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Does the City Affect the Ventilation of my Home?

How should buildings be arranged so that my home can be ventilated naturally? Christoph Irrenfried and the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer investigate this question.

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Global Retreat of Glaciers Has Strongly Accelerated

International researchers with the participation of TU Graz present a global assessment of ice loss since the beginning of the millennium. In a global comparison, the glaciers in the Alps and Pyrenees…

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Are Batteries Safe?

Energy storage systems are becoming increasingly important, powerful and widespread. However, this also means that the demands on their safety and durability are growing.

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TU Graz Develops Modular Timber High-Rise Building for Resource-Efficient Construction

Repairable and exchangeable skeleton modules with open load-bearing structures enable different types of use and uncomplicated adaptations in the event of future changes. Building heights of up to 24…

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Uni Graz and TU Graz use historical aerial photographs to study glacier retreat

The photographs taken by the US Air Force offer a unique opportunity to analyse the state of Austrian glaciers on a large scale after the end of the Second World War.

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Using the Sun to Protect Yourself from the Heat

For us, utilising solar energy often means generating electricity using photovoltaics. Sophisticated architectural modifications, however, make much more possible.

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Improved Glacier Monitoring Using Satellite Radar

International researchers involving Graz University of Technology have used radar data to determine which glaciers in High Mountain Asia are growing or shrinking in which season. For parts of Central…

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Thomas Rath wins “Zero Emissions Award”

The chemist works on the next generation of organic solar cells at the Institute of Chemical Technology of Materials at Graz University of Technology. The alpha+ Foundation of the Austrian Science…

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GAM 20 The Infraordinary: The everyday in architecture

In the 20th issue of GAM – Graz Architecture Magazine, we encounter Italian Autogrill service stations, the backyards of Neapolitan palazzi and K67 kiosks from the former Yugoslavia. GAM 20 is…

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