Research Topics
Urban and mobility planning
- Landscape Urbanism – ecological synergies in urban and regional development
- Smart Cities – energy-efficient urban-planning densification
- Financing models in urban development
- Smart Mobility – multimodal transport planning and intelligent traffic systems
- Life-Cycle Costs in infrastructure (road, rail, supply lines)
Sustainable construction
- Form follows energy – energy concepts of buildings
- Sustainability analysis of construction products and buildings
- Resource-efficient, non-standard construction methods – prototype construction in the robot design laboratory
- Resource-saving construction in lightweight and solid construction
- Economic implementation of complex geometries and shapes in wood construction
- Advanced wood and concrete technology
- Optimal lighting – simulations and experiments in the lighting laboratory
- Multifunctional facade engineering and media integration
Future-oriented energy systems
- Integral energy landscapes – historical development and future strategies
- Numerical calculations and hydraulic model experiments for hydro power plants
- Innovative system solutions for heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology
- Thermal energy systems and biomass exploitation
- Process evaluation and synthesis, and waste and emission-free technologies/systems
- Simulations and experiments on thermal turbomachines and machine dynamics
- High-voltage and distribution networks of the future, and energy-efficient electric drives and machines
- Economic analysis of energy and electrical systems
Participating researchers
around 170 researchers from around 50 institutes from all 7 faculties of TU Graz
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Building lighter with concrete? How concrete 3D printing saves material and CO2
Concrete construction must become more sustainable and lower in CO2 emissions. Concrete 3D printing can contribute significantly to a reduction in materials. TU Graz wants to put this young technology into practice. Read more
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TU Graz Fills Endowed Professorship for Sustainable Construction
Alexander Passer is the new Professor of Sustainable Construction at TU Graz. The focus is on life-cycle-based sustainability assessment and low-emission, climate-robust construction methods. The professorship is endowed by the Trade Association of the Stone and Ceramics Industry. Read more
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"Computer Simulation Optimizes Electrical Machines": First German-Austrian Collaborative Research Centre/Transregio approved
TU Darmstadt and TU Graz want to decisively improve electrical machines through computer simulations. The German Research Foundation (DFG) and the Austrian Science Fund FWF are funding the project with more than eight million euros. Read more
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René Rieberer: „I’m just interested in everything about it.“
René Rieberer has been a researcher at TU Graz since 1996 and is involved in environmentally friendly heating technology. But it’s not just in research that everything revolves around this; he also monitors his private Heating and ventilation system with all kinds of measurement technology. Read more
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"Sustainable Construction": Austrian Association for Building Materials & Ceramic Industries endows TU Graz professorship
The Stones and Ceramics Association supports endowed professorship for sustainable construction at TU Graz with a focus on lifecycle-based sustainability assessment as well as greenhouse gas-free and climate-robust construction projects. The appointment will take place in the summer of 2021. Read more
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Brenner Base Tunnel as a Lighthouse Project: Tunnels to become CO₂-neutral energy suppliers
Research association led by TU Graz wants to use the heat contained in the discharged tunnel water to supply energy to entire city districts. As part of the FFG programme "City of the Future", a sustainable concept for the city of Innsbruck is being developed. Read more
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Sustainable shotcrete mix-designs for tunnels with longer service-life
A project jointly initiated by the Austrian Society for Construction Technology (ÖBV), TU Graz and OTH Regensburg provides a more systematic understanding of shotcrete applications and forms the basis for new, even more durable concrete mixes and thus for more durable tunnels. Read more
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Styrian technological innovation: The smallest particle sensor in the world - made in Graz
TU Graz, ams and Silicon Austria Labs has developed a compact and energy-efficient sensor for mobile devices, which informs users in real time about the fine dust content in the air and warns them in case of elevated values. Read more
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New exhaust gas measurement registers ultrafine pollutant particles for the first time
Together with international partners, researchers at Graz University of Technology have developed a measurement method that measures particles below 10 nanometres for the first time and will contribute to the implementation of future, stricter emission standards. Read more
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Connecting Africa and Europe for Sustainable Development
The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly noticeable and therefore a transformation of our energy system is becoming more and more urgent. The fight against climate change is a global challenge and the electricity sector plays a key role in this transformation process. The shift from... Read more
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Robots as 'pump attendants': TU Graz develops robot-controlled rapid charging system for e-vehicles
Researchers from TU Graz and their industry partners have unveiled a world first: the prototype of a robot-controlled, high-speed combined charging system (CCS) for electric vehicles. that enables series charging of cars in various parking positions. Read more
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TU Graz develops environmentally friendly eco-concrete
Grey on the outside, green inside: The production of “Öko²-Beton” concrete consumes up to 30 percent less CO2 than the production of standard concrete, and yet the “green” concrete is by no means less stable or less convenient to process. Read more
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Shares in Companies and Cooperations
Competence Centres and Projects (COMET)
- BEST – Bioenergy and Sustainable Technologies GmbH
- LEC (LEC EvoLET) – Large Engines Competence Center
- FLIPPR2 – Future Lignin and Pulp Processing Research
- Holz.Bau – Holz.Bau Forschungs GmbH
Further Shareholdings
- VAH – Versuchsanstalt für Hochspannungstechnik Graz
Special Research Programs
- Advanced Computational Design
TU Graz events
Heads of the Field of Expertise
from left to right:
Urs Leonhard HIRSCHBERG
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Arch. Dr.sc.ETH
Institute of Architecture and Media
Christoph HOCHENAUER
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Institute of Thermal Engineering
Martin FELLENDORF
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Institute of Highway Engineering and Transport Planning
Contact: FoE-Sustainable-Systems@tugraz.at
For researchers at TU Graz
Register for/deregister from the Field of Expertise: foe@tugraz.at
Degree Programmes and Continuing Education
Bachelor's Degree Programmes
- Architecture
- Civil Engineering and Construction Management
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- Geodesy
- Geosciences
- Environmental Systems Sciences/Natural Sciences – Technology
Master's Degree Programmes
- Architecture
- Construction Management and Civil Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering and Business Economics
- Electrical Engineering
- Geodesy
- Geosciences
- Environmental System Sciences / Climate Change and Environmental Technology
- Biorefinery Engineering
Continuing Education Programme Sustainable Construction
New Projects with TU Graz
RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY HOUSE
Mandellstraße 9/II
8010 Graz, Austria
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Christoph ADAMETZ
Dipl.-Ing.
Phone: +43 316 873 6033
christoph.adametz@tugraz.at
