A good practice how research links to demonstration will be achieved within the framework of two FP7-projects: 3ENCULT and SINFONIA (Smart INitiative of cities Fully cOmmitted to iNvest In Advanced large-scaled energy solutions) by renovation of the case study building (CS5) NMS Hötting (Innsbruck, Austria).

In the first phase an intensive investigations on conservation issues and energy efficient solutions as well as building diagnosis were performed on this listed school building. Based on this research funded by 3ENCULT, two prototype class rooms were refurbished exemplarily. One year of monitoring related to energy and comfort will now help to optimize the solutions for full scale renovation of the whole building. Substantial energy savings can be achieved by reduction of transmission heat losses, innovative ventilation system with heat recovery (see related 3ENCULT news) as well as energy efficient solutions for lighting.

Starting in the year 2014, the following "Smart Cities´ & Communities´" project SINFONIA (ENERGY.2013.8.8.1: Demonstration of optimised energy systems for high performance-energy districts) will built upon work done so far. Hötting school is included as one of the pilot projects. This demonstration project with 25 partners is going to be carried out in the two cities of Innsbruck (Austria) and Bolzano (Italy) within a five years project period. The aspects like buildings renovation, introducing of district heating and cooling networks and smart grids are covered.  Residential houses and schools with total floor area of 66.000 m² in Innsbruck and about 36.000 m² in Bolzano will be renovated down to very low energetic need (EnerPHit standard)  with additional involvement of renewables like photovoltaic and solar thermal energy. Specifically, at the roof of the school building NMS Hötting,  390 m² (50 kWpeak) of photovoltaic panels are planned to be installed. Clear instances how research from 3ENCULT (work package on active solutions and RES-integration) passes into execution in SINFONIA.

Further information:
Contact 3ENCULT, UIBK:  Rainer Pfluger,Unit Energy Efficient Buildings, University of Innsbruck, Austria, rainer.pfluger@uibk.ac.at
Contact SINFONIA, UIBK:  Wolfgang Streicher,Unit Energy Efficient Buildings, University of Innsbruck, Austria, wolfgang.streicher@uibk.ac.at