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This is where the future project "LAB – Living Art of Building" initiated by TU Dresden comes in.
In the future, this research center will provide answers to the pressing questions in the construction
industry in order to facilitate the use of carbon-concrete technology and thus make an important
contribution to climate neutrality. Employees from science and technology will work closely with
industry in the laboratory facilities – the only ones of their kind in the world – to develop ideas and
solutions for the development of new materials, technologies, processes, and further digitalization
on a large scale.

Energy and material properties are also central topics of sustainability research at TU Dresden.
The joint project GreenCap dbetween TUD and other European universities and stakeholders is
developing high-performance and sustainable cylindrical supercapacitors based on layered two-di-
mensional materials (2DMs) and ionic liquids. The project identifies new high-end applications with
comprehensive impact assessments of social, environmental, and economic sustainability.

The OSens (Organic Sensors and Solar Cells) project at the Chair of Optoelectronics is researching
organic solar cells that are efficient, cost-effective, lightweight, flexible, semi-transparent, and sus-
tainable to produce. They therefore offer a key solution for a large-scale, low-cost, and sustainable
energy supply, as the energy payback time for organic solar cells is significantly shorter than that of
silicon-based cells.

The EffiziEntEE project (Efficient integration of high shares of renewable energies in technically
and economically integrated energy systems) is dedicated to the challenges of fluctuating charac-
teristics in the decentralized supply of renewable energies. The project is a joint venture between
TU Dresden and TU Hamburg. The intention, by linking the energy sectors, is to develop options for
absorbing, storing, and supplying surplus electrical energy from renewable energy sources.

TUD is also involved in important collaborative projects in water and climate research:
The Center for Advanced Water Research (CAWR) pools the expertise of the Helmholtz Centre
for Environmental Research (UFZ) and TU Dresden in order to work together in a targeted, compe-
tent, and interdisciplinary manner on key challenges in the water sector and to develop monitoring
systems. TU Dresden is also involved in the Global Water and Climate Adaption Center (ABCD
Center) joint project. Here, leading scientific institutions on two continents analyze human adapta-
tions to the consequences of climate change with a special focus on the topic of water security and
the transfer of findings into practice.

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