Energy-efficient buildings

The working group Energy Efficient Buildings develops energy strategies and software solutions for the evaluation and optimization of buildings. Energy-efficient solutions for new buildings and district heating networks are developed for various partners.

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R&D focus

  • Buildings and building components
  • Solar thermal systems
  • Optimization of solar thermal components
  • Plants, networks and components
  • Thermal simulation of buildings and systems
  • Numerical simulation and Co-simulation of buildings and heating networks
  • Measurements
  • Energy concepts
  • Training/Design and Dissemination

Projects

Infrastructure

General test rigs:

  • Mechanical & electrical workshop
  • Chemical laboratory
  • Fuel cell laboratory
  • Chimney (up to 1,2 MW)
  • Central heat sink (water re-cooling system up to 5 MW)
  • Several (mobile ) heat sink & heat source systems
  • Climatic chamber (-20 to +40°C)
  • Vehicle air-conditioning test bench
  • Absorption heat pump system
  • Biomass gasifier (5kW)

 Measurement equipment:

  • all typical sensors required for flow rate, pressure, humidity, temperature, etc.
  • Flame ionization detector (FID)
  • Gas analyzer (GA)
  • Gas chromatograph (GC)
  • Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR)

Research Associates

Richard Heimrath
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Phone
+43 316 873 - 7317
Mobile
+43 (664) 60873 - 7317
Fax
+43 (316) 873 - 7305
Thomas Mach
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Phone
+43 316 873 - 7814
Fax
+43 (0) 316 / 873 - 7305
Andreas Heinz
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Dr.techn.
Phone
+43 316 873 - 7313
Fax
+43 (316) 873 - 7305
Hermann Edtmayer
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Phone
+43 316 873 - 7811
Michael Mörth
Dipl.-Ing. BSc Ing.
Phone
+43 316 873 - 7306
Contact
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Division
Energy-efficient buildings

Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Thomas Mach

Inffeldgasse 25/B
A-8010 Graz 

Office
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Sandra Oswald-Pauli
Mo-Fr: 09:00-12:00 Uhr
Raum: MB05 010 (5.OG)
Tel.: +43-316-873-7301
Fax: +43-316-873-7305

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