Research for energy-optimised construction: Address data: Institut für Gebäude- und Solartechnik

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Institut für Gebäude- und Solartechnik

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Postal address	TU Braunschweig Mühlenpfordtstraße 23, 38106 Braunschweig
Phone	+49 (0)531 391-3555
Fax	+49 (0)531 391-8125
E-mail	igs(at)tu-bs.de
Internet	www.igs.bau.tu-bs.de
Category	Research
Profile	The Institute for Building Services and Energy Design handles the entire spectrum of energy and climatic design in buildings. Our focus is the integral planning of buildings while taking all relevant aspects of energy consumption and occupant comfort into account.

Player in the projects below:

Office buildings

Head office of Siedlungswerk

The head office building for Siedlungswerk gGmbH, which is situated in the centre of Stuttgart, was evaluated with a view to optimising its operation. The aim was to lower the energy consumption and at the same time make it more comfortable to use. The optimisation focussed on the heating and ventilation systems.

more details Head office of Siedlungswerk

Office buildings

PPP model for new Regionshaus building in Hanover

This building demonstrates two important aspects of innovative construction: firstly, the contractor's requirements with regard to energy efficiency and occupant comfort are set very high, and secondly a particular financing model is applied: the "public private partnership", or PPP for short. The contractor (the Region of Hanover), despite a tight public budget, is able to build a consistently energy-optimised building for 300 staff.

more details PPP model for new Regionshaus building in Hanover

EnergieForum Berlin: Gebäudeansicht von der Spreeseite

Office buildings

Seasonal heat management at the EnergieForum Berlin

The EnergieForum Berlin is a building complex whose ambitious energy concept relies on energy piles for providing seasonal heat and cooling storage within the building’s foundations. The monitoring of the building started soon after it was inaugurated. A decisive problem was the continual increase in the ground temperature. However, by means of many different measures that did not require capital investment, considerable improvements have been made to the building’s performance and the heat and cooling storage in the foundation area has been successfully balanced out.

more details Seasonal heat management at the EnergieForum Berlin

Das Software-Tool "Energie-Navigator" ist eine webbasierte Plattform, damit Architekten, Ingenieure, Bauherren und Facility Manager die Performance Ihres Gebäudes gemeinsam optimieren und überwachen

The Energy Navigator: Energy-optimised design and operation

The Internet-based working platform enables the design of system descriptions, automatic analyses of operating data and reporting functions for engineers, building owners and users. Thanks to innovative Web 2.0 technologies, the working platform can be used online by all project participants throughout the entire lifecycle. The Energy Navigator enables the operation of buildings to be systematically supported.

more details The Energy Navigator: Energy-optimised design and operation

Die Volkswagen Bibliothek Berlin von Süd-West

Special buildings

Volkswagenbibliothek in Berlin

The building for the Volkswagenbibliothek in Berlin was evaluated shortly after it opened in terms of its energy efficiency and levels of comfort. As part of an energy-oriented optimisation of the operation, the primary energy consumption was lowered within one year by 19 per cent. At the same time, the user comfort has improved tangibly.

more details Volkswagenbibliothek in Berlin

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