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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).
and the winner is ...
In Madrid the winners of this years Solar Decathlon Europe have been awarded. Seventeen international university-teams were competing in ten different contests that simulate the way in which we use energy in our daily lifes. Luckily the 2nd and 3rd place went to Germany, to the teams from Rosenheim and Stuttgart.
Summer Academy 2010
The EnOB research initiative is organising a summer academy for the second time. Under the banner of “Architecture with Energy” the 2010 Summer Academy is aimed at architecture students in the fourth specialist semester and above. Based on actual case studies, the participants can learn about designing and planning energy-optimised buildings.
Energy-efficient schools
The learning and living environment provided by schools should offer optimum learning conditions. The EnOB research initiative is therefore placing a particular focus on “Energy-efficient schools”. This is intended to develop principles for future-oriented school building concepts based on model projects. So-called energy-plus schools will be implemented as flagship projects.