The Future Energy Center, located in Karlsruhe, Germany, and managed by SAP Research Karlsruhe, is a collaborative platform demonstrating how the future of sustainable energy generation, distribution, storage, and utilization can be supported by innovative IT.
This Living Lab, open to the public in April 2011, hosts events to both inspire and to be inspired. It provides a facility for partner events and scientific workshops, as well as educational events.
Hands-On Research Prototypes
Along with guided tours, the Future Energy Center provides a showroom with hands-on research prototypes and demo installations. The showroom highlights innovative research results in the areas of energy management, resource management, electric mobility, and smart grids. Visitors can experience these topics from different perspectives, such as a production site, an office, a utility control room, a home, and an electric car.
Exhibits include:
- SAP Research prototypes provided and maintained by project teams demonstrating, for example, new platforms for energy management and mobility solutions
- Integrated SAP products and select partner demos
- Windows to the real world: a real-time look into offsite research trials, for example, with electric cars
Future Energy Topics
The main challenges for today's energy management include deregulated markets and the use of decentralized and renewable energy sources. New business models are emerging and call for innovative IT solutions. Our economy and society need a secure and sustainable energy supply.
SAP Research, in collaboration with academic and industry partners, is conducting several collaborative research projects that address the following challenges:
- Energy markets and energy efficiency – Smart grid technologies for the Internet of Energy and IT for "smart houses"
- E-mobility – Infrastructures for the accounting and billing of charging processes and support of mobility services
- Resource management – IT innovations for energy-efficient manufacturing and energy data management and service provisioning for bid management, forecasts, and planning
Learn More About the Future Energy Center
To find out how your organization can participate in the Future Energy Center, contact:
SAP Research Karlsruhe
Vincenz-Priessnitz-Strasse 1
76131 Karlsruhe, Germany
E-mail: future_energy_center@sap.com