Christkind visiting The Christkind from Feuchttwang visits the campus It wasn't just the pre-Christmas onset of winter that caused a sensation among students at the Feuchtwangen campus; after all, most of them were experiencing snow and such low temperatures for the first time in their lives. The visit of the Feuchtwangen Christ Child on Tuesday before Christmas Eve was also a highlight before the turn of the year. They followed the solemn prologue of the Feuchtwang Christ Child with great interest. Afterwards, everyone received a small Christmas present for early distribution. The Christ Child presented the students with [...]

Campus Arena under the sign of the Football World Cup in Qatar Talking about the World Cup in the Desert - Light and Shadow of a Major Sports Event On Tuesday, November 29, after a two-year break due to corona, a public event was held again on the campus of Ansbach University of Applied Sciences. Around 150 people were guests at the first "Campus Arena" in the refectory. The evening started with honors and the awarding of an honorary professorship, which this year went to Dr. Matthias Carl. He is a lecturer at Ansbach [...]

Potential of heat pumps Introduction to heat pump technology with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Haresh Vaidya ❓ How does a heat pump work optimally? 🔄 What should be considered when replacing a heating system? 📝 What should be considered during planning? The GIH Gebäudeenergieberater Ingenieure Handwerker – Bundesverband e.V. offers on 16 December an on-line lecture with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Haresh Vaidya to the bases of heat pumps. The heat pump offers the potential to heat and cool buildings efficiently and with low emissions. It protects the [...]

Campus Feuchtwangen at the Baucamp at the Bayerische BauAkademie Event brings together professionals from the construction industry and digital experts The Baucamp took place at the Bayerische BauAkademie on 11 and 12 November. The more than 200 participants started on Friday afternoon without a fixed schedule of topics and events - the programme was planned jointly by the participants themselves. Each participant can propose topics, which are then discussed in so-called "sessions". All topics related to construction and digitalisation are conceivable, even a question is enough. In this way, participants become contributors. The Feuchtwangen campus [...]

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 [...]

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Interesting topics at the Energy Talk Last Wednesday, we held our third Energy Talk, where interested citizens can ask questions about energy and sustainability. The participants were joined by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Johannes Jungwirth, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Haresh Vaidya, Dr. Gerd Hofmann, Christoph Matschi and Thomas Haupt. This time there were exciting discussions on the design of heating systems, heat pumps and bidirectional charging of cars. With bidirectional charging, not only can the car be supplied with electricity in one direction, but the car's storage unit can also supply the house with electricity. We look forward to the [...]