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 TechparkPhoto: Ivo Corrà | Eurac Research

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

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

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

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

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

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.Photo: Philipp Katzenberger | Unsplash | All rights reserved

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

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

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

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

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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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Circular economy, construction and social sustainability

Workshop

02.10.2024

Circular economy, construction and social sustainability

23 July 2024

Online database and tool for European building stock

Simulation-based database that includes energy, cost, and environmental impact data for various renovation packages

15 July 2024

Decarbonization of the Italian power energy system

New analysis by Eurac Research investigates the optimal investment strategy in the power system to reach carbon neutrality.

03 July 2024

Multiple benefits of an urban project

New Eurac Research study proposes a stakeholder-centred methodological approach

24 June 2024

Hydroelectric power production in Northern Italy

New study assesses the economic and environmental benefits of using flexible hydropower facilities to reduce carbon emissions.

09 June 2024

Evaluating Indoor Air Quality in office buildings.

Eurac Research experts recently published a comprehensive critical review on the subject.

Nuovo laboratorio outdoor per la produzione di prototipi di moduli fotovoltaici

Event

12.06.2024

Nuovo laboratorio outdoor per la produzione di prototipi di moduli fotovoltaici

03 June 2024

Flexible demand & utility-scale photovoltaic plants

New study develops methodology for assessing the ability of flexible demand to reduce the integration costs of utility-scale PV plants.

30 May 2024

Renovation of historic buildings: analysis of the best-practices

New scientific paper analyses best-practice renovations gathered in the HiBERatlas platform in order to draw some conclusions to foster renovations of historic buildings.