systems. New energy supply concepts are emerging that incorporate many different renewable heat sources for defossilization. This makes the systems more complex and decentralized than before. A comprehensive approach to providing support along the […]
MARGRET – Measurement of greened/non-greened objects for the adaptation of calculation models
The greening of buildings is attracting increasing attention as an effective measure against the negative effects of climate change and a climate-neutral solution to support indoor climate control. However, planners and building owners currently lack the possibility of quantifying the influence of greening measures on buildings and taking it into account, for example, in the […]
TREASURE – Demonstration of 7 large pit thermal energy storages in 5 european countries
A fully decarbonised European energy system must be equipped with very large flexibility capacities, enabling the uptake of intermittent renewable sources, coupling energy sectors, and increasing the energy system efficiency. The TREASURE project paves the way for the accelerated realization of large pit thermal energy storages that serve as the enabler for fully renewable district […]
SRI Demo – Demonstration of intelligent building technologies and support of the Austrian SRI test phase
On the basis of the “Clean Energy for All Europeans” package of measures from 2016 and the “European Green Deal” in the building sector, the European Commission (EC) is pushing for the integration of intelligent technologies with a high proportion of renewable energies and energy efficiency. The assessment of the “smart readiness” of a building […]
Machbarkeitsstudie Lumenion – Stahlspeicher als flexible Möglichkeit, erneuerbaren Dampf zur Nutzung in einer Brauerei zu erzeugen
In einer Machbarkeitsstudie wurde der Einsatz eines Dampfspeichers für die erneuerbare Dampfversorgung einer neu errichteten Brauerei untersucht. Das Speichersystem enthält einen Stahlkern, der selbst erzeugten Strom oder günstigen Überschussstrom als Wärme speichert, die später von einem gekoppelten Dampferzeuger in Dampf umgewandelt werden kann. Konkret wurde eine jährliche Simulation auf Stundenbasis mit eigener PV-Erzeugung oder Bezug […]
IS2H4C – Hubs for circularity applying industrial symbiosis and cooperative approach to heavy industrialized clusters and surrounding ecosystems
IS2H4C stands for “Sustainable Circular Economy Transition: From Industrial Symbiosis to Hubs for Circularity”. The project, in which 31 partner companies from 9 countries want to develop future models for the circular economy, started in February 2024. The project aims at transforming existing industrial areas, some of which already have established cycles, into hubs of […]