Projects and References

New projects at a glance

Here we list the newly added projects.

 

PreNoise Wood

With the growing importance of sustainable construction and increasing demands for comfort and efficiency, timber and lightweight buildings are becoming more prevalent. However, these construction types pose specific challenges in terms of noise transmission from technical building systems. To address this issue, the Fraunhofer IBP is developing the “PreNoise Wood” research project - a groundbreaking method for predicting and reducing installation noise in resource-efficient buildings.

 

Wall Heating on Interior Insulation

If wall heating systems are installed on exterior walls in existing buildings, additional interior insulation is particularly advisable. It makes sense to consider the system as a whole as a highly energy-efficient wall heating and interior insulation hybrid system (H-WIHS). To ensure this is successful, 10 manufacturing companies and 2 trade associations are working together with the Fraunhofer IBP in a project funded by the BMWK.

 

Solar water desalination

The development of solar water desalination plants is a promising approach to sustainable water treatment in water-scarce regions. At the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP, several projects have been carried out in order to advance this technology. The aim was to evaluate the technical feasibility, identify optimisation potential and create the basis for market maturity.

 

Transparent Enclosures for Art Objects and Monuments

Every year, numerous art objects and monuments are enclosed to protect them against the weather, typically using wooden structures. The project partners have therefore developed a modular enclosure system for outdoor cultural assets exposed to the elements, using transparent membranes and an innovative ventilation system. 

All projects at a glance

Here we list our current as well as successfully completed research and industrial projects.

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  • Individual modular elements
    © Dipl.-Ing. Architekt Volker Huckemann

    Individual modular elements.

    There is a lack of suitable depots that meet the requirements of sustainability and energy efficiency as well as those of conservation.

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  • Building with wind-powered heating 2.0 – solutions
    © Bayerisches Landesamt für Umwelt

    Possible solutions for using a building with wind-powered heating 2.0 with a large hot water storage tank (A), building component activation (B) and a central high-temperature stone storage tank (C).

    The aim of the research study is to develop concepts for »Buildings heated by wind-power«, which are heated during periods of strong wind only.

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  • Simulation heat load Sanssouci Palace Park
    © Fraunhofer IBP

    Sanssouci Palace Park - input data for the PALM-4U simulation (left) and simulated heat load on a hot summer's day (right).

    Cultural assets are critical socio-cultural infrastructures whose services contribute to Germany's economic development and competitiveness and promote the community. However, the increase in extreme weather events due to climate change poses a threat to these infrastructures, such as historic buildings & gardens and cultural landscapes. The BMBF-SiFo project “KERES” therefore studied future extreme weather events and their effects on our cultural heritage in Germany, and used models to examine these scenarios.

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  • Fast and efficient LCA-calculation of packaging
    © Nikita Burdenkov/Shutterstock

    PACFAST enables the carbon footprint / LCA of packaging to be calculated efficiently.

    Life cycle assessments are generally relatively complex and, depending on the objective and scope of study, call for a high level of expertise. Our collaboration with Institut cyclos-HTP has resulted in an important milestone on the way to calculating the carbon footprint (CF) of packaging quickly and efficiently. The application, called PACFAST (Packaging Carbon Footprint Fast and Standardised), uses an automatically generated file in CHI-RA that contains relevant packaging specifications for calculating the carbon footprint of the packaging in question.

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  • This project shows that local, close-to-body air-conditioning measures can be more energy efficient and more comfortable than conventional air-heating.

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  • Logo ACCE

    In pursuit of safeguarding the values of the UNESCO World Heritage site of Petra (Jordan) given the challenges of rapid societal and climatic change, the Academy of Conservation and Care for the Environment 2024 (ACCE) aims to foster national and international knowledge exchange among post graduate students and young professionals. ACCE is building a platform for emerging young professionals to come together and participate in workshops at the intersection of natural and cultural heritage environments, by learning from and working with the communities entrusted with their care.

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  • Key-Visual Project Climate-Adapted Architectural Heritage
    © Superbass / CC-BY-SA-3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons) / Adobe Stock

    In order to contend with extreme and imminent climate change, and to sustain cultural cohesion in the inhospitable environments that may result, we need to learn how to adapt and live with extremes by embracing climatically appropriate architecture and infrastructure. Combining the sciences and the arts, The Consortium for Climate-Adapted Architectural Heritage forecasts future climates in terms of geographically-based climate analogs – elucidating the future climate of any given location by identifying places that currently have the anticipated climate conditions – helping communities to adapt to climate change through preemptive modification of the built environment.

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  • Test setup
    © Fraunhofer IBP

    Test setup in the HiPIE laboratory in Stuttgart.

    The HiPIE laboratory enables the conditioning of the environmental conditions acoustics, lighting, room climate and air quality on a room area of approx. 45 sqm.

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