Research results from the Center for Alpine Building (ZAB) published as a book
Within the framework of the Research and Transfer Center Alpine Building, the FH Salzburg (Department Green Engineering and Circular Design) and Research Studios Austria FG (Studio iSPACE) have worked on three focal points between 2018 and 2022: Energy and resource optimization, climate-adapted construction and post-densification. The most important results have now been summarized in the form of a book.
Cycling for the energy transition: Passathon 2023 – RACE FOR FUTURE
The Passathon 2023 – RACE FOR FUTURE is the world’s largest outdoor event for climate-friendly building and renovation and will start on April 7, 2023. 671 climate-friendly buildings in 240 communities show how the shift from oil and gas to energy efficiency and renewable energy can succeed.
New financial equalization crucial for successful heat transition
Vienna. March 21, 2023. The upcoming negotiations on financial equalization between the federal government, states and municipalities are of particular importance for climate protection. RENOWAVE. AT, the innovation laboratory for climate-neutral renovation of buildings and districts, is therefore calling on the financial compensation negotiators to put the right measures in place to achieve a successful heat transition.
Renovation rate 2023 – Interview with Wolfgang Amann
In 2024, the ETHOUSE Award, the prize for energy-efficient renovations in Austria, will be presented for the twelfth time.
Ethouse invited housing researcher Wolfgang Amann, cooperative member of RENOWAVE.AT, for a talk on this occasion. He exchanges views on building renovation in Austria with Clemens Hecht, spokesman of the ARGE Quality Group for Thermal Insulation Systems.
23. – 24.10. RENOWAVE.AT Impact Days
The Renowave.AT Impact Days on October 23 and 24, 2024, in Hallein will be something truly special: for the first time, the innovation lab is collaborating with the Netzwerk Alpines Bauen and the SIR – Salzburg Institute for Spatial Planning and Housing.
Project “Kauergasse 2” – Austria’s first implemented system for innovative graywater recycling
The core of the project is the greening of the roof and façade of the 130-year-old building and, above all, the use of a so-called gray water system: heat is recovered from contaminated wastewater for hot water and used for toilet flushing and irrigation as well as for room cooling.
Interview with Constance Weiser – How can the construction sector become more climate-friendly?
For the exhibition “Klima. Wissen. Handeln” at the Vienna Museum of Technology, Constance Weiser from RENOWAVE.AT provides exciting insights into how the construction sector can become more sustainable.
31.01. Heat transition in GBV practice: Successful examples of switching to a climate-friendly heating system
Participants will receive an overview of the 12 “factsheets” prepared by the GBV Academy and RENOWAVE.at as part of the association cooperation: representative heating conversions from different regions of Austria, with different starting situations and different solutions (district heating, pellets, heat pumps). This will be accompanied by practical examples of technical, organizational and economic implementation by the project managers from the GBVs, followed by a discussion of their own decarbonization projects in working groups with the experts.
Call for Abstracts: ISEC 2026
The Call for Abstracts for the 4th International Sustainable Energy Conference (ISEC 2026) is open (until August 31, 2025). The conference will take place from April 14-16, 2026 at Messe Congress Graz and will focus on renewable heating and cooling solutions in integrated urban and industrial energy systems.
Favorite Facade Re-use_ Reduce_ Repair
The project aims to comprehensively and sustainably refurbish the building stock from the 1960s to 1980s in Vienna.
