Grid-Friendly Power Grid Operation in the Context of Inner-City Re-Densification
RoofKIT represents a comprehensive concept for energy-efficient renovation and expansion of existing buildings. PVT collectors serve as the heat source for a heat pump while simultaneously delivering solar power for the building. However, such rooftop additions lead to interactions with a cities’ existing power grid infrastructures. These aspects will be investigated experimentally by linking the RoofKIT building unit with KIT’s Energy Lab real-world laboratory. This will allow for developing viable solutions for energy management at both the building and grid levels. The experiments are conducted with actual residents in the building unit as well as the injection of power signals simulated from a Karlsruhe neighborhood.
Scheme of the energy supply system of the living lab RoofKIT. ©bst
Facts
| Funder: | Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR, Germany) |
| Programme: | Zukunft Bau – Innovation Programme |
| Overall budget: | €341.051 |
| Grant amount: | €341.051 |
| Project duration: | 2025–2027 |
| KIT researchers: | Prof. Andreas Wagner, Frederic Linde – Professorship of Building Science and Technology Dr. Luigi Spatafora – Institute for Automation and Applied Informatics |
Making Space for the Renewable Energy Transition
The European Green Deal and the RED III Directive set ambitious targets: by 2030 the EU must double its renewable energy capacity. Limited land and low public acceptance are key obstacles. Renewable projects must coexist with agriculture, nature conservation and urban development. Many regions face lengthy permitting, spatial constraints and social resistance to large wind and solar farms. Only about 5.2 % of EU territory is classified as suitable for solar and wind, so innovative planning is needed to speed deployment, cut environmental conflicts and boost public buy in. The MAK-RES project analyses European case studies, identifies policy instruments, spatial planning tools and stakeholder engagement methods, and derives recommendations: map barriers to renewable siting, devise policies for integrating renewables with existing land uses, and extract best practice examples of citizen and stakeholder participation.
Levels of the planning and permitting processes for wind energy for a formal procedure in Rhineland-Palatinate.
Facts
| Funder: | ESPON (Luxembourg, LU) |
| Programme: | Climate Neutral Territories |
| Overall budget: | €120.000 |
| Grant amount: | €12.000 |
| Role KIT: | Project contractor |
| Project duration: | 2025–2026 |
| KIT researchers: | Dr. Peter Zeile – Professorship of Urban Housing and Development |
Project partners
Danish Presidency of the European Council (2025), ÖIR GmbH (AT), Idea Consult (BE), Aalborg University (DK), University of Tartu (EST), University of Lisbon (PT), University of Valencia (ESP).
A Facade Heating and Cooling Unit for the Systematic Retrofitting of Existing Buildings
fronTherm enables the simultaneous renovation of a building’s envelope and heating system. The concept is based on facade modules that contain a heat pump, a condenser surface on the inside for heat dissipation directly to the wall, and an evaporator surface on the outside facing the ambient air (heating mode). Suitably exposed facades are also equipped with PV. In cooling mode, the condenser surface becomes the evaporator surface and vice versa. Our tasks include the selection of suitable facade typologies based on an analysis of multi-family buildings of the German housing stock. For the selected facade typologies, various design, construction and building physics issues will then be solved.
Visualisaton of the fronTherm façade system with PV for an apartment building. ©bst
Facts
| Funder: | Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE, Germany) |
| Programme: | Energy Transition Construction |
| Overall budget: | > €2.200.000 |
| Grant amount: | €261.975 (KIT) |
| Role KIT | Project partner |
| Project duration: | 2024–2027 |
| KIT researchers: | Prof. Andreas Wagner, Petra Mann, Larissa Kaul – Professorship of Building Science and Technology |
Project partners
Fa. Consolar (project lead), University of Stuttgart – IGTE, ME Housing Administration.
C2CBridge 1 – Analysis and Functional Solution Concepts | C2CBridge 2 – Testing and Evaluation of the Concepts
C2C explores how autonomous shuttle-based mobility can bridge the gap between urban public transport and rural individual travel. The project develops modular hubs where passengers can transfer conveniently to existing city transit, while the hubs may also provide additional services. A mock-up hub and test vehicles will be implemented for evaluation purposes on campus.
Facts
| Funder: | Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV, Germany) |
| Programme: | Federal budget grant |
| Overall budget: | C2C1: €8.690.000 I C2C2: €6.670.000 |
| Grant amount: | C2C1: €8.690.000 I C2C2: €6.670.000 |
| Role KIT: | Project manager |
| Project duration: | C2C1: 2024–2026 I C2C2: 2024–2027 |
| KIT researchers: | AIFB, ECON, FAST, IEB, IESL, IFGG, IFL, IFV, IIP, IOR, IPEK, ITAS, ITI, ITIV, KASTEL, LTI |
Project partners
Institute des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie KIT, (IEB, AIFB, ECON, FAST, IESL, IFGG, IFL, IVP, IIP, IOR, IPEK, ITAS, ITI, ITIV, KASTEL, LTI), Institute der Fraunhofer Gesellschaft für angewandte Forschung e.V. (IOSB, ICT, ISI,), Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI), Baden-Württemberg Institut für Nachhaltige Mobilität (BWIM), Hochschule Karlsruhe HKA (BWIM), Albtal-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft Karlsruhe (AVG), Stadt Karlsruhe, Technologie-Region Karlsruhe.