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User experience supports energy-conscious purchasing decisions
For over 25 years, the EU energy label has helped consumers to choose energy-efficient products. Within the project "Label 2020", the EU energy label was improved and adapted to customer-centric needs [...] users the possibility to compare energy-efficient appliances (e.g. washing machines, lighting products, etc.) and thus supports energy-conscious purchasing decisions. The Center for Technology Experience of [...] market transition towards the new energy labels. The Label 2020 project started in June 2019 and will last until January 2023. It is coordinated by the Austrian Energy Agency and takes place in the UK and
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NEFI: Innovation network for emission-free industry grows by four additional projects
The innovation network NEFI - New Energy for Industry has been granted funding for four new projects by the Climate and Energy Fund within the framework of the Energy Model Region with a total project [...] were submitted together with the research and industry partners. Wolfgang Hribernik, Head of Center for Energy and NEFI Network Coordinator: „We are pleased to continue the development of leading-edge t [...] technologies. Here alone, the reduction potential is 11 million tons CO2 per year in the EU.“ AIT Center for Energy will manage three projects on industrial heat pumps The new projects focus on the development
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Tara Esterl takes up the position as Head of Competence Unit Integrated Energy Systems (IES)
January, Tara Esterl (33) is heading the newly founded Competence Unit Integrated Energy Systems in the Center for Energy at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. In her new position she is responsible [...] regulatory issues. Integrated Energy Systems research field For the sustainable energy system of the future, the interplay between technologicalal innovations and energy management aspects is of great [...] portfolio of Integrated Energy Systems comprises techno-economic analyses, the use of flexibility in the electricity system, the development of business models and their effects on energy markets, regulatory
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Best practice for a sustainable production
heat pumps is an essential building block for a future and efficient energy system“, explains Wolfgang Hribernik, Head of Center for Energy at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. New Heat Pump Technology [...] processes After evaluating the production processes, the energy sources used and the possible efficiency measures, the AIT Center for Energy drew up a decarbonisation concept for the Vienna site of the [...] Together with the pharmaceutical company Takeda, the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Center for Energy developed a decarbonization concept for the production site in Vienna. The initial set of identified
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IWCEE 2018 – machine learning, artificial intelligence and big data
contributions from Reinhard König (AIT Center for Energy and CSH Vienna) and Ernst Gebetsroither-Geringer (AIT Center for Energy), and Manfred Paier (AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy). Venue: [...] The AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy co-organizes the 6th International Workshop on Computational Economics and Econometrics (IWCEE 2018) at the National Research Council of Italy, Rome. This
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Bernadette Fina wins Science Award of Lower Austria
Bernadette Fina, Center for Energy, was awarded a recognition prize for her research on different aspects of energy communities. Her research deals with the topics of the profitability of energy communities [...] building renovation on the profitability of energy communities and the potential estimation of cost-optimal photovoltaic capacities in case of a roll-out of energy communities. Video nomination of Bernadette
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Strategic Energy Technology Plan Conference - CEEC 2016
government. Brigitte Bach, Head of Center for Energy and Coordinator of the EERA Joint Programme on Smart Cities, was invited as a member of the Panel on Efficient energy and smart cities at the conference [...] The SET Plan 2016 – Central European Energy Conference X featured 8 main panels on the priorities of the Energy Union and SET Plan and 6 parallel thematic dinner sessions on related subjects attended [...] Renewables, R&I, Energy Efficiency, DG ENER of the European Commission. The panel discussed the implementation of key actions under the Integrated SET-Plan, focusing on energy efficiency. It considered
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AIT Project GrazLog receives EL-MO Award
by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology and led by the AIT Center for Energy. In the course of this year's EL-MOTION congress, GrazLog [...] and regions to use sustainable urban logistics," says project manager Martin Reinthaler, AIT Center for Energy. The GrazLog project consortium consists of: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH [...] transformation of commercial transport towards CO2 neutrality. The heart of GrazLog is an urban logistics center, a so-called City Hub, where the delivery and consolidation of goods as well as returns are handled
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Digital urban planning know-how for the Frankfurt skyline
The AIT Center for Energy, together with the renowned Frankfurt architects Albert Speer & Partner, has been awarded the contract to draw up the Frankfurt high-rise development plan 2021. The plan [...] scenarios," explains Nikolas Neubert, Head of the Digital Resilient Cities Competence Unit at the Center for Energy of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. "This brings enormous added value for the [...] the population," explains project manager Martin Traunmüller, Research Engineer at the AIT Center for Energy. "With our digital planning tools, we can not only plan a new skyline, but also take into account
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Optimization of photovoltaic self-absorption by using block chain
confidential billing platform. By means of a foresighted optimizer, which was developed by the AIT Center for Energy, it is possible to store the produced photovoltaic electricity efficiently in a battery and [...] residents of "Viertel Zwei". Residents who have "Wien Energie" as their electricity provider can test P2PQ here as a new electricity tariff. The Center for Technology Experience is now investigating how residents [...] order to get an overview of the generated transactions, power consumption and production, the AIT Center for Technology Experience developed a clear and user* friendly web application, which displays the
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AUSTRIA IS A KEY DRIVER OF THE EU INITIATIVE FOR A EUROPEAN ENERGY DATA SPACE
exchange of energy data, it aims to promote competition, quality and functionality of energy data-based services in Europe. This will not only lead to increased energy efficiency and reduced energy use, but [...] University of Vienna, Helmut Leopold, Head of Center for Digital Safety & Security at AIT as well as Chairman Gaia-X Hub Austria, Anton Schögl, Austria's Energy and former Head of Austria's E-Economy in [...] EU member states and leading European experts from the energy sector. EDDIE aims to create a data space to enable the effective management of energy management tasks in multi-stakeholder markets. By creating
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Expo Dubai 2020: AIT presents digital city planning know-how in the iLab
With the City Intelligence Lab (CIL), the AIT Center for Energy will be an essential part of the i-Lab at the heart of the Austria Pavilion at Expo Dubai 2020: As part of the world exhibition, the experts [...] our expertise to a broad international audience in Dubai," says Wolfgang Hribernik, Head of Center for Energy. City Intelligence Lab - an international showcase lab The lab is an interactive platform for [...] this," explains Nikolas Neubert, Head of Competence Unit Digital Resilient Cities at the AIT Center for Energy. "The growth and densification of cities in particular exacerbate the problem of overheating
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Digitalization as a driving factor: LKR coordinates new COMET project "ProMetHeus"
implemented. The challenges in metal processing are manifold and range from high energy prices coupled with highly energy-intensive processes to the availability of primary materials and a shortage of skilled [...] for the technologies of tomorrow The COMET Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies programme promotes the establishment of competence centers, the core of which is a high-level research program jointly [...] tät Leoben – Lehrstuhl für Umformtechnik Research Center for Non Destructive Testing GmbH (RECENDT) AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Center for Vision, Automation and Control FH OÖ Forschungs
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Digital solutions for the fight against climate change
https://clarity-h2020.eu/ Center for Digital Safety & Security / Crisis and Disaster Management https://www.ait.ac.at/cdm/ Center for Energy https://www.ait.ac.at/energy/ More Details at https://m [...] The 17 European partners involved in the project include Austria’s AIT (Center for Digital Safety & Security and Center for Energy), the Austrian Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics (ZAMG [...] days during the same period of time. In order to reduce increasing urban heat stress, the AIT Center for Energy used micro-climate simulations of three different city districts in Linz to demonstrate how
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Steam without gas
very proud that we can do our part through our flagship energy region, NEFI - New Energy for Industry". Wolfgang Hribernik, Head of Center for Energy, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and NEFI network [...] eutical company Takeda, the BMK, the Climate and Energy Fund and the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT). Led by the AIT Center for Energy, the AHEAD research project is the first to integrate [...] the Climate and Energy Fund and is being carried out as part of the research initiative "NEFI - New Energy for Industry" as part of the Austrian innovation offensive "Vorzeigeregion Energie". www.nefi.at
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AIT develops AI-controlled wind flow simulation for digital urban planning
Researchers of the City Intelligence Lab (CIL) at the AIT Center for Energy developed an artificial intelligence (AI) based simulation for wind flows. This enables wind factors to be determined in planning [...] possible time", explains Nikolas Neubert, Head of Competence Unit Digital Resilient Cities at the Center for Energy of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. Wind currents important for microclimate in cities [...] down or to maintain heat," explains Angelos Chronis, Head of City Intelligence Lab at the AIT Center for Energy. The CIL's online platform for collaborative design coupled with real-time analysis enables
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AIT receives ÖGUT Environmental Award!
social housing with 100% renewable energy and actively involve residents in the process. By combining geothermal energy, asphalt collectors, solar energy, and intelligent energy management, not only can CO2 [...] reduced, but energy costs can also be lowered. We hope that this model project will serve as an example for further housing projects." - Edith Haslinger, geothermal expert at the AIT Center for Energy. The innovative [...] innovative energy concept of the residential complex based on the low-energy house standard enables sustainable heating and cooling without fossil fuels. The heating is supplied entirely by renewable energy
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Workshop series on energy data "FAIR AND OPEN METADATA FOR LOW CARBON ENERGY RESEARCH
existing energy research databases via modern web technologies and provides analysis tools on a community platform. In the EERAdata WORKSHOP II: "FAIR AND OPEN METADATA FOR LOW CARBON ENERGY RESEARCH" [...] the involvement of many database operators, starting with the areas of energy efficiency of buildings, electricity grids, energy-relevant materials, and policy strategies and measures. This platform supports [...] charge). On December 3, a workshop on "Metadata user stories" will be held, led by Manfred Paier, AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy. Program and registration
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Vienna daughter's day at AIT
then explained by Edith Haslinger from the Center for Energy. Road safety is an important topic, whether you are on two wheels or four. Anna Huditz from the Center for Low-Emission Transport showed the girls [...] discover more about its female scientists’ careers and daily work. Scientist Tanja Tötzer from the Center for Energy explained how AIT helps large and small cities to become more resilient to climate change and [...] measuring equipment to make Austria’s road and rail networks fit for the future. Katja Fröhlich from the Center for Low-Emission Transport took the girls on a journey into the world of battery research, showing
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EERA develops strategy for European Energy Research
development of these new energy technologies to pave the way towards a low-carbon Europe. As Vice-Chair elected for a two year period Brigitte Bach, Head of Center for Energy defines the route „Our main [...] at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology. EERA (European Energy Research Alliance) is the public research pillar of the EU Strategic Energy Technology Plan (SET-Plan). Representatives from European research [...] carbon technologies and tightened their co-operation. EERA as a central hub of European Energy Research The European Energy Research Alliance (EERA) is a joint effort undertaken by more than 175 leading European