{"id":4570,"date":"2026-03-25T14:50:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/mission-energy-transition\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T12:31:50","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:31:50","slug":"mission-energy-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwest-alliance.de\/en\/mission-energy-transition\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission: Energy Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_small\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>There can be no energy transition without climate-friendly buildings \u2013 that much is clear. Led by the Oldenburg-based affiliated institute OFFIS, a team of researchers from the northwest region has investigated how digital solutions can help advance the \u201cheating transition\u201d (W\u00e4rmewende).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe heating transition is a central pillar of the energy transition,\u201d says Prof. Dr. Sebastian Lehnhoff, member of the executive board of the Oldenburg-based OFFIS Institute for Information Technology and Professor of Energy Informatics at the University of Oldenburg, emphasizing what other experts have repeated again and again: On the path towards a net-zero future, a key objective is to make buildings more energy-efficient and convert heating systems to renewable energy sources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">According to the website of the Federal Environment Agency, operational energy use in buildings accounts for around 35 percent of the total energy consumption and approximately 30 percent of CO\u2082 emissions in Germany. Progress towards reducing this percentage has been slow \u2013 emissions in the buildings sector have actually been stagnating again for some time now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">As speaker for W\u00e4rmewendeNordwest, a large-scale collaborative project, Lehnhoff has witnessed several technical advances and political shifts in this field over the past five years, the most recent being the German government\u2019s policy document setting out the key points for a new Building Modernization Act. But for Lehnhoff, one thing is certain: \u201cAlongside renovation, digitalization also plays a central role in the heating transition.\u201d And this was precisely what the project team focused on. Comprising around a hundred researchers, the team has developed various digital solutions designed to support those involved in tackling the challenges of the heating transition \u2013 from homeowners to local authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">The project, which officially came to an end last autumn, was a major undertaking involving five universities including the Universities of Oldenburg and Bremen, eleven companies mainly from the northwest region, among them grid operator EWE NETZ and the Bremen utility swb AG, as well as several non-university research institutes and the City of Oldenburg. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research provided a total of 16 million euros for the project, with an additional three million euros supplied by the project partners from their own funds. Several sub-projects are still ongoing, having been granted an extension of several months to finalize prototypes or compile their findings into scientific papers, guidelines and strategy papers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">As the project progressed, the people working on it saw for themselves how much of a hot-button issue the heating transition is. \u201cEveryone is talking about it,\u201d says Christine Rosinger, coordinator of the overall project at OFFIS. \u201cTime and again, members of the public have approached us wanting to know why the heating transition is at all necessary, whether heat pumps will overload the electricity grid, or whether they will now have to replace their oil-fired heating systems.\u201d To address common questions \u2013 about which there is also a good deal of misinformation \u2013 the team compiled a detailed FAQ list on the project website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Digital building files for homeowners<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">In practice, however, the results of the project are even more useful. The digital tools developed by the researchers can be used at various stages of the heating transition process \u2013 starting with homeowners who are considering renovating their properties. For this group, a team led by business informatics specialists Prof. Dr. Jorge Marx G\u00f3mez and Sven Lampe from the University of Oldenburg has created a dedicated online platform. Users can enter data and upload photos about their buildings into the system, which creates digital building files on this basis. Users then receive suggestions on which renovation measures make sense, what would cost, and what savings they will bring. \u201cThe platform can even connect users with potential contractors in the region, and it also takes funding schemes into account to keep the costs of renovation measures low,\u201d explains Marx G\u00f3mez.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">The prototype for the platform was tested extensively in the project, for example by master craftsman trainees (<\/span><i><span lang=\"EN-GB\" dir=\"ltr\">Meistersch\u00fcler<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"EN-GB\" dir=\"ltr\">). <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">Homeowners also tried out the tool and received advice on which funding schemes were most suitable for their property, how much they could save, and how long it would take to recoup the costs. The team is currently applying for funding so that it can make the platform, called Upweerten, permanently available online.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Emissions optimization on campus<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">Another area in the heating transition concerns larger building complexes and industrial facilities that are supplied by various sources and often generate some of the energy they require themselves. \u201cWith such \u2018multi-energy systems\u2019, it makes sense to consider electricity and heating requirements as a whole, and to optimize them jointly to ensure that both electricity costs and CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions are reduced,\u201d explains Ekaterina Lesnyak from the University of Oldenburg\u2019s Department of Computing Science.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">Lesnyak studied an example that was right on her doorstep \u2013 the University of Oldenburg campus. Laboratories, data centers and larger buildings not only need to be supplied with electricity and heat via large-scale systems, but also require cooling and ventilation. As a partner in the W\u00e4rmewendeNordwest project, the university installed three innovative cooling and heating systems in 2024 and 2025: a new ventilation system in the Central Library, an absorption cooling plant on the natural sciences campus, and a system for waste heat recovery in the data centre.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">These renovation measures have helped to significantly reduce energy consumption: electricity consumption at the library has dropped by 17 percent, for example, and heating energy consumption by more than 75 percent, with the corresponding reduction in CO\u2082 emissions. Part of the construction costs for these measures were funded by W\u00e4rmewendeNordwest, with the university covering the remainder from its own resources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">As Lesnyak discovered by performing simulations, CO\u2082 emissions could be reduced even further if the three systems were operated via a shared control system. The computer scientist created a \u201cdigital twin\u201d of the systems, which she fed with real-world data and trained using machine learning to compare different operating strategies. The result: \u201cBecause the university has various options for energy generation at its disposal \u2013 combined heat and power plants, PV systems, and heat recovery and electricity from the public grid \u2013 there is potential for synergies if the lowest-emission option is used at any given time,\u201d she explains. Emissions from the three systems could be cut by up to ten percent if the building management systems were optimized. This is not yet possible at the university because the current measurement infrastructure is not designed for this purpose. However, Lesnyak\u2019s findings could be applied to other university campuses or industrial facilities.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>From campus to neighbourhood<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">The sustainable heating of residential areas and neighbourhoods is no less complex than the energy-efficient operation of a university. A W\u00e4rmewendeNordwest sub-project led by the DLR Institute of Networked Energy Systems in Oldenburg examined an example of this in Bremen: the Neu-Schwachhausen district comprises both detached houses and three- to five-storey apartment blocks that date back to the 1960s. \u201cThe neighbourhood is very diverse and was therefore well suited to our research objectives,\u201d explains project team member Tino Mitzinger from the Resilient Energy Systems research group at the University of Bremen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">Using computer modelling, the team examined heating options for Neu-Schwachhausen to ensure that the system could withstand any potential problems, from power cuts and extreme weather to technical problems, with as little disruption as possible. \u201cWe generated and analyzed more than 500 future scenarios for 2030 and 2050 \u2013 including those in which all heat is generated using electricity, as well as those that use hydrogen or synthetic gas,\u201d explains Mitzinger. The main criteria for a resilient system included redundancies, buffer capacities and a certain diversity of energy sources.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">Although the end result is not yet clear, the researcher notes: \u201cIt has become apparent that storage is extremely important, particularly when electricity is only available at specific times.\u201d At the same time, it is becoming clear that heating based on renewables is the most economical solution. \u201cIn the long term, this will definitely be cheaper than continuing to rely on fossil fuels,\u201d emphasizes Mitzinger, pointing to the results of the team\u2019s model calculations. The end product of the sub-project is a digital \u201ctool\u201d which local authorities can use for energy planning based on geodata and modelling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Transfer in the region<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">In addition, further findings from the project are now gradually being put into practice. \u201cThe City of Oldenburg, for example, has expanded its renewable energy register, developed a renovation plan for municipal buildings and produced a guide on \u2018gray energy\u2019 \u2013 which refers to the reuse of building materials,\u201d project coordinator Rosinger explains. EWE NETZ investigated how decentralized electrolyzers \u2013 electrochemical systems that split water into hydrogen and oxygen using electricity \u2013 can be integrated into the energy system and the City of Oldenburg commissioned a legal report on shallow geothermal heating networks, in other words, networks that utilize geothermal energy close to the surface. The project team also organized events for both members of the public and experts, developed new teaching concepts for the skilled trades, and offered further training for master craftsman trainees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cA strong sense of team spirit developed over the course of the project,\u201d says Christine Rosinger. This was not a given, as some of the sub-projects had quite different focuses. \u201cThe important aspect was that we developed a shared vision and everyone worked towards a common goal,\u201d the computer scientist emphasizes. 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