Symbolic groundbreaking ceremony for the Lecture Hall Building at the Campus Feuchtwangen of Ansbach University of Applied Sciencesc The construction work can begin! On Friday, 18.11.2022, at shortly after 11 a.m., the Bavarian State Minister for Science and Arts Markus Blume broke ground for the second building at Campus Feuchtwangen. With the building project, the branch of Ansbach University of Applied Sciences should be able to offer space for many new students in the future, or, as Markus Blume put it: "the energy heroes of the future". Together with the first mayor of the town of Feuchtwangen, Patrick [...]

Hydrogen island network at Hochschule Ansbach Smoothing volatile power generation and delivering green power in a predictable way The greatest challenge for the energy supply of the future lies in the storage of large quantities of sustainably generated electricity. Although the expansion of renewable energy sources is still far from supplying countries such as Germany in a carbon dioxide-neutral manner, plants are already shutting down due to temporary overproduction. Hochschule Ansbach has implemented an innovative approach that temporarily stores photovoltaic electricity in the form of hydrogen. The system is designed as a self-sufficient stand-alone grid and can be [...]

Successful graduation of Energy Advisor 2.0 This week, all participants successfully completed the Smart & Green Academy's Energy Advisor 2.0 training course. The course, which was funded by the European Social Fund in Bavaria (ESF REACT-EU), was led by Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Matschi, with support from Prof. Dr.-Ing. Haresh Vaidya and laboratory engineer Oliver Abel. In five units, the course participants learned more about a holistic approach to buildings and the targeted and economical use of materials. They were also taught how to use the necessary software and how to draw up a life cycle assessment of [...]