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Announcement: “Buildings of the future” symposium and presentation
Abstract
Date: 18-19 January 2011
Location: Munich
With this double event, the EnOB research initiative will be presenting new concepts, methods and model projects from the world of research, all in the context of innovative building prototypes from the Europe-wide “Solar Decathlon Europe” university competition. The symposium and presentation will take place as part of BAU 2011. In this way, the research initiative will be showing how the “buildings of the future” can meet the challenges of the 21st century: Energy efficiency is the main challenge here, alongside architecture for today’s needs, functionality, comfort and sustainability.
More details
The “buildings of the future” are no longer a distant vision... Indeed, it will be possible to view them at BAU 2011! The EnOB research initiative will be presenting building prototypes by four teams from German universities in Berlin, Rosenheim, Stuttgart and Wuppertal that performed excellently at the “Solar Decathlon Europe” international competition in Madrid. These innovative building prototypes employ new materials, systems, components and concepts that bear the “Made in Germany” badge.
Programme overview
1. Research symposium
Research and project teams provide insights into the latest developments and methods: strategies for improved occupant comfort and optimised operation management, new methods and results for overall economic viability analysis, trends in the simulation of buildings and systems, and new components and systems for buildings.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011
11.00 a.m.: Check-in
12.00 midday: Construction and refurbishment in the context of climate change and energy issues: New approaches from research on energy-optimised construction
1.00 p.m.: Lunch | Poster exhibition
2.30 p.m.: Parallel sessions I
1) Learning from model projects – New buildings, refurbishment and building optimisation
2) Progress with simulation and planning tools
4:30 p.m.: Parallel sessions II
3) New components and systems for buildings
4) New findings on functional quality, comfort and cost-effectiveness
5:40 p.m.: Trends and perspectives
2. Evening event
Keynote address: Next steps – Political, economic and urban development trends in a European context
Get-together with exclusive viewing of the best-placed German building in the “Solar Decathlon Europe” (SDE) competition by Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences – until around 10 p.m.
3. Solar Decathlon Europe
Wednesday, 19/1/2011
9.00 a.m.: Check-in
9.30 a.m.: “Solar Decathlon Europe” university competition: Integration of research, education and construction practice
10.10 a.m.: High-performance buildings in the competition – Results and experience gathered by the teams, speech highlighting achievements
11.30 a.m.: Panel discussion: The electricity-only house as a model for the future? – Discussion with representatives from research on urban development and buildings, the energy sector, industry and politics
12.20 p.m.: Snack, after which a visit to the trade fair is possible
Event location
The EnOB symposium and the event related to the “Solar Decathlon Europe” competition will be held in the International Congress Centre Munich (ICM). These two events can be conveniently combined with a free visit to the trade fair. The evening event will take place on the trade fair grounds, where you can experience at first hand the best-placed German building in the Solar Decathlon Europe competition by Rosenheim University of Applied Sciences.
Organisation
The event is being held by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. The Technische Universität Dresden is responsible for the practical organisation of the symposium and presentation.
Contact person:
Andreas Söhnchen, Institute of Building Climatology, TU Dresden, email contact
Registration
It is also possible to register using the event website Buildings of the future.