Energy and Building Services

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Using Regenerative Energy Effi-ciently

Besides increasing the share of renewables, efficient energy and building control systems are key to implementing the energy revolution. The energy policy concept published by the Ger-man federal government stipulates that primary energy consumption should be reduced by 50 percent of the 2008 value by 2050. Effective 1 January 2016, the permissible primary energy consumption of new buildings must be 25 percent lower. At the same time, the primary ener-gy factor for electricity was lowered from 2.4 to 1.8. In this context, innovative building control systems enable energy-efficient, environmentally friendly heating and cooling of buildings.

Geothermal Energy

Systems to increase efficiency and environmental safety in the field of geothermal energy, including geothermal probes and heat pumps:

  • Systems to improve the efficiency and environmental safety of geothermal energy using geothermal probes and heat pumps
  • Systems and processes to utilise the wastewater heat potential in sewers to supply energy-efficient buildings
  • Methods for the large-scale integration of solar collectors into the building envelo-pe
  • Cold/heat storage systems for renewable energy sources to supply energy-efficient buildings, including systems integration
  • Dynamic simulation of buildings and systems integrating physical performance, use patterns, climate data and building control systems
  • Integrated concepts for building services with simulation-based operation including user behaviour and weather forecasts
  • Innovative district cooling/heating systems as a prerequisite for the use of efficient combined heat and power systems, geothermal energy, low-cost solar heat and waste heat from industrial processes
  • Multi-functional supply components for generating and storing energy, providing sunshading, glare protection and privacy, sound and heat insulation, daylight use and ventila-tion