German Home- page of Annex 36 Homepage of the International Energy Agency (IEA-ECBCS)		University of Ulm   Address Universität Ulm Oberer Eselsberg Staudingerstr. 4 89081 Ulm, Germany   part B part C Year of construction 1967 1983 Year of renovation 2000 2000 Total floor area 19900 m² 9100 m² Hours of operation offices 12 12 Hours of operation labs up to 24 up to 24 University buildings normally use very sophisticated HVAC systems. These systems have to be adapted to the actual user needs quite frequently. If this is not done on a regular basis energy consumption becomes quite heavy. The adaptation of the systems can be financed through third party contracting. The renovation of the HVAC system of two buildings of the University of Ulm offers an impressive example of an application of this type. Retrofit features: The project concentrated only on the technical systems. No retrofit of the building envelope was undertaken. Thus the financing could be achieved completely on the base of performance contracting.   total report as pdf-download in English   © 2004 Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics