Sustainable use of leftovers through upcycling Automatic pool heater made from dismantled solar air absorber and used PV module. Upcycling - this is the term used to describe a form of creative reuse of worn-out or seemingly useless materials as more functional or higher-quality products that add value to the original material. Prof. Dr. Mathias Moog teaches the two modules Building Automation and Building Control Systems in the Sustainable Engineering course and Optimization of Energy Systems in the Smart Energy Systems course at the Feuchtwangen campus of Ansbach University of Applied Sciences. He also supervises the Smart Home Laboratory [...]

Housing options for students in Feuchtwangen Investor plans student dormitory near university campus with expansion option The FLZ-E-Paper published an article about the planned student dormitory at the Feuchtwangen campus. The complete article can be found on the FLZ-E-Paper website. We have summarized the article for you. "In Feuchtwangen, an investor is planning to build apartments for students next to the university campus. The first construction phase is to comprise 60 units, but a later expansion to 110 to 120 places is possible. Initially, the city administration, in cooperation with the Kommunalunternehmen (KU) Stadtentwicklung, was tasked with [...]

Feuchtwanger Campusfest goes into the second round Visions of the future with a varied program for young and old On Sunday, July 23, 2023, the Feuchtwang Campus Festival took place for the second time. The celebration started at 11 a.m. with speeches by campus director Prof. Haresh Vaidya, coordinator Dr. Gerd Hofmann as well as other guests of honor: "The future of Ansbach University of Applied Sciences can be observed here in Feuchtwangen as it stands and grows and is built on a daily basis" said the Vice President of Ansbach University of Applied Sciences Prof. Markus Paul [...]

2nd Feuchtwang Campus Festival on 23 July Exciting insights and socialising: a day with drone flights, virtual reality, infrared photo box and more! On Saturday, 23 July 2023, the Feuchtwangen Campus invites you to the second Campus Festival. From 11:00 am to 06:00 pm, all citizens are cordially invited to visit the branch of Ansbach University of Applied Sciences! Experience a fascinating campus tour where you will gain insights into the technical details of the energy-efficient plus-energy educational building. See the inside of the impressive wooden building for yourself. Exciting taster lectures from the Sustainable Building Systems (SBS) [...]

Contacts made at the "Messe München" Students used "The smarter E" as an opportunity for information, exchange and networking. A whole bus full of students from the master's programs Smart Energy Systems and Energiemanagement und Energietechnik set off on June 15 together with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Jungwirth and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Georg Rosenbauer to Munich for the trade fair The smarter E. Since 2018, the event has combined four special trade fairs around renewable and smart energy solutions. Perfect for the students to gain an overview of the industry and make contacts for internships and dissertations. Nearly 2500 trade [...]

On the "Wunsiedler Weg": Students explore the climate-neutral energy future Excursion to Wunsiedel municipal utilities shows innovative technologies and sustainable solutions On Wednesday, May 31, 2023, 35 students from the Energy Management and Energy Technology and Smart Energy Systems degree programs joined Prof. Rosenbauer and Prof. Jungwirth on an excursion to the Wunsiedel municipal utility company to experience first-hand the climate-neutral energy supply of the future. The tour started at the "House of the Energy Future", where the group was welcomed by Gerhard Meindl, Head of Research & Development Projects SW Wunsiedel. After a light snack, kindly provided by [...]

Gebäudetechnik-Tag at the energy Campus Feuchtwangen of the Ansbach University of Applied Sciences Extensive program for the future energy efficiency experts On Thursday, May 25, the Building Technology Day took place at the Energy Campus of Ansbach University of Applied Sciences. This day offered an interesting and diverse program to the future energy efficiency experts from the study programs Sustainable Engineering as well as Energy Management and Energy Technology. The day in Feuchtwangen began for the students with Professor Dr.-Ing. Haresh Vaidya with the heating load calculation for buildings: "In this process, building and room data are recorded [...]

Feuchtwangen city council as a guest Staff meeting at the energy campus of Ansbach University of Applied Sciences Last Tuesday, May 16, the staff meeting of the Feuchtwangen municipal administration took place at the Campus Feuchtwangen. Around 80 employees attended the event and took the opportunity to learn more about the energy campus of Ansbach University of Applied Sciences. Dr. Gerd Hofmann presented current projects in addition to the now three courses of study: "With the Energy and Building Technology degree program, we are laying important foundations here in Feuchtwangen for resource-conserving planning and the sustainable operation of buildings. [...]

Third course of study started at the Energy-Campus Feuchtwangen Using multidisciplinary knowledge to achieve a climate-neutral building sector Sustainable Building Systems - this is the title of the new master's program at the Feuchtwangen campus of Ansbach University of Applied Sciences. The application has already been open since May 02 and is still possible until the end of the month. "The building sector urgently needs to become climate neutral. You can't achieve that with standard solutions. We need out-of-the-box thinking. Successful building renovation requires knowledge in many different areas. And it is precisely this interdisciplinary knowledge that this [...]