Close integration of industry and research

Insight into the work of IGTE and VdF HLK provided at the meeting (from left to right): Dr. Tobias Henzler (Managing Director of VdF HLK), Prof. Dr. Konstantinos Stergiaropoulos (Institute Director of IGTE), and Steffen Hild (Chairman of the Board of VdF HLK / CEO CAT Clean Air Technology GmbH).

One of his first appointments as the new Managing Director of the Industrial Association for Technical Building Equipment (ITGA) Baden-Württemberg e.V. was a visit to the University of Stuttgart – including a laboratory tour.

There, he exchanged ideas with representatives of the IGTE (Institute for Building Energy Technology, Thermotechnology, and Energy Storage at the University of Stuttgart) as well as the VdF HLK (Association of Supporters of Research in the Field of Heating – Ventilation – Air Conditioning Stuttgart e.V.). The central topic: knowledge transfer and the intensive networking between companies, research, and science in Baden-Württemberg.

The focus of the discussions was another current issue: Against the backdrop of a severe shortage of skilled workers, the field of building energy technology should be made more well-known through targeted information transfer between research institutes, universities, and companies.