Austrian Standards Award 2024
The Living Standards Award honours innovative solutions, exportable ideas and future technologies to whose success standards have contributed As Austria’s most prestigious award for standardization and innovation, the prize recognizes companies, organizations, research institutions and start-ups that achieve outstanding results with the help of standards.
Innovation exchange with innovation labs on the TIKS RTI funding line
Participants presented their skills and defined ideas for a submission at the idea exchange of the RTI funding program TIKS. Relevant information about the TIKS 2023 funding program and support services from and through innovation labs were shown using examples. GRÜNSTATTGRAU presented its expertise on the respective tendering priorities
New position paper from the Life Cycle Building interest group on the topic of “Roof space utilization”
Under the leadership of GRÜNSTATTGRAU, the position paper for value-added roof space utilization was written – a guide for decision-makers, the real estate industry and municipalities.
The aim of the paper is to provide basic information and data for a value-added-oriented system decision when changing or extending the use of existing and new roof areas.
RENOWAVE welcomes the “Pionierstädte Österreich”
Several cities in Austria are allowed to bear the status of “Pionierstädte”. The BMK supports the necessary capacity and competence development in the cities within the framework of public-public cooperation (ÖÖK) with two million euros per pioneering city. In addition, customized funding formats are being developed in the areas of research, technology and innovation.
Renovation bonus 2024 – New subsidies for thermal renovations in multi-storey residential buildings
The BMK is massively increasing its subsidies with the renewable heat package to promote the rapid replacement of fossil fuel heating systems. The new subsidy package, which includes a significant increase in the assumption of costs for replacing heating systems to an average of 75% through federal and state subsidies and a tripling of the flat-rate subsidy for thermal building refurbishment, marks the start of a major refurbishment campaign. These steps are key contributions to achieving the national climate targets.
Verbandsstatistik 2023 – the non-profit housing industry in figures
The „Verbandsstatistik 2023″ – the non-profit housing industry in figures” has been published and offers a fascinating journey through the figures and trends in housing construction in 2022!
ACR Institute AEE INTEC nominated for State Prize Patent 2022 with Energy Facade CEPA
The ACR Institute AEE INTEC, one of the founding institutes of the RENOWAVE.AT cooperative, is nominated for the State Prize Patent 2022 in the category “Best Patent”! This highest state award for inventions and trademarks is presented by the Austrian Patent Office and the Ministry of Climate Protection and shines a spotlight on particularly innovative achievements
Project Reallabor Gebäude – For climate-neutral, needs-oriented and affordable housing
AEE INTEC, one of the founding institutes of the RENOWAVE.AT cooperative, launched the “Reallabor Gebäude” project together with the Österreichische Wohnbaugenossenschaft (ÖWG) and StadtLABOR Graz. The aim of the project, which started in autumn 2022, is to develop a comprehensive refurbishment concept for a pilot ÖWG property that can subsequently be applied to the entire ÖWG portfolio.
24.04. klimaaktiv Info- and Networking Meeting at the Austrian KlimaDIALOG
On April 24, the Austrian KlimaDIALOG will begin in Graz. The series of events serves to intensify the political networking of politicians, administrators and scientists with businesses and the general public in order to form unusual alliances to achieve climate goals.
20.04. 20.04. Presentation of the INFINITE project – prefabrication in refurbishment.
The INFINITE project aims to support the sustainable refurbishment of existing buildings through modular solutions. For this purpose, insulated wood structures are used to develop all-in-one modules, which are tested on demonstration buildings.
