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CIS Compliance Summit 2022
the security of operational technology (OT) is increasingly coming into focus, especially in the energy industry. Blackout scenarios are on everyone's lips - at the same time, many operators of critical [...] outside the box and to consider the interplay between these areas. Helmut Leopold, Head of Center for Digital Safety & Security at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, will give a presentation
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Florentina Freynschlag is honored with the second place at the Rotary Science Award 2022
Competence Unit Bioresources of the Center for Health and Bioresources, works on increasing the resilience of plants and is awarded second place for her work "Kinase-based Energy Homeostasis and Stress Resistance [...] stress response and to energy deficiency, which limits agricultural yields. Florentina Freynschlag and Bioresources at AIT in Tulln are looking at how plants cope with low-energy conditions and what factors [...] a cooperation with the furniture giant Ikea. Second place: Freynschlag Florentina: Kinase-based Energy Homeostasis and Stress Resistance in Plants, AIT Third Place: Abu Zahra Nadine: Short-term
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Data sovereignty for a sustainable, competitive society
Tschohl, A, Leiter Research Institute - Digital Human Rights Center Helmut Leopold (Moderator), A, Chairman Gaia-X Hub Austria, Head of Center AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Workshop Praxisteil: [...] Spyra, A, Sektionsleiterin Innovation & Technologie, Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie (BMK) Roland Fadrany, A, Chief Operating Officer (COO)
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Data sovereignty for a sustainable, competitive society
Tschohl, A, Leiter Research Institute - Digital Human Rights Center Helmut Leopold (Moderator), A, Chairman Gaia-X Hub Austria, Head of Center AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Workshop Praxisteil: [...] Spyra, A, Sektionsleiterin Innovation & Technologie, Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie (BMK) Roland Fadrany, A, Chief Operating Officer (COO)
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DATA SOVEREIGNTY FOR A COMPETITIVE AND SUSTAINABLE SOCIETY
carbon emissions, renewable energy systems, and efficient health systems, etc. Contact: Michael W. Mürling Marketing and Communications AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Center for Digital Safety & [...] State Secretariat for Digitalisation, and the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) (www.gaia-x.at). As the national Gaia-X contact point [...] equality. The Management Board of the Gaia-X Hub Austria, chaired by Helmut Leopold, Head of the Center for Digital Safety & Security at AIT, has identified four strategic fields of action for shaping
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Study of AIT shows: More than 20 percent CO2 savings possible through intelligent building technology
need of renovation from an energy perspective. The study "CO2 Savings Potentials in the Building Sector" led by Gundula Weber, Senior Expert Advisor Sustainable Thermal Energy Systems, and Gerhard Zucker [...] intelligent building technology enables the optimal use of energy," says Gundula Weber. Significant efficiency increases also result from an overall energy refurbishment in drinking water heating and lighting [...] As one of the most energy-intensive sectors, the Austrian building sector still offers considerable potential for CO2 savings. In 2020, this sector generated eight million tons of CO2 equivalent
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Solutions for Industry / Intelligent Production
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for corporate partners. The specialists at the Center for Digital Safety & Security in particular have built up an international reputation. The Center is the world's first IAEA Collaborating Centre for [...] an Ingenious Partner. Our expertise is bundled in the central areas of strength from the fields of energy, mobility, automation, health and bioresources, digital security, human-machine interfaces and innovation [...] digitization of many industrial sectors. Key requirements here include secure operation and minimal energy consumption. Reliable wireless communication systems increase operational safety and reduce the operating
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Heat pumps: energy source of the future
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ly possible to supply 100 percent of industry with renewable energies. The prerequisite for this is a switch to new technologies in energy generation and storage. The current blog post shows what role [...] heat pump alone is not enough - it must also be used appropriately and generate energy to be considered a sustainable energy source. First app for choosing the right heat pump The purchase of a heat pump [...] pump is a long-term decision and requires precise planning. For the first time, the AIT Center for Energy has developed an app for the visual and acoustic positioning of heating and cooling devices: The so-called
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Watch Netflix without harming the climate
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will account for 80 percent of that growth. Large parts of the energy required to transmit such huge volumes are eaten up in data centers, for example. With their air-conditioning systems, which cool the [...] The environmental costs of digital communications are significant. Streaming movies also drives up energy consumption. But there is good news for everyone who loves their Netflix account and doesn't want [...] The use of novel optical processes can revolutionize data transmission and drastically reduce its energy hunger. AIT photonics expert Bernhard Schrenk is working on this as part of a globally unique project
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Bitter cold makes aluminum compliant
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in lightweight car construction. An innovative process developed at the LKR Light Metal Competence Center Ranshofen opens up completely new areas of application. The transport sector is one of the biggest [...] lightweight construction of vehicles. After all, the more weight a vehicle or aircraft has, the more energy must be expended to move it. A reduction in weight therefore lowers the CO2 emissions associated [...] ," says Grabner, who heads a project series entitled "KryoAlu" at the LKR Light Metal Competence Center in Ranshofen, a subsidiary of AIT. In this project, a new process for forming aluminum sheets is
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Urban planning 2.0: Corona crisis shows how cooperation f
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07.05.2020 In the "City Intelligence Lab" of the Center for Energy at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, urban planning is carried out together with clients and users and the effects of certain [...] the help of digital technologies in the lab," explains Wolfgang Hribernik, head of the AIT Center for Energy. This means that in the lab, planners, clients and users can work together on projects and planning
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Blog
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transmission and drastically reduce its energy hunger. AIT photonics expert Bernhard Schrenk is working on this as part of a globally unique project. Energy Heat pumps: energy source of the future 21.01.2020 A [...] without Gas 07.08.2023 Many industrial production processes are very energy-intensive. In the Austrian innovation network NEFI (New Energy for Industry), processes are being developed and demonstrated in practice [...] of the future. Innovation Putting people at the center 23.08.2021 This year's yearbook "Discussing Technology" is dedicated to the topic of " Human Centered Innovation ". As a scientific contribution to
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Harnessing the infinite potential of the sun
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innovative energy concepts for single-family homes, larger residential buildings or even plus-energy neighborhoods in urban areas - and is thus also an integral part of a sustainable energy infrastructure [...] convert it into electricity. Thus, up to 20 percent more solar energy can be used at once with the same installed area. The Center for Energy of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is currently leading [...] popular forms of renewable energy and has gained further importance in recent years. The potential is huge - especially for buildings, in cities, in industry as well as in the energy infrastructure. And the
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Smart grids at risk
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rarely coincides with electricity consumption peaks. Since more and more electricity from renewable energy sources has been fed into the grids, this has changed completely: The wind blows when it wants to [...] on the status of the networks (voltage, frequency, etc.). This data is collected in the control centers, analyzed and used to control the networks. Depending on the supply and consumption situation, plants [...] consumers - if possible ("demand management"). While this allows the power grids to absorb more renewable energy and still remain reliable, it is not the only way to do so. But the many new interfaces between the
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Smart textiles as an opportunity for the textile industry
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piezoelectric sensor threads that convert mechanical energy (such as stretching) into electricity, and extends to soft, flexible batteries or energy storage in yarns that act like capacitors, through to [...] Textiles". The study was commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) and funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG); [...] these technologies are still in their infancy," says project manager Beatrix Wepner from the AIT Center for Innovation Systems & Policy. On the other hand, know-how needs to be built up in a completely
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A new look at the increasingly complex world
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German Research Centers, Industrial partner is the Federation of Austrian Industries (IV). The event is supported by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation
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Wanted: Ways to more sustainability
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about the right policy mix to turn the energy sector around. The program of the three-day conference is deliberately very broad. The range of topics includes energy transition, mobility transition, transition [...] the changes] which man [...] produces by the development of great masses of steam and gas at the centers of industry." Humboldt thus became another founding father of today's sustainability debate. The [...] on of society and the economy," says Klaus Kubeczko, sustainability and innovation expert at the Center for Innovation Systems & Policy of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, describing the motivation
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Light metals for more climate protection
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therefore a key driver of innovation in these areas. A 50-strong team at the LKR Light Metals Competence Center Ranshofen, a subsidiary of the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, has been researching lightweight [...] sustainable, efficient manufacturing processes for materials in order to be able to drastically reduce energy and resource consumption already during production. On the other hand, the materials must meet the
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"We need a fast track for innovation"
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Wolfgang Hribernik, Head of Center for Energy, outlined the two most important directions in which research must go: "The future energy system will be based on the two energy carriers electricity and hydrogen" [...] The mission of Research and Technology Organizations (RTOs) - which are non-university research centers majority-owned by the public sector - is to serve society and business with their expertise. They [...] answers were immediately given by some heads of RTOs: Luc Van den Hove, CEO of the Belgian research center imec, said that RTOs could and should cooperate much more with industry. "This is underutilized.
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Learning together from the COVID crisis
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Tuesday, December 15 (3 to 5 p.m.), during an online discussion led by Manfred Tscheligi, Head of the Center for Technology Experience at the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology and Professor at the University [...] Hub". This is a think tank initiated by the Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) - a digital discussion space open to all to exchange online [...] working together on behalf of the BMK. Test-One question that Manfred Tscheligi, director of the AIT Center for Technology Experience, is concerned with: How can "distancing" be implemented as a new concept
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