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 TechparkCredit: Eurac Research | Ivo Corrà

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

Refurbishment of social housing in Bolzano as part of the SINFONIA Project.Credit: Eurac Research | Ivo Corrà

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

Energy retrofit of Waaghaus historic demo building — Consultacy on conservation work on disused historic building carried out as part of the European project 3ENCULT.Credit: Eurac Research | Florian Berger

Prefabricated façade with decentralized office air conditioning machine, designed as part of a bilateral project with Stahlbau Pichler. Credit: 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.Credit: Unsplash | Philipp Katzenberger | All rights reserved

In the Heat Pumps Lab, individual heat pumps and complete systems can be tested under stationary and dynamic conditions.Credit: 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.Credit: Eurac Research | Francesco Babich

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

The Hygrothermal Testing Lab performs measurements of the thermal and hygrometric properties of building materials.Credit: Eurac Research | Ivo Corrà

Facts
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152

Staff members

52 with a PhD degree

Ongoing projects

43 of them with international partners

Assignments (services and consultancies)

21 of them with international agencies

Journal publications

Contributions in conference proceedings

Laboratories and facilities

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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 ...
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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 ...
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Energy Efficient Buildings
This research group focuses on energy flexible buildings and building clusters, faҫade system concepts, architectural solutions for natural ventilation and ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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News & Events

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18 November 2024

Solar energy communities

New study by Eurac Research explore critical challenges in electricity system management that may emerge from the deployment of renewable energy communities

Institute internal event

19-20.11.2024

Scientific Committee 2024

22 November 2024

Project ASSERT kicks off

Large-scale multiactor training and mentorship programme to assist people with physical impairments in energy poverty

11 November 2024

AVERE Conference 2024: Driving the Future of Electric Mobility

Wolfram Sparber brings Eurac Research's experience on electrification of road transport in urban context.

How to efficiently manage the redevelopment of housing parks

Workshop

04.12.2024

How to efficiently manage the redevelopment of housing parks

04 November 2024

Brenner Base Tunnel: environmental impact and electrification of heavy transport

A new Eurac Research study in cooperation with BBT recently published in iScience analyses the environmental impact in terms of CO2 of a large-scale railway infrastructure considering the ...