CAMPER: CAMPus Energy consumption Reduction

Objectives and work programme

TU Dresden is one of the largest universities in Germany. It is a classic campus university with a centrally located main campus. The main campus is one of the first city-centre university campuses in Germany. The buildings include historical, partly unrenovated and listed buildings, as well as many new buildings. Structural planning assumes that there will be significant expansions to the campus.

The overall objective of the proposal is to create a new energy development plan for the TU Dresden campus, with short-term, medium-term and long-term forecasts and measures. This includes optimisation of energy flows, incorporating regenerative and alternative options for energy generation, operating the buildings in a way that is optimised for their uses, as well as influencing users to behave in a more energy-efficient way. The expertise of the various partners involved in the project will be pooled for work in the fields of building energy technology and heat supply, building construction, building climate control, property management, and operational management. Pilot measures will be implemented and observed throughout the project period.

As part of the research project, the Institute of Building Construction is assessing the structural design of university buildings using a range of analysis methods. With the help of dynamic thermal building simulations, a variety of options for energetic renovation of the building envelope (using innovative technologies and materials) will be investigated, and recommendations for how to deal with listed buildings will be formulated, as well as solutions for integrated photovoltaic systems in facades.

Partners

Institut für Energietechnik, TU Dresden,
Institut für Bauklimatik, TU Dresden,
Lehrstuhl für betriebliche Umweltökonomie, TU Dresden.