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The replacement building of the Technical University of Ulm on the Upper Eselsberg has been completed. At the handover State Secretary of State for Finance Gisela Splett praised the unique and innovative energy concept of the compact building. It thus contributes to the energy transition.State Secretary for Finance Gisela Splett and Dr. Hans Reiter Ministerial Director of the Ministry of Science handed over the replacement building to the Ulm University of Applied Sciences TH Ulm .State Secretary for Finance Gisela Splett The energy concept is nationwide unique and highly innovative. In addition the building itself becomes the content of research. That is also exemplary. Radiance for the entire regionMinisterial Director Dr. Reiter The new building will have a decisive impact on the profile and radiance of the Ulm University of Applied Sciences both in the science city of Ulm and in the entire Danube-Iller region in the coming years.The new building was planned as a compact almost square structure. The laboratory areas are grouped around two inner courtyards. The offices and seminar rooms are arranged with a view of Albert-Einstein-Allee and the adjacent natural area. The foyer can also be used for events. The workshops are located in the basement and can therefore be served directly from Manfred-Brner-Strae. A common open space planned between the new and old buildings connects the two buildings to form one complex.Efficiency House PlusAs an efficiency house plus the building can cover all of its energy and heating requirements itself and transfer excess energy into the existing network. An intelligent coupling of the energy flows with the neighboring existing building and the energy network of the Upper Eselsberg enables an innovative overall energy concept. Compared to other educational buildings with the Efficiency House Plus standard the new building is a flagship project nationwide.The TH Ulm will use the energy efficiency plus building with its connection to the existing energy networks as a real laboratory. Laboratory tests for heating ventilation cooling lighting solar thermal and photovoltaics combined heat and power biomass storage and the associated measurement and control technology are part of the building. The building communicates with its users with its surroundings and the control centers of the local energy suppliers. Electricity district heating and gas connections are used in two directions for receiving and delivering energy.Concrete contribution to the energy transitionGisela Splett The energy turnaround becomes tangible and understandable in this building. That makes it something special. The state has invested around 43 million euros in the replacement building which was built as part of a federal research funding program in the Efficiency House Plus standard. The design of the replacement new building with an area of almost 6000 square meters comes from the Ulm Office of the State Office of Property and Construction Baden-Wrttemberg . Spreen Architekten from Munich were responsible for the implementation planning and construction supervision .Joint campus of the TH UlmWith the replacement building the Ulm University of Applied Sciences is getting an institute in the direct vicinity of the university buildings on Albert-Einstein-Allee which have been built since the 1990s. With the new location the buildings on Eberhard-Finck-Strasse in Ulm-Bfingen which can no longer be economically renovated can be given up. In future the university will be located on the campus at Oberen Eselsberg and the Prittwitzstrasse campus.A 2000 square meter photovoltaic system with 420 kilowatt peak kWp is installed on the roof. Of the electricity generated locally 75 percent is expected to be used in the building itself and 25 percent fed into the grid. The building is heated or cooled by a reversible water-water heat pump which is connected to the existing district cooling network of the campus on the Obere Eselsberg and is supplemented by a 50 cubic meter buffer tank. The cold energy generated during heat generation is fed into the district cooling network. The relief of the central cooling generation is another energy yield in the overall balance of the Efficiency House Plus standard. Overall an annual surplus in the energy balance of almost 17000 kilowatt hours per year kWh a is assumed.
