SaKEM – Renovation solutions for decarbonising the building stock of Austrian KEM municipalities
Current climate and energy policy targets envisage a significant reduction in energy consumption and thus CO2 emissions in Europe’s and Austria’s building stock, which still accounts for around 40% of Europe’s CO2 emissions. A tailor-made renovation process and a catalogue of solutions and measures for rapid and high-quality renovation are important for the complete decarbonisation […]
DATAWiSE – Intelligent and Sustainable Building Management powered by Cross-Sectoral
Lifecycle
DATAWiSE will develop and test building and building portfolio management tools. Utilizing cutting-edge artificial intelligence and advanced analytics, the methodology will integrate data from a variety of sources to provide a holistic understanding of building operations. DATAWiSE will design and implement a scalable data architecture that ensures data quality, privacy, interoperability, and sharing, and a […]
Municipal Heat Planning and Building Renovation Roadmap for Weiz
The project aims to develop an integrated municipal heat plan and a detailed renovation roadmap for public buildings for Weiz. By improving and harmonizing energy-relevant building data, the project establishes a robust spatial data basis for strategic heat planning. The municipal heat plan includes a comprehensive assessment of the building stock, existing heat infrastructure and […]
IEA SHC Task74 – Components for Thermal Energy Storage
The main objective of Task 74 is to bridge the gap between research on storage materials and practical implementation, with the focus on three key pillars: component design and integration, determination of the state-of-charge and application-oriented case studies.These pillars are also the subtasks into which the work is divided. We work on compact thermal energy […]
Reno Tides – Supporting staged massive Net Zero Retrofit with collective buy-in-schemes of insulated prefab façade & roof systems for housing
Rising material costs and high interest rates are making it increasingly difficult for non-profit housing developers across Europe to implement comprehensive net-zero renovations in a single step. At the same time, there is a risk that stagnating renovation activity will slow down investment in industrial prefabrication, for example for façade and roof systems. Reno Tides […]
Inter-municipal spatial energy planning WEIZplus
The project combines 24 municipalities within the real-laboratory region WEIZplus Reallabor into a single integrated spatial planning area. The project establishes a harmonised data basis for spatial energy planning and develops coordinated strategies for renewable heat supply, district heating, waste heat utilisation and renewable electricity expansion.A central element is a GIS-based web platform building on […]
IEA DHC Annex TS7: Ein systemischer Ansatz für hochintegrierte industrielle und thermische Energiesysteme
This Annex investigates how coupling industrial processes with thermal energy networks can create synergies that accelerate their broader and more efficient use. In a cascading, circular energy usage industrial waste heat becomes increasingly important for decarbonizing district heating and urban energy systems. Conversely, district heating can supply low-temperature industrial processes and help replace fossil fuels, […]
InSite – Monitoring and evaluation of innovative demonstration buildings
In the “Stadt der Zukunft” and “Smart City Initiative” programmes, a large number of demonstration projects have been implemented and scientifically monitored in past years. However, the actual market introduction of the respective developments and the transfer of the knowledge gained to future implementers is difficult for several reasons. On the one hand, the evaluation, […]
Hi CBest – IEA ES Task 44 PtH and Heat-integrated Carnot Batteries for Zero-Carbon Heat & Power supply
The decarbonisation of industry poses a particular challenge for the future. Aligning volatile renewable generation with mostly continuous industrial processes requires suitable storage solutions coupled with efficient conversion technologies. At the same time, the industrial sector partly demands high temperature levels, which have been largely provided by the combustion of fossil fuels so far. The […]
IEA SHC Task 73 – PVT Heating systems
This project is the Austrian contribution to the international IEA SHC Task 73, which advances the development and market integration of photovoltaic thermal heating systems using PVT technology. PVT systems combine electricity and heat generation in a single component and provide an efficient solution for dense urban areas and for decarbonising the building sector. The […]