Visionary energy concept becomes part of exhibition in the German Museum of Technology in Berlin
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Posting Date | 18 August 2009
Countries | Germany
Type of News | Other news
Theme | On-site renewable energy sources, Thermal comfort, indoor air quality, acoustics, Lighting, Building envelope (walls, windows,...), Energy efficiency technologies and materials, General, Very low energy buildings, Air conditioning, cooling, ventilation, air infiltration
Target Group | Local/regional/national authorities and facilitators, Building professionals, Building occupants
Editor organization URL | http://www.ibp.fraunhofer.de
The requirements for indoor air quality are especially high in museums. To secure the valuable exhibits, temperatures and relative humidity shall vary only slightly. At the same time the visitors expect a comfortable indoor climate and optimum lighting conditions. How this can be realised without artificial cooling and dehumidification is shown in the annex of the German Museum of Technology in Berlin. Now results of the monitoring and evaluation phase are presented online on the website of the museum.
Since 1989 Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics in cooperation with IBUS and the Technical University of Berlin have been in charge of the research part of the building project. The project has been funded by the German Ministry of Economy and Technology. The main goal was to show the big energy saving potential of museum buildings. The energy concept consists of a visionary holistic optimisation of the building with various innovative elements, the use of integrated planning, the development of building integrated daylighting systems and technologies for passive cooling and the use of solar energy. The applied systems and their efficiency is now demonstrated in a multi-media presentation in the museum, but also on the museum's website.
Submission URL(s) | http://www.maneg.de/index.php?id=1, http://www.ibp.fhg.de/presse/presse.php?id=92
Source Languages | German
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