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Institute of Thermal Engineering

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

Presentation Research Area

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

Office hours: nach Vereinbarung

heimrath@tugraz.at

Thomas Mach
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.

Institute of Thermal Engineering
Inffeldgasse 25/B/III
8010 Graz

Phone: +43 316 873 - 7814
Fax: +43 (0) 316 / 873 - 7305

Office hours: nach Vereinbarung

thomas.mach@tugraz.at

Andreas Heinz
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Dr.techn.

Phone: +43 316 873 - 7313
Fax: +43 (316) 873 - 7305

Office hours: nach Vereinbarung

andreas.heinz@tugraz.at

Hermann Schranzhofer
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont.

Institute of Interactive Systems and Data Science
Brockmanngasse 84
8010 Graz

Phone: +43 316 873 - 7314
Mobile: +43 (664) 60873 7314
Fax: +43 (316) 873 -7305

Office hours: nach Vereinbarung

hermann.schranzhofer@tugraz.at

Peter Josef Nageler
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. BSc

Phone: +43 316 873 - 7310

peter.nageler@tugraz.at

Daniel Brandl
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.

Phone: +43 316 873 - 7306

daniel.brandl@tugraz.at

Hermann Edtmayer
Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.

Institute of Thermal Engineering
Inffeldgasse 25/B/IV
8010 Graz

Phone: +43 316 873 - 7811

Office hours: nach Vereinbarung

hermann.edtmayer@tugraz.at

Contact

Division
Energy-efficient buildings

Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Thomas Mach

Inffeldgasse 25/B
A-8010 Graz

Office

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

office.iwtnoSpam@tugraz.at