Background

Industrial buildings increasingly face competing demands for energy efficiency, carbon neutrality, and economic feasibility. Especially in hall-type construction, space conditioning, energy costs, and CO2 reduction are difficult to reconcile. The project ECEE Klimapositivity addresses these challenges with an innovative approach: a climate-positive commercial building that integrates photovoltaics, TABS, and intelligent control systems.

Project Objectives

The goal is to develop a scalable energy concept for commercial buildings based on renewable energy. This includes

• integrating building-integrated photovoltaics,
• using façade ventilation and TABS,
• developing intelligent control strategies
• as well as carrying out environmental (LCA) and economic analyses.

The exploratory study assesses feasibility and prepares a pilot project intended to serve as a best-practice model.

Results

The project delivers a holistic concept for climate-positive industrial buildings. It shows how energy flows can be optimized, CO2 emissions reduced, and new business models for energy use can emerge. The results provide the basis for a follow-on project and are intended to drive lasting change in the construction and energy sectors, environmentally, economically, and socially.