Energy and Building
Teaching - Research Group
Technical University Berlin and Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
The Energy and Building Teaching-Research Group is composed by a number of Individuals, mostly Faculty members at TUB and PUC, and related Institutions within both Universities. Other external Institutions complete a rich Network including a variety of resources
Escuela de Arquitectura Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, EAUC The School of Architecture of the Universidad Católica is a reputed Latin-american institution, where leading Academics, Researchers and Practitioners in the field meet the most talented students. Go to EAUC Web Page
Fakultät VI TU-Berlin, Habitat Unit is a teaching and research unit at the School for Planning Building and Environment of the Berlin University of Technology. Activities at HU focus on development-related and socio-cultural issues of architecture and urbanization. Go to Habitat Unit Web Page
Fak VI TU-B, FG für konstruktives Entwerfen und klimagerechtes Bauen. focuses, as a single didactic unit, on the phenomena and fundamentals of climate-correct construction, evaluated in a holistic concept, and implemented in a state-of-the art constructive structure. Go to Web Page
Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst, DAAD The German Academic Exchange Service is the main Sponsor of this Project. DAAD supports and promotes academic development through cooperation in areas related to science, research, language, teaching and more. Go to DAAD Web Page
Technische Universität Berlin, Innovation Zentrum Energie IZE concentrates the activities in the field of energy, distributed over all seven faculties of TU Berlin in order to develop the potential for widespread information and collaboration. Go to IZE Web Page
Programa País Eficiencia Energetica, PPEE aims at consolidating the efficient use as an energy source and promotes the development of efficient use of energetic resources in Chile in many levels, including education, building construction and building operation. Go to PPEE Web Page
World Society of Sustainable Energy Technologies is a non-profit scientific organization, which supports its members in the advancement of sustainable energy technologies in various ways. Go to WSSET Web Page
(Berlin, September 30th 2011) The design project "Reclaiming Heritage" by TUB students Holly Au, Eduardo Barros, Miguel Delso Páez, Federico Rota, Alejandro García Gadea, and Carmen Gómez Maestro, Faculty Sponsors Renato D'Alençon and Luis Beltrán del Río, has won the Housing Category in the Haiti Ideas Challenge, organized by ACSA, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, USAID, United States Agency for International Development, and Howard University's School of Architecture and Design.
(Berlin, June 15th 2011) A new volume entitled "Lateinamerikanische Staedte im Wandel" (Latin American Cities in transformation), edited by researchers Paola Alfaro - d'Alencon, Walter A. Imilan and Lina María Sanchez, was presented in the Habitat-Unit of TU-Berlin. The publication is the product of the Seminar of the same name in November 2008 organized jointly by the Technische Universitaet Berlin and Weimar Bauhaus-Universität.
(Berlin, May 23rd 2011) The Exhibition "EINGEWANDERTE BAUMEISTER - Architekturtransfer zwischen Deutschland und Chile 1852-1875. Bauen und Ursprungshäuser", will be open between June 6th and June 24th (10.00 to 17:00) in the Fakultätsforum, Architecture Building of TU-Berlin, Straße des 17. Juni 152, 10623 Berlin. The Exhibition explores the architecture of the 19th century German immigrants in Chile, and the influence in it of their original houses in Germany.