The Research Center for Sustainable Building focuses on the development of environmentally and resource-efficient urban and rural structures and buildings for the future. Climate protection and resource efficiency are the central tasks of our interfaculty collaboration between architecture, technical sciences and computer science in research and teaching.
The built environment shapes our lives and strongly influences our quality of life. The challenge is to achieve a sustainable design that reduces energy consumption and integrates renewable energies. The center works on solutions at the district and building level and in areas such as architecture, building physics and renewable energy. Collaboration between universities, professionals, policy makers and industry is crucial to making sustainable design and construction a reality.
Information technology plays a key role in achieving these goals. Digital twins allow buildings and urban infrastructures to be created as virtual images and continuously optimized. This enables more sustainable planning and efficient maintenance. Big data and machine learning also support the analysis of resource consumption and emissions, and the Internet of Things (IoT) enables real-time access to building data. These technologies not only promote energy saving and resource conservation, but also the integration of renewable energies into our living environment.
Current Topics:
- Urban densification
- New forms of mobility
- infrastructure mix
- building renovation
- Renovation in protected areas, monument protection
- redesign of public space
- Energy efficiency under the aspects of high-quality spatial development and architectural design
- Serial renovation,
- Sustainable building materials
- life cycle considerations
- Heat pumps, heat recovery, BIPV, renewable energy
- sector coupling, waste heat utilization, local and district heating
- Digital twins for monitoring and optimizing building structures
- Artificial Intelligence for Energy Consumption Analysis and Optimization
- Big data analyses for resource planning and demand forecasting
- Smart sensors and IoT for building automation and efficiency improvement
- Simulation tools for sustainable construction planning and renovation
- Cybersecurity for Digital Infrastructure in Construction
- Virtual and augmented reality for planning and visualizing sustainable designs
Head
Assoz.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rainer Pfluger
Energy Efficient Buildings Section
Interview with Wolfgang Streicher