NAERCO

NAERCO – Sustainable Remediation of Heating Systems by means of “Success-based Contracting”

Project duration: January 2008 to December 2014

  • Monitoring of an innovative type of contracting by outsourcing and a subsequent remediation pilot project
  • Forecasting of future energy consumption and verification by means of simulated calculations and monitoring
  • Scientific support and development of comfort criteria
  • Monitoring of energy consumption and comfort criteria

Funding by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), funding code (FKZ): 0327430E Funding structure: EnOB Project management: PTJ

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Monitoring of new-build children’s day nurseries within the passive house standard

Project duration: 36 months

  • Optimization of operational energy use 
  • A central point of contact for users
  • Filtering and forwarding of shortcomings committed by the Building Department and the Housing Association/malfunctions/warranty problems/maintenance and upkeep orders to the relevant contact persons at the Building Department and at the Housing Association
  • Recording and checking of the relevant system performance indicators
  • Assisting users 
  • Training and inductions/explanations/user surveys
  • Data capture/preparation/evaluation/assessment with the assistance of two measuring towers
  • Comparison of two group spaces with regard to comfort criteria and energy consumption
  • Preparing and forwarding of energy consumption data

General renovation and conversion of the Luitpoldhaus for the Nuremberg Municipal Library – monitoring and scientific guidance

Project duration: January 2010 to February 2015

  • Three phases, based on the “Leitfaden für das Monitoring der Demonstrationsbauten im Förderkonzept EnBau und EnSan” (Guide for the Monitoring of Demonstration Buildings within the EnBau and EnSan Funding Concept)
  • Phase I: Design, implementation, and commissioning
  • Phase II: Intensive monitoring
  • Phase III: Long-term monitoring

Funding by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), funding code (FKZ): 0327431N

Funding concept: Energy-optimized building (EnOB)

Project management: PTJ

In collaboration with the City of Nuremberg

“Plusenergiehaus” in Schwabach

  • Supporting the planned verification under the “Energiehaus Plus” standard
  • Drawing up a measurement plan
  • Supervising the installation of smart meters and sensors
  • Implementing, documenting, and evaluating the measurements
  • Monitoring energy consumption for a period of 24 months
  • Evaluating the costs and efficiency of the planned technology

Funding structure: BMUB (1) Funding programme for educational buildings that fulfil the “Effizienzhaus Plus” standard (1) Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Construction and Nuclear Safety www.bmub-bund.de 

IEA ECBCS Annex 48

IEA ECBCS Annex 48 - Heat Pumping and Reversible Air Conditioning

 Project duration: November 2008 to October 2010

  • Joint project in the context of the International Energy Agency for the funding of the most effective combinations of heating and cooling systems in climate-controlled buildings, using heat pumps and reversible systems
  • Rapidly identifying the potential to use heat pumps in buildings
  • A planning handbook for reversible heat pumps with or without heat recovery
  • Improving the commissioning and operation of buildings using heat pump systems
  • Documenting reference buildings and systems

Funding by: PTJ, funding code: 0327432A

GEOTABS

GEOTABS – Optimized planning, implementation, and control of geothermal heat pumps combined with thermally activated construction elements in energy-efficient office buildings

Project duration: September 2010 to September 2012

  • Thematic connection to IEA ECBCS Annex 48
  • Joint European project EraSME GEOTABS: Improved design and control of geothermal heat pumps combined with thermally activated building systems in office buildings based on monitoring, survey, and simulation data
  • Aim: to develop control algorithms for geothermal heat pumps combined with activated building elements, in order to increase energy efficiency

Funding by: BMWi/ZIM, funding code: KF2188202TL0