Institute of Environmental Technology and Energy Economics

Welcome, bienvenido and salem aleikum at the Institute of Environmental Engineering and Energy Economics (IUE). We are a research-oriented institute dedicated to the conservation of natural resources and the environment. With approximately 30 employees, we operate within the working group "Efficient Energy Systems and Production Processes," under the direction of Professor Kaltschmitt.

The Institute of Environmental Engineering and Energy Economics (IUE) primarily deals with issues concerning environmental technology and assessment, particularly in processes related to the provision of fossil and renewable energy sources, industrial and commercial production processes, and technology-induced environmental processes. This interplay between applied methods and procedures on one hand, and substantive areas on the other, results in a multitude of questions addressed at the institute.

Key areas of research:

Provision of solid, liquid, and gaseous energy carriers, as well as electricity and heat from biomass through thermo-chemical, physical-chemical, and bio-chemical conversion processes.
Geothermal electricity and heat generation.
Integration of renewable energies into conventional energy systems.

Within the field of energy provision processes, environmental technology endeavors encompass the development of technologies such as straw combustion systems, filters for reducing particulate emissions from biomass combustion, and remote monitoring systems for biogas plants. Questions relating to technology assessment include the evaluation of biomass gasification processes (process assessment), the development of life cycle assessments for geothermal electricity generation (environmental assessment), ecotoxicological studies of particulate matter from biomass combustion (ecotoxicological assessment), and the energy-economic analysis of alternatives compared to conventional fuels.

26.10.2023

Lecture Series: Green Technologies I

Next Event on 18.12.23: Provision of "Green" Heat – Quo Vadis? (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Kaltschmitt, Hamburg University of Technology)

Lecture Series: Green Technologies - "Green Heat Supply"

Date	Topic/Title	Speaker
23.10.	Climate Protection and Heat Supply – Context and Challenges Slides	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Kaltschmitt, Hamburg University of Technology
30.10.	Bridge Day
06.11.	Heat Storage – Chemical Basics and Options Slides Heat Storage – Technical Solutions and Their Evaluation Slides	Prof. Dr. Michael Steiger, University of Hamburg Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Schmitz, Hamburg University of Technology
13.11.	Heat from Solid Biomass – Small-scale Systems Heat from Solid Biomass – Large-scale Systems Slides	M.Sc. Theresa Siegmund, Hamburg University of Technology M.Sc. Christian Gollmer, Hamburg University of Technology
20.11.	Heat Pump Systems – Principles and Concepts Slides Large Heat Pump Systems – The Dradenau Heat Pump Project Slides	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Arne Speerforck, Hamburg University of Technology Dr.-Ing. Gunnar Hansen, Hamburg Wasser, Hamburg
27.11.	District Heating in Rural Areas – Opportunities and Limits Slides District Heating in Urban Areas – Opportunities and Challenges in Hamburg Slides	Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Janczik, Bützower Wärme GmbH, Bützow Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Liebenthal, Hamburger Energiewerke, Hamburg
04.12.	Municipal Heat Planning – Cornerstones for a Holistically Designed Heat Supply Energy-Efficient Neighborhoods – Variants and Approaches Slides	M.Sc. Patrick Shumon Akram, Averdung Engineers & Consultants GmbH, Hamburg M.Eng. Lena-Mareike Mierendorff, Averdung Engineers & Consultants GmbH, Hamburg
11.12.	Innovative Sector Coupling in the Public Grid – Electricity and Heat Slides Innovative Sector Coupling in Single-Family Homes – PV Electricity and Heat from the Heat Pump	Dr.-Ing. Jelto Lange, Hamburg University of Technology Dr.-Ing. Daniel John, Hamburg University of Technology
18.12.	Supply with "Green" Heat – Quo Vadis?	Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Kaltschmitt, Hamburg University of Technology

Events are held on Mondays from 17:45 to 19:15
Audimax II, TUHH
Each session consists of a 35-minute lecture followed by discussion with 2 speakers
Slides will be made available on our website after approval by the speaker
No hybrid events