First ecological institute building of Germany

The building is the first ecological model of a German university institute where economy and ecology were put into the practice at the price of conventional laboratory institutes.

Erster ökologischer Institutsbau Deutschlands
Air collector facade of the Institute with energy gardens
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It is the result of an interdisciplinary competition invitation for architects and engineers with which particular importance was attached to the utilisation of natural resources.

Total energy demand drastically lowered
The energy concept comprises the use of geothermal power by means of terrestrial registers (components activation), the utilisation of terrestrial and air cooling, the usage of solar energies through so-called energy gardens and air collectors and the use of accumulators. In the laboratory area, the minimum supply airflow was reduced to the half under participation of the responsible authorities. In a case of emergency it can be increased by sensing devices for the concerned area on 100 percent. Compared with conventional institute buildings, the total energy demand could be lowered by 60 percent consequently.