In order to extend the inHaus innovation center with the inHaus2 research facility for commercial properties, nine Fraunhofer institutes are working closely together. In this project, which the Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems in Duisburg is in charge of, the institutes develop and test new technological systems solutions for the area of commercial properties in cooperation with commercial partners such as, for instance, Hochtief, T-Systems, Berker or Lindner-Hotels. The beneficial application of these new technology solutions is also a very important aspect in this joint project. The construction of the inHaus2 research facility began on March 23rd, 2007, and will be finished in June, 2008. It is being built on a site which measures 8,000 sqm and which is in the direct vicinity of the inHaus1 research facility. In the latter, new solutions for residential properties have been being developed and tested in many innovation projects since 2001. Measuring 3,500 sqm, the inHaus2 facility will be considerably larger than the inHaus1 facility (250 sqm effective area). |
In the inHaus2 research facility intelligent room and building systems, for instance, for novel nursing homes, hospitals, offices or hotels, are going to be developed, which is aided by the Ministry of Innovation and Science, Research and Technology of North Rhine-Westphalia, by the European Union, by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Fraunhofer headquarters. Thus, the inHaus innovation center is going to be a unique place Europe-wide for application-oriented research in the area of intelligent room and building systems. |
