DevMoTES – Methodology development for accelerated generation of thermal energy storage models for transient system simulations
The heating sector accounts for more than half of the total final energy demand and thus for a considerable proportion of the European Union’s CO2 emissions. Decarbonization of the heating sector is therefore of great importance if we want to achieve our long-term climate targets. Thermal energy storages (TES) are a key technology in this […]
SOLTRAIN Phase IV – Southern African Solar Thermal Training and Demonstration Initiative – Phase IV
In order to support the broad rollout programmes of solar thermal systems in all six participating countries, Solar Thermal Roadmaps and Implementation Plans were developed in Phase III in broad stakeholder processes in close cooperation with policy (ministries and governmental bodies). The next logical step in Phase IV is the implementation of the Solar Thermal […]
SOLTRAIN Phase III – Southern African Solar Thermal Training and Demonstration Initiative – Phase III
Phase III of the project is based on the national and regional governmental renewable energy targets as well as on the results and lessons learnt in the two previous phases of SOLTRAIN, which were carried out from 2009 – 2016. It is the aim of all measures taken in the project to anchor the results […]
IEA DHC Annex TS2 – Implementation of Low Temperature District Heating Systems
Third generation district heating technology including high temperatures was implemented when fossil fuels were used and when buildings had high heat demands. In the future, these preconditions will change and district heating will use renewable and recycled sources to heat buildings with low heat demands. Apart from conventional renewable energy flows such as solar and […]
DSM_Opt – Demand Side Management: Operation Optimization of Industrial Energy Systems
The decision support system (DSS) comprises of modules for energy efficiency, time of use tariffs and market Demand Response (DR). A What-if tool is used for interactive, manual process planning for plants with low complexity. Optimization together with plant models and objective functions is used for automatic process scheduling. DSM/DSS are implemented at two case […]
NetZero2040 – Innovation NOW for the Future
NetZero2040 is an initiative of the Climate and Energy Fund. The consortium is led by the Energy Institute at the JKU and supported by the partners AIT, the Chair for Energy Network Technology at the University of Leoben and AEE INTEC. Innovative Austrian companies are to be placed at the centre of climate neutrality 2040. […]
IEA SHC Task 58 – IEA Solar Heating and Cooling Task58 Material and Component Development for Thermal Energy Storage
The goal of the Task 58 is to support an application-oriented development of innovative and compact thermal energy storage materials: Phase Change Materials (PCM) and Thermochemical Materials (TCM). Therefore, experts from the fields of materials development, and thermal storage component development and system integration collaborated for three years to further develop materials and components for […]
REWACEM – Resource recovery from industrial waste water by cutting edge membrane technologies
The ReWaCEM project aimed at reducing water use, wastewater production, energy use, valuable metal resource recovery and water footprint by between 30-90% in the metal plating, galvanizing and printed circuit board industry. In order to achieve these goals, ReWaCem adopted two cutting edge membrane technologies suitable for the requirements of closed material cycles approaches and […]
BIMpeco – Environmental product data in collaborative BIM environments
Building products can represent a risk potential for the environment and health due to their pollutant contents or pollutant releases. This qualitative product information is not represented in life cycle assessments and has not yet been systematically included in the BIM environment. Normative standards for product information management and product data templates for the building […]
Anergy2Plus – Demonstration and expansion of an anergy network as part of a holistic energy concept and plus-energy quarter
A new residential quarter, the “Garten der Generationen”, (GdG) is to be built in Herzogenburg (Lower Austria). This building project includes the construction and commissioning of an energetic building compound with partly mixed use on a planned gross floor area of approx. 10’000 m². The aim of the overall project is to develop a sustainable […]