CELSIUZ: The Co-Creation Lab for Energy & Supply at the HSZG

Behind the name CELSIUZ lie good-equipped facilities that provide space for creative work, networking, and developing innovative project ideas. Engineers, computer scientists, and researchers in the natural and social sciences combine their expertise and apply their research to knowledge transfer. Together with representatives from business and society, they seek new solutions to the challenges of our time.

At the heart of the Co-Creation Lab is a large simulation and training control center where a wide variety of scenarios can be modeled and tested right on site. Information sessions, scientific workshops, and discussion panels are designed and conducted here.

Let's go to the CELSIUZ

Mit der feierlichen Schlüsselübergabe im November 2019 startete das neue Kapitel für die Räume in der ehemaligen Schubert"schen Fabrik in Zittau. Dort hatten über tausend Menschen Gespinste aus Baumwolle, Nähzwirn und Schlichtketten hergestellt.

In order to implement reliable and cost-effective solutions for a climate-neutral energy supply as quickly as possible, cooperation between utility companies, society, and universities must be strengthened. In the “Energy” transfer field, CELSIUZ collaborates with industry representatives and citizens to share tools for designing technical systems, innovative technologies for energy conversion, transmission, and storage, as well as methods for operational optimization. To this end, the university’s projects and expertise from the “Energy and Environment” research focus are presented in a manner tailored to specific target groups. Concrete challenges arising from the transition of the energy supply to renewable sources are discussed using modern software for process simulation and analysis, and solutions are developed based on these discussions.

What are our goals?
Knowledge transfer between universities and citizens regarding the challenges of transitioning to an energy supply based on renewable energy sources
Strengthening the innovative capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises in the region
Knowledge transfer between the university, research institutions, and companies regarding innovative energy technology and modern methods for the design and control of energy systems
Who is invited to take part?
Companies, public bodies and municipalities

Municipal and regional supply and disposal companies

Institutes and faculties of the five Saxon universities of applied sciences (Zittau/Görlitz, Leipzig, Mittweida, Dresden, Zwickau)

Social groups, organizations and interested citizens, students, pupils
What can you expect?

• Co-Creation:
Specific challenges, such as those arising from the transition of the energy supply to renewable sources, are discussed using modern software for process simulation and analysis, and solutions are developed collaboratively.

• Co-Innovation:
The shared use of modern simulation technology and IT in a creative atmosphere leads to the continuous optimization of results

• Networking Events:
Event formats for knowledge transfer are developed, conducted, and evaluated at the CELSIUZ Lab

• Continuing education and knowledge transfer events:
Concise knowledge transfer to address the challenges of the future
Partner Universities in the Subproject

Leipzig University of Applied Sciences

Prof. Jens Jäkel

Bela Truschenski

West Saxon University of Applied Sciences Zwickau

Ambient Assisted Living, Mobility and Neighborhood Concepts, Demographic Change & Urban Development, Industry 4.0, Energy Technology and Systems

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Tobias Teich

Susan Bergelt

Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences

Flexible Energy Systems: Development and Automation of Energy Systems for Integrating the Heating, Electricity, and Mobility Sectors, Taking Renewable Energy Sources into Account

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Matthias Kunick

Martin Herling

Jonas Pfeiffer