The municipality of Hennigsdorf plans to increase the share of net-zero heating in its district heating network to 80 % by 2023. To achieve this goal, the local public utilities company Stadtwerke Hennigsdorf is integrating waste heat from the local steelwork plant into the network.

The energy concept consultant for urban districts supports city planners and other actors in the development of districts during the initial planning phases. The software contains a collection of individual planning tools as well as reference examples for national and international demonstration..

This project will systematically and comprehensively record non-residential buildings. In a step-by-step process, data for modernisation such as the structure and condition of the buildings, their energy efficiency as well as influencing factors for decision-making processes will be surveyed.

Aldi Süd is testing its “energy saving store of the future” with its new supermarket in Rastatt, Germany. Here the discount supermarket chain wants to save 30 per cent of its energy relative to standard supermarkets.

The ArKol research project aims to develop two innovative facade collectors from the initial concept to application readiness: a so-called strip collector that allows a considerable degree of freedom in terms of the geometry and material, and a solar thermal blind that can be inserted between...

The new primary school in Hohen Neuendorf aims to provide contemporary education in a building with an innovative energy concept. The aim of the project is to achieve an energy-plus school with minimal energy consumption in operation and high user comfort with low construction costs...

The developed measuring device in combination with evaluation software enables the actual energy-related properties of windows and facades in existing buildings to be investigated, whereby the connections to the building structure are also taken into account.

We already have the technology to implement the energy, transport, and heating transition on a local scale and power neighbourhoods with 100 % renewable energy. However, to do this, the required facilities and devices must be converted to energy-saving technology.

With the new-build scheme, Erfurt University of Applied Sciences is expanding its traditional “green campus” with a particularly energy-efficient teaching and laboratory building.

In its new building in Würzburg, a research institute intends to test innovative materials, systems and technologies experimentally and scientifically evaluate their possibilities for use in new and existing buildings.

Museums are mostly monumental public buildings with architecturally ornate facades that are also very durable. They are often listed as historic monuments, which presents considerable hurdles for those carrying out refurbishment.

The “Climate-neutral campus Leuphana University Lüneburg” project is developing a sustainable energy concept for the university itself and the adjacent urban district of Bockelsberg. The aim is to supply all the electricity and heat using renewable energies...