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 […]
GIZ Consulting Lviw – Supporting the transformation processes of district heating in Lviw, Ukraine
District heating in general as well as district heating in post-soviet countries have great potential to play an important role in future renewable, efficient and reliable energy systems. However, the DH system in Lviv requires great efforts and investments to be reliable, economic and competitive but examples from other countries proof that it is possible […]
IETS Annex 15 – Combination of Methods and Operational Aspects for Industrial Excess Heat-Available Resources, Risk Minimization and Consequences of Future Changes in the Energy System
The cost-efficient use of industrial waste heat is an essential goal both in the targets of the European Union and in the national implementation plan of the climate and energy strategy #mission2030 as a key objective for achieving the climate targets. The primary objective of the participation in Annex 15 lies on the integration of […]
HIPSTERS – High value Proteins via Sustainable Technologies from Residual Streams
HIPSTERS uses an innovative extraction technology based on Oscillatory Flow Reactors (OFR) and the use of suitable extraction agents to continuously dissolve and valorize proteins and their amino acid components directly and with high yield from residual material streams of the food industry. Due to ideal mixing and intensified mass transfer, the OFR is used […]
IEA ECES ANNEX 36 – Carnot Batteries
This technology is particularly impressive due to the cheap storage medium, compared to conventional lithium-ion batteries, and the possible scalability up to the GWh range. The storage medium used is inexpensive, harmless and abundant material such as rock, sand or air. In times of increasing electrification, Carnot batteries can thus make a significant contribution to […]