ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE

There’s a cooler way to fight climate change,and the Audi Environmental Foundation is putting its money down behind Roman Schiebel’s bachelor thesis.Schiebel,the winner of the Sustainability Prize for scientific excellence at the Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt (THI),developed a computational model that employs artificial intelligence to provide approaches for an optimal energy concept in new building projects.His research idea stands out through its level of scientific innovation,its contribution to sustainable heating in new building projects,as well as its high social relevance. The Audi Environmental Foundation introduced the Sustainable Resource Management (SRM) Award at the Technische Universität München in 2011 to promote the ideas of gifted academics who make a significant contribution to sustainable resource management.“With the THI Sustainability Prize we now aim to also promote,right at the university in Ingolstadt,the work of young researchers who provide impetus for more environmental protection, and ecological sustainability through their innovative approaches and promising solutions,”says Rüdiger Recknagel,Director of the Audi Environmental Foundation.

Roman Schiebel (center) together with his supervisor Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sabine Bschorer (right) and Dr.Rüdiger Recknagel, Managing Director of the Audi Environmental Foundation (left)