The mission of the Institute for Renewable Energy consists of innovative and interdisciplinary research and development in cooperation with local and international partners in order to promote technologies making use of renewable energy as well as efficient energy management.
The institute supports industry customers in the launch of innovative technologies so that they can establish a competitive edge in the market. The profit and satisfaction of its customers are a measure of the institute's success.
Research activities are chosen according to market demands. The institute collaborates closely with leading European research institutes. The major priority is given to ensuring of independence, neutrality, and accuracy.
EUROPEAN UNION RESEARCH PROJECTS:
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Zero Emissions Services for a Decarbonised Alpine Economy www |
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Low Temperature, Urban Waste Heat into District Heating and Cooling Networks as a Clean Source of Thermal Energy www |
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EU H2020
VARCITIES
Visionary nature-based actions for health, wellbeing & resilience in cities
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EU H2020 ERA-NET Project
EVA
Optimization of regional infrastructures for the transition to Electric and connected Autonomous Vehicles |
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Climate and cultural-based solutions for Plus Energy Buildings www |
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EU H2020
EnerMaps
Open Source Tools to Share, Compare, and Reuse Low-Carbon Energy Data
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Renewable and Waste Heat Recovery for Competitive District Heating and Cooling Networks www |
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Risk reduction for Building Energy Efficiency investments www |
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Heating Appliances Retrofit Planning www |
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Holistic and Integrated Urban Model for Smart Cities www |
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HEART is a multifunctional retrofit toolkit including different components (ICT, BEMS, HVAC, BIPV and Envelope Technologies) that cooperate to transform an existing building into a smart building. www |
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Cost Reduction and market Acceleration for Viable nearly zero-Energy buildings www |
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Adaptive and adaptable envelope solutions for energy harvesting to optimize EU building and district load and market Acceleration for Viable nearly zero-Energy building
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EU H2020
PV Impact Actual execution of the Implementation Plan for Photovoltaics and monitoring the Implementation Plan’s delivery
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REthinking Sustainability TOwards a Regenerative Economy www |
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Human-centric Energy Districts www |
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PV module lifetime forecast and evaluation www |
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Innovative compact hybrid storage systems for low energy buildings www |
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Heating and Cooling: Open Source Tool for Mapping and Planning of Energy Systems www |
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Robust and Reliable technology concepts and business models for triggering deep Renovation of Residential buildings in EU www |
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European Energy Efficient building&district Database: from data to information to knowledge www |
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Fifth Generation, Low Temperature, High Exergy District Heating And Cooling Networks www |
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Standardized approaches and products for the systemic retrofit of residential BUILDings, focusing on HEATing and cooling consumptions attenuation www |
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Smart initiative of cities fully committed to invest in advanced large-scaled energy solutions www
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INTERREG PROJECTS:
EFRE/FESR PROJECTS:
INTERNATIONAL ENERGY AGENCY PROJECTS:
NATIONAL AND REGIONAL RESEARCH PROJECTS:
- Saving Public Energy: Technical-scientific collaboration for energy managing of the building stock of the Autonomous Province of Bolzano
- Hygrothermal Lab
INTERNAL PROJECTS:
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histBATec - Historic Building Atlas, energy & culture.
Quantifying the typical energy demand of historic buildings, and quantifying also the effect of “adapted use” (e.g. heating only the living rooms) as well as historic building methods to save energy.
SCIENTIFIC CONSULTANCY FOR COMPANIES AND AUTHORITIES:
Development and test of innovative technologies in the field of renewable energies.
Project details are not published by specific request of our partners.
To get more information about our services for industry and public partners please visit
this page or refer to the Institute labs flyers.
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PV Industry Projects:
> Techno/economical consultancy and evaluation of PV systems
> Multitechnology PV installations
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Solar Thermal Industry Projects:
> Sun-RISE (in cooperation with
Stahlbau Pichler): the project Sun-Rise aims at developing a new design for standardized multifunctional façade modules to be applied in buildings of the tertiary sector, including insulating envelope materials, solar thermal generation, energy storage and an innovative hydronic station for the energy management into a single technological solution
> Development of a solar combi plus system
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Energy in Buildings Industry Projects: support to the design and optimization of energy efficiency in buildings towards net zero energy balance and devolvement of innovative products
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Urban and Regional Energy Systems Projects:
> SUSTAIN (Erasmus-Mundus): Strengthening higher education in Urban Sustainability and Transitions towards internationalisation of Academic Institutions and Networks
> Support to the elaboration and implementation of sustainable energy action plans in cities and municipalities in order to enhance the application of renewable energy and energy efficiency measures:
> Klimaplan Bressanone: the SEAP (Sustainable Energy Action Plan) of Bressanone/Brixen contains the inventory of CO2 emissions for the year 2005 and the planned measures, up to year 2020, for their reduction of more than 20%
> EU FESR - Open Energy Merano
> Progetto Energia Alta Val di Non
