Institute for Renewable Energy

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To counteract climate change, energy supplies must become CO2-neutral as quickly as possible. We are involved in this transformation at all levels, we collaborate with industry partners on technological innovations and advise decision-makers on setting the course for the transformation of entire systems.

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Laboratories at NOI Techpark© Eurac Research - Ivo Corrà

The PV Integration Lab is a facility for the integration of photovoltaic systems in buildings and grids.© Eurac Research - Ivo Corrà

Refurbishment of social housing in Bolzano as part of the SINFONIA Project.© - Ivo Corrà

Accelerated ageing tests and environmental stress on the charging stations produced by the South Tyrolean company Alpitronic.© Eurac Research - Annelie Bortolotti

Consultacy on conservation work on disused historic building carried out as part of the European project 3ENCULT.© www.fb-foto.com | fotograf florian berger @ kreatif

Prefabricated façade with decentralized office air conditioning machine, designed as part of a bilateral project with Stahlbau Pichler. © Eurac Research - Annelie Bortolotti

The Institute provided assistance on the implementation and development of Ukraine’s plans on energy from renewable sources as part of an Austrian-Italian Consortium.© Unsplash - Philipp Katzenberger

In the Heat Pumps Lab, individual heat pumps and complete systems can be tested under stationary and dynamic conditions.© Eurac Research - Ivo Corrà

The Façade System Interactions Lab is designed to assess the interaction between the elements that make up a building and its interior environment.© Eurac Research - Francesco Babich

Consultancy and planning of sustainable energy models and policies at a local, regional and national level.© Eurac Research - Ivo Corrà

The Hygrothermal Testing Lab performs measurements of the thermal and hygrometric properties of building materials.© Eurac Research - Ivo Corrà

Facts
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129

Staff members

36 with a PhD degree

Ongoing projects

45 of them with international partners

Assignments (services and consultancies)

Journal publications

Laboratories and facilities

Data Activity Report 2020/2021

Research Groups

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Sustainable heating and cooling systems

The research group on sustainable heating and cooling systems focus on the integration of heat pump systems in a variety of applications, both in the ...

Photovoltaic Energy Systems

The focus of the research group is set on performance and reliability of photovoltaic systems, solar resources, exploitation and mitigation of variability, PV ...

Energy Efficient Buildings

This research group focuses on energy flexible buildings and building clusters, faҫade system concepts, architectural solutions for natural ventilation and ...

Energy retrofit of historic buildings

This research group focuses on energy performance of historic buildings and districts, offers solutions of energy retrofit compatible with conservation, ...

Urban and regional energy systems

The goals of the group are the sustainable energy planning and policies, spatial decision support systems, models for sustainable energy development, big data ...

Overall energy system modelling and e-mobility

The research group deals with modeling of overall energy systems integrating different energy sources, efficiency measures and storage. Research focuses also on ...

News & Events

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19 November 2021

Eurac Research contributes to the EU Strategy on Heating and Cooling

Eurac Research among the consortium of the EU tender “Pathways for Energy Efficient Heating and Cooling"

17 November 2021

Forum Sicilia Qualenergia

Contributo Eurac Research sul connubio paesaggio-fonti rinnovabili

12 November 2021

New project MEMPHIS 2.0 kicks off

Advanced Algorithm for spatial identification, evaluation of temporal availability and economic assessment of waste heat sources and their local representation

08 November 2021

Scientific Committee

It's time to evaluate the present, future and closed activities of our Institute at the annual Scientific Committee the next 22 and 23 November.

05 November 2021

Convegno GreenMobility Alto Adige

Le opportunità di sviluppo per il territorio comunale attraverso i progetti europei: esperienze pratiche

07 October 2021

Nuovo progetto IMPETUS

Soluzioni di adattamento al cambiamento climatico nelle regioni europee

06 October 2021

New project FULFILL

Fundamental Decarbonisation Through Sufficiency by Lifestyle Changes

Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions Conference

Call for proposals until the 25th of November 2021!

18-22.07.2022

Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions 2022

02 September 2021

Test in laboratorio e software di simulazione per la prestazione igrotermica dei materiali edili

Nuova importante collaborazione con Rothoblaas Srl per la verifica della performance igrotermica di 13 membrane per involucri edilizi e inserimento nei database di simulazione.