SOCO
Starting point: For the implementation of existing optimisation potentials in industry, commerce and district heating, it is important to expedite the reduction of energy demand as well as to integrate renewable energy technologies. For solving these two problems, complex optimisation principles are needed, due to the fact that heat demand and heat availability vary in […]
Solar and Heat Pump Systems
Up to now, such systems haven’t been systematically reviewed regarding the application possibilitie, climatic and constructional boundary conditions, different configuration possibilities, optimal control strategies etc. In the light of rising number of systems offered, but also a significant demand form the market, the need for a competent and independent analysis of these issues is obvious. […]
High efficient combination of solar thermal and heat pump systems
Systems for space heating and domestic hot water preparation based on the combination of solar collectors and heat pumps are currently more and more in demand and are already provided by several manufacturers. However, the integration of a heat pump into a solar combisystem is more complex than with other auxiliary systems, as also the […]
Using the Heating Recovery Potential and Solar Thermal Energy for 100 % Solar Buildings
High solar fractions can be reached currently only with large solar areas and large storage capacities connected with high investment cost. Together with the Institute for Thermal Engineering of the Technical University Graz, AEE INTEC examined the application of small heat pumps and the potential of waste-water heat recovery to reduce collector areas and storage […]
klimaaktiv Gebäude
The klimaaktiv Buildings Program The klimaaktiv Buildings Program has been setting standards for energy-efficient, sustainable, and future-oriented construction in Austria for two decades. The foundation for this is the klimaaktiv Building Standard, combined with clear recommendations and guidelines for decarbonizing the heating sector. klimaaktiv Buildings has become a key framework for the construction and real […]
Customized energy roadmap for small regions and municipalities in Eastern Styria, module “municipal retrofit”
The former project “ökosan – modernisation-initiative of East Styria” focused on initiating showcases to encourage more responsible persons to carry out high-performance retrofit. Within this before then missing initiative widespread service packages for builders and decision makers had been offered. The scope of the service packages ranged from a review of the existing building stock […]
Evaluation of Large-Scale Solar Collector Plants
Hundred and twenty plants of several Austrian countries were evaluated. Twelve efficiency categories were defined and the plants were assessed similar to the energy pass of buildings. For this purpose evaluation tools were developed and applied. A brochure was published giving recommendations for planning, installation and operational management in order to reach enhanced quality management […]
PH 2.0 – The development of optimised practice-oriented planning and performance documents for passive houses of the 2nd generation
In the last years a lot of innovative technologies and building services systems were applied in new passive house projects. The projects showed that energy related solutions were as manifold as the involved planners behind them. The only common bases of these projects mostly were the planning criteria of the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) […]
School vent cool
Alll over Europe energy and education related developments require adaptations of our school buildings. Most of them have been built during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, they are now expected to be modernised and renovated. Based on a building typology the project “School vent cool” develops different high performance renovation strategies. Pre-fabrication or modular design […]
PROMISE Application
The goals have been reached by bringing together the results and experiences of the project partners in the so far conducted FdZ and EdZ projects, as well as via new and ongoing developments of important planning tools. The result of the conducted industry case studies should reach a minimum reduction of 20% of the CO2 […]