Digitalisation for Decarbonisation
Industry
The manufacturing industry currently consumes about 30% of Europe’s energy needs. At the same time, advancing digitization will lead to significant increases in productivity and thus in energy demand over the next few years. The decarbonisation of industrial energy systems and their best possible integration into existing supply networks and sector coupling is essential for […]
Buildings
The building sector is responsible for more than one third of the global final energy demand and almost 40% of the total direct and indirect CO2 emissions. The building industry is therefore one of the resource-intensive sectors of the economy. AEE INTEC’s “Buildings” sector focuses on zero and plus energy buildings with regards to new […]
Knowledge transfer
AEE INTEC conducts applied research with the aim of making an important contribution to achieving the climate targets set. In order to achieve the highest possible dissemination and increase the impact of the results, these results are also shared with the general public. Through our conferences, training courses and the AEE INTEC Journal, the complex […]
Cities & Networks
Cities, communities and neighbourhoods are centres of our coexistence, but also centres of our energy consumption. More than 50% of this energy is needed to provide heating and cooling for space heating, hot water and processes. An energy turnaround is therefore primarily a heating and cooling transition. AEE INTEC develops, demonstrates and optimizes supply concepts […]
Water
Water is the most important resource on earth. In Austria, 2.6 billion m³ of water are used in various sectors, the majority is discharged as waste water in sewage treatment plants. The costs of wastewater disposal are often higher than the costs of purchasing fresh water. AEE INTEC researches and develops new technological solutions and […]
Biorefinery
The development of biobased processes is one of the most important pillars for achieving climate goals and resource security in our society. Intelligent, efficient conversion processes and holistic biorefinery concepts are needed to realize the ambitious goals of the Austrian and European bio-economy strategy. At AEE INTEC we are researching the use of new emerging […]
Thermal energy storages
The imbalance between the time of renewable generation and the time of heat demand currently represents the bottleneck for the energy turnaround. The storage capacities required for this balance exceed the currently available capacities many times over. Thermal energy storage systems are a key technology which, due to their flexibility, can fill this gap and […]
Digitalization & simulation
Digitization is leading to massive changes in many aspects of the energy world. This transformation affects both technical issues of energy systems and business models and also shapes methods of scientific work. As an application-oriented research institute, AEE INTEC combines profound technical domain knowledge for energy systems with a strong competence in data. The cross-sectional […]
Renewable Energy
Every year enough solar radiation arrives on earth to cover the world’s energy needs 14,400 times over. In order to make optimal use of solar and other renewable energy sources for the generation of thermal and electrical energy, efficient, robust and innovative conversion technologies are needed, which must be at the beginning of any sustainable […]