Water Symposium online: How can water resources be secured?
The fourth edition of the Hof Water Symposium, which is organised by the Institute for Sustainable Water Systems at Hof University of Applied Sciences (inwa), was held online this year. The topic of the event, which was attended by 30 experts from industry, municipalities, specialised authorities and research, was securing water resources in times of drought. The event team Anja Grabmeier, Prof Günter Müller-Czygan and [...]
Qualification of refugees for the water industry: next course from November
Hof University of Applied Sciences has successfully completed a new type of further training programme in collaboration with the Kompetenznetzwerk Wasser und Energie e.V. (Water and Energy Competence Network): A total of 19 participants were trained in course modules for tasks in the Bavarian water industry. The 15-week course was aimed specifically at people from refugee and migrant backgrounds who are currently receiving citizens' benefits. It is scheduled to start in the middle of [...]
"InSchuKa" project: Sustainability award for intelligently controlled channels
Climate change and extreme weather conditions pose major challenges for water management. As part of the InSchuKa research project, the JenaWasser special-purpose association is developing intelligent digital solutions in collaboration with Hof University of Applied Sciences, among others. The project partners want to develop a data collection, analysis and control system that allows reliable predictions to be made about the future load on the sewer networks. This can provide sewer network operators with valuable [...]
"iwe" and "inwa" take the place of the Institute for Water and Energy Management
The strong growth in the research sector has led to a significant change at Hof University of Applied Sciences: the former Institute for Water and Energy Management at Hof University of Applied Sciences (iwe) will be split into two institutes with future-oriented specialisations: While the "Institute for Hydrogen and Energy Technology" will retain the short form "iwe", the new Institute for Sustainable Water Systems will in future [...]
"inwa" successfully launched: Focus on securing water resources
The newly founded Institute for Sustainable Water Systems (inwa) at Hof University of Applied Sciences began its work four months ago. The research groups "Water infrastructure and digitalisation", "Photonics and water", "Sustainability and project management in the water industry" and "Resource-efficient food production" have come together under its umbrella and are committed to a sustainable and holistic approach to the most important foodstuff, the [...]
Searching for synergies: Sustainability at the centre of the 4th Institute Colloquium
The 4th colloquium of the research institutes ibp, ifm, inwa, iisys and iwe once again impressively demonstrated the breadth of research at Hof University of Applied Sciences. The colloquium is organised once a year to enable the institutes to exchange ideas on projects and research activities. The aim is to uncover opportunities for cooperation and support scientific networking at the university. The speakers at this year's [...]
"We want to become the central contact point for the sponge city/region in Bavaria!"
The new Competence and Transfer Centre Sustainable Sponge Region (ktns) was launched at the 3rd Water Symposium on 15.11.2023. The establishment of the ktns was essentially in response to the results of the SPORE project, which was co-funded by the WILO Foundation and the Upper Franconia Foundation. Just how important the topic has become and how the new competence centre can help the players in [...]
"Learning Bites 2024": How the university can learn from itself "bite by bite"!
The Institute for Sustainable Water Systems (inwa) wants to promote methodological expertise, for example in project management within research, and at the same time familiarise researchers with processes and partners at the university with a new format aimed purely at scientists from its own university. The "Learning Bites" created for this purpose take place once a month in person, [...].
How to counter heavy rainfall: Looking for alternatives to channel expansion
The student project "Communication concept for rainwater management Gebsattel (KoReGeb)", which was carried out as part of the ERNie research project ("Investigation of the use of rain barrels for rainwater retention in a residential area to relieve the sewer during heavy rainfall") and commissioned by the company Härtfelder Ingenieurtechnologien GmbH from Bad Windsheim, was recently completed. Far more than just splashing: Increasing heavy rainfall events place new demands on the [...]
"InSchuKa4.0": Arming the wastewater network against the consequences of climate change
A consortium of six partners, including the Institute for Water and Energy Management at Hof University of Applied Sciences (iwe), aims to make the wastewater network flexible, resilient and efficient for extreme weather conditions as part of the joint research project "InSchuKa4.0 - Combined infrastructure and environmental protection through AI-based sewer network management". The project, funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), started in February 2022 for [...]
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