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Young Talent for Building Automation Nachwuchs für die Gebäudeautomation

© spreadfilms In this dialogue, it will become clear that the BA
makes a significant contribution to holistically
optimized building operation if the requirements
are defined sensibly.

I believe that the German industry is well
equipped to implement this. There is a wide range
of products and established protocols – such
as BACnet, of course – are available. Nothing
stands in the way of successful implementation!

The interview was conducted by Dirk Sistemich
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Herr Professor Krödel, Sie betreuen ver-
schiedene Fächer und ein Labor im Studi-
engang Energie- und Gebäudetechnologie
(EGT) an der TH Rosenheim. Wie gestal-
tet sich der Studiengang? Wie viele Neu-
einschreibungen sind jedes Jahr zu ver-
The campus of the TH Rosenheim: More than 7,500 people study at the four locations Rosenheim, Burghausen, zeichnen?
Mühldorf am Inn and Traunstein.
Der Campus der TH Rosenheim: An den vier Standorten Rosenheim, Burghausen, Mühldorf am Inn und Traunstein
studieren mehr als 7.500 Personen. Die wesentliche Kernaussage ist wohl, dass sich
unsere Absolventinnen und Absolventen keine
Sorgen um einen interessanten und abwechs-
knowledge of each of these aspects. Anyone Performance of Buildings Directive lungsreichen Job machen müssen. Wir befra-
who thinks they can optimize the operation of a (EPBD)? gen regelmäßig ehemalige Studentinnen und
heating system without ever having seen a real Studenten und erhalten sehr positive Rückmel-
circulation pump in the “wild” will fail miserably. I quote Prof. Dr. Hartmuth Paerschke as follows: dungen zu Jobangeboten und beruflichen Ent-
“In the field of building automation, it is not only wicklungsmöglichkeiten. Dies wiederum freut
What requirements should students fulfill, important to know how to automate, but also uns, denn nichts wäre schlimmer, als wenn wir
what interests are useful? what to automate!” On the EGT course, we cover einen Studiengang kreiert hätten, der die jungen
the entire range of building technology processes Leute in eine berufliche und damit auch persön-
At school, you shouldn’t have dropped subjects like and systems. With this knowledge, you are in the liche Sackgasse führt. Meist haben die Studen-
mathematics and physics at the first opportunity. best possible position to plan building automation
The course requires engineering-like thinking and in such a way that the overarching requirements
despite all the creative freedom, good grades in – and therefore also the legal requirements – are
music, dance or painting will not really help you. met as well as possible. About the Interview Partner
Creative, logical thinking is also required. If you Prof. Dr. Krödel is Professor of Building Automation
know the solutions to a problem a and a problem b You have already published various and Technology at Rosenheim Technical University
and now a combined problem c arises, you should specialist articles in the BACnet Europe of Applied Sciences and Managing Director of the
be able to derive an adapted solution. Journal – most recently in the 41st edition Institute for Building Technology. He is a member of
the VDI guidelines committee for VDI 3814 (building
on the requirements of GEG 2024. You automation), the jury for the SmartHome Initiative
Can the course also be designed as a dual have also developed a white paper on this Award and the scientific advisory board of the
study program? topic in collaboration with the BIG-EU. German Association of Building Energy Consultants,
Engineers and Craftsmen (GIH). The focus of his
How well equipped do you think the work is on making the topics of “Smart Building”
Yes, this variant exists. Both the “normal” and building automation industry in Germany and “E-Mobility” applicable in practice using
the “dual” students sit in the same lecture. At is to meet these requirements? pragmatic approaches and tools
other universities, the duration of the semesters Über den Interviewpartner
of dual students is sometimes compressed in I see the GEG 2024 as a huge opportunity!
order to allow more time in the company; we see Precisely because some passages in the law Herr Prof. Dr. Krödel ist Professor für Gebäudeauto-
this critically, as it also significantly increases the are unclear or contradictory, there is a need to mation und -technik an der Technischen Hochschule
students' workload during the semester. coordinate the specific implementation. That is Rosenheim sowie Geschäftsführer vom Institut für
Gebäudetechnologie. Er ist Mitglied im VDI-Richtli-
the good news, because until now, for many nienausschuss zur VDI 3814 (Gebäudeautomation),
What are the prospects of being able to stakeholders, the GA was an aspect that was der Jury für den Award der SmartHome-Initiative
gain a foothold in building automation reflexively shifted to the GA specialist planner sowie im wissenschaftlichen Beirat des Gebäude-
energieberater Ingenieure Handwerker Bundesver-
after successfully completing the course and subsequently deleted as much as possible. band e. V. (GIH). Der Schwerpunkt seiner Arbeit liegt
– also with regard to the new national and This is no longer possible! The key points of darin, die Themen „Smart Building“ sowie „E-Mobi-
European requirements of the Building automation must be jointly agreed in dialog with lity“ über pragmatische Vorgehensweisen und Hilfs-
Energy Act (GEG) and the EU’s Energy the client or the general contractor, for example. mittel für die Praxis anwendbar zu gestalten.

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