The 4th consortium meeting for the COMFORT project had to be held online due to the Covid-19 circumstances. Originally, this physical meeting of all consortium partners was planned at the Campus Kuchl of the FH Salzburg. Fortunately, all planned agenda items could be processed. Among the most important decisions are the following: the FEELings app… Read more »

In February 2020, the „Symposium Energieinnovation 2020“ organized by the Institute of Electricity Economics and Energy Innovation took place at the Campus Inffeldgasse of Graz University of Technology. The Comfort project was represented by a paper “COMFORT – Data-Driven Analysis and Simulations of Human Comfort in Office Rooms“ and a presentation by Dr. Gerald Feichtinger… Read more »

Another novelty in the COMFORT project is the use of a modified version of the FEELings app, which was developed in the course of the FEELings project with regard to the optimization of energy consumption in buildings. This app is rolled out in some offices on the Kuchl campus of the FH Salzburg and supports… Read more »

In September 2019 the SBE Conference took place in Graz. The COMFORT project was represented there with a poster mainly about the data environment. As the experienced comfort in buildings is a topic which can’t be neglected in sustainable building, the project COMFORT was a valuable complementation at the conference. COMFORT was not the only… Read more »

The COMFORT consortium is pleased to announce that the Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik (ZAMG) has become a cooperation partner of the consortium. Several simulation approaches require some weather data from the area of Deutschlandsberg where the headquarter, and therefore the test rooms, of LogicData is located. This weather data includes time stamp, temperature, humidity,… Read more »

In July 2019, CTR Carinthian Tech Research AG, one of the most established non-university research centers for Advanced Sensor Systems and Smart System Integration in Austria, was fully integrated into Silicon Austria Labs GmbH (SAL). SAL is Austria’s newly founded flagship for applied research in the field of electronic based systems (EBS), from components, assemblies… Read more »

Project team (from le to ri): G. Feichtinger, H. Gursch (Know-Center GmbH)

Again this year the Know-Center organized its Partner Day with the Data-Driven Future Forum. At this event existing and new partners of the Know-Center have the opportunity to inform themselves about the projects and activities of the Know-Center. The COMFORT project was also presented on this occasion. The COMFORT was discussed in particular in connection… Read more »

LogicData

The COMFORT consortium is pleased to announce that LOGICDATA Electronic & Software Entwicklungs GmbH, based in Deutschlandsberg, Austria, has become a cooperation partner. LOGICDATA develops market-leading solutions in the field of adjustable furniture (more information). In the COMFORT project, LOGICDATA provides several technically best-equipped office rooms for various data measurements (e.g. temperature / humidity /… Read more »

With the initial meeting of the consortium partners on 18 October 2018, the “COMFORT” project was successfully launched directly at the Know-Center in Graz. In the next two and a half years, the consortium of scientific and industrial partners will intensively deal with the topic of thermal and air quality comfort in offices. In the… Read more »