HIGH TECH – LOW EX: For the future of energy eficiency
Why does Adlershof need a new energy concept? Recent years have seen a huge boost to growth in Adlershof, and its energy needs will grow in line with the resulting expansions. Investors of today and tomorrow want to work on an energy efficient basis and save costs, and for this we must create the necessary environment. The legal provisions for energysavings must be fulfilled. Not least of all, we cannot justify our image as a high tech location... [more]
Model urban district: By Prof. Dr. Diethard Mager, Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
One of the largest projects to date affecting the whole of society in Germany, the turnaround in energy policy is a great opportunity for innovation and growth. In addition to converting the nation’s power supply to one based largely on renewable energies, this turnaround in energy policy sees its central fields of activity above all in measures for energy efficiency and the development of new energy technologies. With its 6th Energy Research ... [mehr]
Nucleus for innovative storage solutions: Approaches for a self-sufficient energy supply
From 2014, the 5,000 inhabitants of the Azorean island of Graciosa can expect far greater independence from the mainland. The Adlershof company Younicos will be converting the island’s electricity grid to provide the greater part of its power from renewable sources. The Younicos production halls are already operating a model that simulates the processes on a scale of 1:3. The new system on the island will consist of photovoltaic modules and wi... [mehr]
Tapping into heaven and earth: How renewable energies are utilised in the Technology Park Adlershof
In Adlershof, solar energy is on the brink of breaking a new local record. At the latest inJune, tenants will be able to move into the offices and laboratories of the new photovoltaicscentre covering 8,000 square metres. This building will then contribute its rooftop solarmodules for a total of 32 photovoltaic installations in Adlershof, delivering a rated power ofover 2 MW in total. The “Adlershof solar power station” is the most prominent e... [mehr]
Climate Climbers: Building climatization by a façade greening system in Adlershof
As a means to save high tech air conditioning energy, the physics building of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) in Adlershof has put on a coat of vegetation that regulates temperature – an extraordinary model. Sparse winter light still penetrates the large windows on Newtonstrasse, but the first rays of the spring sun will set everything in motion. The first delicate leaves and buds of wisteria, clematis and grape ivy will sprout and, with ... [mehr]
Energy efficiency Made in Adlershof: The modern district heating network of the utility company BTB
“Local cogeneration is our method of choice,” are the words of Frank Mattat, Managing Director of the Berlin utility company BTB, whose customers also include the science location Adlershof. BTB Blockheizkraftwerks‑, Träger- und Betreibergesellschaft mbH Berlin operates one of the most modern district heating networks in Berlin. At the Adlershof power station on Albert-Einstein-Strasse, the district heating network is supplied with 2,700 ... [mehr]
The architecture of dialogue: The new Photovoltaics and Renewable Energies Centre ZPV in Adlershof
A place where the identity of the linking research subject can be experienced: that was the goal of architect Gunther Henn. The outcome is an architecture of dialogue. Bernd Ludwig, Director of the Photovoltaics and Renewable Energies Centre ZPV in Adlershof, is understandably proud. As high as the building itself, a very bright foyer with galleries and a sculpted, free standing set of stairs presents visual links between all floors. „Here you ... [mehr]
Great opennes to new energy concepts: Adlershof as an energy efficient location
Regenerative energies here, self-sufficient buildings there. But what is it all costing, and how much is it really saving? And will the energy supply remain stable? What can I do – in the office, the laboratory or production to use resources responsibly? These are questions that a new energy concept for the Adlershof Technology Park is to find answers to. What is important from the very outset: the integration of all actors through information ... [mehr]
