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Team Austria wins Solar Decathlon 2013 with LISI!
hosted by the US Department of Energy to promote the application of solar technologies in buildings. In January 2012, the DOE selected twenty university teams to compete in the Solar Decathlon 2013, which [...] homes designed and built by student teams were open to the public and evaluated by a jury. Team Austria was one of only two European teams invited to SD 2013 (the other being from the Czech Republic). The [...] of the Supervisory Board Hannes Androsch, Managing Director Wolfgang Knoll, Head of Energy Department Brigitte Bach and Head of Corporate Communication Michael Hlava amongst them - thanks for keeping finger´s
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Christoph Mayr was elected to the board of the Association of the European Renewable Energy Research Centres
technologies. The purpose of the association is to promote and support the development of innovative technologies and human resources to enable a prompt transition to a sustainable energy system.EUREC is the [...] Christoph Mayr, Head of Business Unit Photovoltaic Systems was elected to the member of the board of the Association of European Renewable Research Centres (EUREC), which is the leading association r [...] es from European Research Institutes. “The election into the EUREC board gives AIT the possibility to shape general frameworks for the research agenda of renewable energy as well as for the European Innovation
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AIT Energy @ Austrians Photovoltaic Conference in Linz
us furthermore a strong position to provide our customers the know-how along the entire value chain – from the solar cell to PV Power Systems”, says Christoph Mayr, Head of Business Unit Photovoltaic Systems [...] most important committees to develop the future standards in the field of PV Modules testing requirements and construction of PV plants. “These activities give AIT the possibility to shape general frameworks [...] standards. The results of the working packages within the IEA Photovoltaic Power Systems Program were shown to complete AIT’s contribution.Energy leads projects within the international PV Power Systems ProgramThe
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smartEST Laboratory AIT ENERGY OPEN HOUSE
Energy Department invited clients and partners to an Open House event to celebrate the opening of the cutting-edge SmartEST Laboratory. We were very proud to welcome around 200 guests from industry, research [...] Technology), Theresia Vogel (Managing Director of the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund) and Brigitte Bach (Head of Energy Department, AIT). The international significance of the new research facility was underlined [...] the DG Research & Innovation of the European Commission. Many of the guests took the opportunity to get an up-close look at our sophisticated research facilities and attend presentations on international
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European Energy Research Alliance and the SET-plan
who provide input and feedback to the JP to ensure that research is aligned to the real-life needs of cities and to enable scientists to work out solutions in response to future urban trends and developments [...] am happy to report that the EERA priorities are in line with the AGE’s input to the H2020 Work Programme. Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy” for 2016/2017. In its advice, the AGE recommended to strengthen [...] EERA-Joint programmes was done, in order to assess the three most important projects for further funding by the European Commission. First priority was given to the project by the Joint program Smart Cities;
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AIT Partnership-Project EcoGrid EU awarded with the 2014 ISGAN Award of Excellence – Honorable Mention
during the last winter. The main role of the AIT was to develop mechanisms to allow dispersed generation to contribute to the system balance and to the system operation. Another major contribution of AIT [...] their ability to drive positive change and elevate sustainable societies. The objective of the EcoGrid EU project is to develop a prototype of a European Smart Grid market platform able to incorporate [...] markets, balancing tools and operation procedures. The key idea of the project is to introduce a real time market (close to operation) distributing a real time price on which distributed energy resources
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iniGrid: smart components for active distribution networks
are monitored only to a limited extent. An Austrian consortium led by AIT Austrian Institute of Technology has initiated the iniGrid project to develop smart sensors and actuators to fill this information [...] is gaining importance to enable targeted grid management as well as fast fault detection and elimination. Real-time measurements of operating parameters are currently restricted to the large transmission [...] for the medium-voltage grid to allow comprehensive grid monitoring in real time. Finally, the smart components will be integrated into a secure automation infrastructure to ensure a seamless flow of i
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AIT Energy develops urban planning tool for urban governance
needed to actively analyse, plan and manage the urban environment. The project consortium under the lead of Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD created a tool to give answers to following [...] following questions: How to support citizen & stakeholder engagement in the planning decision making process? How to understand the socio-economic dynamic of cities and city regions? How to communicate the [...] decisions are the most convenient and understandable solution for presenting spatial planning alternatives to the public. Mobility Explorer In today’s world, wireless mobile communication devices establish and
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AIT Energy will host the International Symposium on Smart Electric Distribution Systems and Technologies – Call for Papers
pilot projects to roll out of Smart Grids solutionsThe main objective of this symposium is to bring the research and industry community together to discuss recent developments and approaches to support the
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CEO Knoll signed agreement for an AIT Joint Laboratory in Singapore
environment – contributes greatly to an integrated approach towards sustainable buildings. To be energy-efficient and sustainable, building envelopes should be active on all levels to utilize microclimatic energy [...] are closely related to high performance building envelopes and façade systems. With innovative combinations of design, technology and materials, a responsive building envelope – tuned to interact with the [...] Laboratory in Singapore for the emerging topic green building envelopes.February, 18th, 2013, as a prelude to the start of the planned cooperation in Singapore, AIT managing director Wolfgang Knoll signed a memorandum
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IECON 2013: AIT organises the world’s largest conference on industrial electronics
An Industry Forum gave representatives from industry and research the opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences and to forge networks across scientific disciplines and industrial sectors. “Looking back [...] Austria Center Vienna for the 39th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society from 11 to 14 November. IECON 2013, the world’s largest conference on industrial electronics was organised by [...] Technology. “We are proud that we have succeeded in bringing this prestigious large-scale conference to Austria for the first time”, said Peter Palensky, AIT Principal Scientist and conference organiser
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Summer University Green.Building.Solutions. 2016, Vienna
l research projects on the nexus to the research topics smart cities, smart grids, photovoltaics and thermal energy systems. The students also get the chance to see AIT’s laboratories for heat pumps [...] sustainable passive house office building.If you are a future leader, motivated, willing to learn & want to make a change - apply as soon as possible at www.summer-university.net and make an outstanding [...] professions. As Austria is a leading country regarding green & passive house building, we want to share this first hand ecological knowledge and engineering expertise - combined with outstanding experience
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Handbook of Research on Social Economic, and Environmental Sustainability in the Development of Smar
As population growth accelerates, researchers and professionals face challenges as they attempt to plan for the future. Urban planning is a significant component in addressing the key concerns as the [...] population moves towards the city and leaves the rural environment behind, yet there are many factors to consider for a well rounded community.The Handbook of Research on Social, Economic, and Environmental [...] Development of Smart Cities brings together the necessary research and interdisciplinary discussion to address dilemmas created by population growth and the expansion of urban environments. This publication
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IEA-Workshop "From Energy Efficient Buildings to Smart Cities“
Thema „From Energy Efficient Buildings to Smart Cities“ ein. Mitveranstalter sind die TU-Graz und das AIT. From Energy Efficient Buildings to Smart Cities:How to address the challenge of urban energy
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SOPHIA Photovoltaics Module Reliability Workshop
essential. Initiated by the European research infrastructure project SOPHIA, we have the pleasure to invite you to the annually organized 6th international SOPHIA PV-Module Reliability Workshop. [...] TECHbase , as a cooperative event of European Research Institutes. When? April 28, 2016, from 9.00 to 18.00, followed by the Energy Get-Together (AIT Energy customer day where you are informed about the [...] AIT Energy Department in a pleasant atmosphere including a dinner reception)April 29, 2016, from 8.30 to 17.00 Where?Vienna, TECHbase, Giefinggasse 2, 1210 Vienna, Austria The AIT Energy Department organizes
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Webinar: AIT Smart Grid Converter (SGC) Control Platform
regulation, and penetration of new technologies. The traditional approach of building new power plants to meet the energy demand can no longer be the only option. Renewable generation and energy efficiency [...] 3PH Grid Tie 3L PV inverter application employing the innovative “per unit” control concept and easy-to-use customizable HIL SCADA interface.. Join the webinar and learn how power electronics experts are [...] constantly finding new applications for the Controller Hardware in the Loop paradigm and how it allows you to overcome the challenges of the Smart Grid. For more information and registration click here
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AIT Energy hosts DERri General and Review Meeting
activities to foster grid integration of renewable energy sources. The project under the FP7 Capacities programme is funding transnational access for external researchers and companies who wish to make use [...] continuation of the DERri program will be submitted. Again, AIT Energy will offer trans-national access to their inverter test lab and newly installed Power-Hardware-in-the Loop (P-HIL) laboratory, and will
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AIT presented successful results of MetaPV project in Brussels
aimed to test and implement voltage control strategies based on reactive power from PV and battery storage. This is a big step in enabling the development and connection of more renewable power to achieve [...] The closing event of the MetaPV project was held in Brussels to present the project’s conclusions and recommendations for policy-makers, regulators, industry and technical experts. The MetaPV project [...] Flanders, Belgium, how PV can actively support grid management in hosting distributed generation and how to integrate an increasing share of variable renewables in the grid. Together with the project partners
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AIT organizes 5th Symposium on Communications for Energy Systems (ComForEn) - Call for Papers
scientific event that brings together energy and information technology experts from science and industry to discuss emerging topics in the context of current Austrian smart grids research projects. It is jointly [...] AITTanja Zseby, TU Wien Symposium organisationFriederich Kupzog, AITThomas Leber, TU Wien Link to the Call for Papers
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Weltsensation
the user account: When you are editing the backend user, the selected groups are evaluated from top to bottom.Values, which are set in one group, can be overwritten and modified in the same or another group [...] the user account: When you are editing the backend user, the selected groups are evaluated from top to bottom.