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New project “emission-free building sector” investigates lifecycle-based opportunities for minimizing and absorbing emissions in the building sector.

At SimAUD 2021 a method for real-time simulation of shading by trees using so-called ‘voxels’ was presented. The aim is to split the calculation into pre-processing and simulation phases in order to implement this in an interactive tool.

On February 11, 2021, the kickoff of the research project on climate-adapted housing took place. In addition to representatives of the Bavarian State Ministries for the Environment and Consumer Protection (StMUV) and for Housing, Construction and Transport (StMB), 10 housing construction companies…

The City Indicator Project is part of the Sustainable Architecture, Urban and Landscape Planning Module (WS 2020/21), attended by master level students. In this digital exhibition, we bring together information about the project structure and the final outcomes, summarized by students in a poster…

The students participating in the seminar “Sufficiency: Perspectives in Engineering and Society” (WS 2020/21) will present their final results during the first two weeks of February 2021. To what extent does our global crisis affect not only society but also the building sector? What changes must…

In 2020, the University Award of the Bavarian Construction Industry Association was offered for the first time. Among the award winners are three graduates of the master’s program Energy-efficient and Sustainable Building (ENB), which is offered at our Institute of Energy Efficient and Sustainable…

15 experts from the fields of health, participation, economics, sociology and policy will discuss socio-cultural issues of sustainable urban development with our students.

On 17 December 2020 the 3rd Doctoral Day takes place as an online edition. This is the biannual event of the Institute of Energy Efficient and Sustainable Design and Building that focuses and highlight the current PhD work of our team.

Our master graduate Ben Slosharek has been awarded the AGI Förderpreis for his master thesis "Evaluation ökologischer Nachhaltigkeit von Hochbauprojekten anhand von Bauprozessen".

We are looking forward to the guest lecture on "Evolution as an optimization tool in building simulation" by Dipl.-Ing. Alexander Schröter from Müller BBM GmbH on 10.12.2020.