Topic "Understanding energy"

Prof. Dr. Kai Luppa will kick things off by providing us with the basics of energy:

"In 45 minutes, we will look at the unit kilowatt hour (kWh), which we know from our electricity consumption and for which we have to pay money. Without any prior knowledge, the audience is shown what power, energy, voltage, current, time and money have to do with the kilowatt hour. After these 45 minutes, the audience will know about the "electricity consumption" of households, public institutions, e-cars and Germany." Says Mr. Luppa.

Afterwards, Dr. Kim Lauenroth from the Department of Computer Science willreport under the title"My smart home, my family and me".

Lauenroth: When you think of "smart homes", you inevitably think of glossy buildings that offer all kinds of amenities, automatically open the door, control the light and fill the room with the right music depending on the mood. I have been living in a "pretty" smart passive house for 17 years. In my talk, I would like to take you behind the scenes and tell you about my family's personal experiences with the good and bad sides of technology. We'll talk about heating control, waste garbage can reminders, roller blind control, the installation of weather stations and, of course, lighting control. For the sake of completeness, renewable energies and PV systems are of course also included. Finally, I take a look into the future, because after 17 years a major update is due and there are already a few ideas.

Prof. Dr. Stefan Kempen will close the lecture series with the lecture "Self-sufficient districts" and will take a look at the bigger picture.

In his current research project kv-Batt, they are investigating the possibilities of self-sufficient energy supply for entire neighborhoods. Perhaps Mr. Kempen and his colleagues will deliver the self-sufficient future of energy supply for cities and industrial areas.