Research Focus: Sustainable planning and construction of buildings
Acoustically effective facades
- Investigations of urban space situations in European cities with their structural situations and the resulting acoustic conditions
- Design and optimization of acoustically effective façade surfaces with subsequent metrological evaluation using acoustic measurement methods developed specifically for this purpose
- Frankfurter Hochhausfasadentage: Biennial symposium on glass and facade construction
Prof. Dr. Holger Techen
Dipl.-Ing. Jochen Krimm, M.A.
Energy design and construction
- Innovative plus-energy buildings and energy concepts for neighborhoods
- Energetic renovation of residential and non-residential buildings
- Climate Adaptation Concepts
- Interface human - building - comfort (user acceptance, surveys, comfort considerations)
Prof. Dr. Hans Jürgen Schmitz
Energy design and construction
- Holistic planning taking into account all influences on resource requirements
- Iterative planning process from preliminary design to constructive detail
- Evaluation of the individual iteration steps by simulation or balancing
Summer thermal protection
- Solar contribution characteristics according to DIN 4108-2 vs. thermal dynamic simulation (TDS)
- Parameter study using TDS to verify the results of the simplified procedure according to EnEV 2014
- Avoidance of redundancies
- Increased comfort and resource efficiency
Prof. Erik Röthele
Adaptive sunshields
- Design and further development of supporting structures and Facades with parametric and generative design strategies, taking into account the structural and building physics requirements
- Project: Adaptivity in facades to increase the daylight comfort in buildings - Investigation of possible design of adaptive sun protection systems to increase the user comfort in buildings with regard to outlook and daylight supply while at the same time meeting high energetic requirements for the summer Thermal insulation with generative design strategies
Prof. Dr. Agnes Weilandt
Construction operation
- Development of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, integrated into construction contracts and provide a timely and enable effective conflict resolution on site
- Construction operational investigations on innovative construction process engineering, presentation of the advantages and disadvantages compared to conventional processes
Prof. Dr. Achim Hitzel
Sustainable operation of real estate
- User surveys; determination and evaluation of Energy and water consumption; cost controlling; process optimization; determination and evaluation of life cycle costs
- Facility Management in the hospital
- Benchmarking of FM processes - performance quantities and costs; optimization of space arrangements
- Computer Aided Facility Management (CAFM)
- Interfaces between CAD and CAFM; optimization of inventory data acquisition; process mapping in CAFM
Prof. Dr. Jochen Abel
