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EnOB: Research for energy-optimised construction
"Buildings of the future" - this is the guiding concept of EnOB, energy-optimised construction (the name EnOB is an abbreviation of the equivalent German term). The research projects sponsored by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi) involve buildings which have minimal primary energy requirements and high occupant comfort, with moderate investment costs and significantly reduced operating costs. Learn more about the various areas on which EnOB research is focussed, and about the testing of new concepts, technologies and materials in model projects.
Architectural Contest
High occupant comfort combined with minimal energy requirement and operating costs, efficient technologies in the context of high quality architectual approach - these were the benchmarks in architectural contest of the German Ministry of Economy and Technology. We present the 10 awarded projects (in German - briefly in English).
A new approach to the Bauhaus
The German Federal Environment Agency’s new building in Dessau is certainly an eye-catcher. The building designed by the Sauerbruch Hutton architecture agency is also quite ambitious in terms of energy efficiency and ecological aspects. As an EnOB model project, the building was subject to intensive scientific monitoring. The results are now available.
Summer Academy 2009
The EnOB research initiative is organising the Summer Academy 2009 under the banner of “Architecture with Energy”. This training event is aimed at architecture students from the fourth specialised semester onwards who wish to familiarise themselves with the planning of high-performance buildings with the help of concrete case studies.
Focus on Building Technologies
In Würzburg, Germany, Research teams from a wide range of disciplines in the area of energy-optimised construction gave the over 170 participants an insight into current projects of the EnOB research initiative. At the same time, the event also had the aim of exploring and discussing future research topics in the field of energy-optimised construction.