Digital Life Cycle Engineering: Research Topics and Methodological Competences

The working group Digital Life Cycle Engineering combines research topics of the two megatrends digitalization and sustainability. The following main objectives are being pursued for the construction sector:

Provision of life cycle information for decision makers
Integration of data for holistic analyses in digital building models
Use of open interfaces and data exchange formats
Execution of multi-criteria and multi-scale analyses under consideration of uncertainties

As a result, holistic calculation methods, computer-aided calculation procedures as well as benchmarks for components, building elements and structures can be provided. This will strengthen the collaboration between building professionals and improve the decision-making process. The most important research contents and the decisive methods used are visualized in the following graphic.

Forschungsinhalte Digital Life Cycle Engineering

Forschungsprojekte "Digital Life Cycle Engineering"
Title	Contact Person	Funding	Term
Ganzheitliche Bewertung von Stahl- und Verbundbrücken nach Kriterien der Nachhaltigkeit (NaBrü)	Tim Zinke	BMWi, AIF, FOSTA	5/2010
Preparation of Traffic, Road and Construction Data for BIM-based, Integral and Holistic Assessment for the Planning of Infrastructure Projects (IntegPlan)	Matthias Müller, M.Sc., Dr.-Ing. Tim Zinke	BMVI, mFUND	2021 - 2022
Kadi4x - Cross-Domain and Workflow-Based Research Data Management for the Civil Engineering Sciences	Dr.-Ing. Tim Zinke, Matthias Müller, M.Sc.	KIT ExU-Project, BMBF, MWK	2020 - 2021
Development of an Electrically Operated Heating Conductor System for Grapevines for the Effective and Environmentally Friendly Prevention of Damages caused by Climate Change-Induced Late Frost Events	Dr.-Ing. Tim Zinke, Matthias Müller, M.Sc.	AiF Projekt GmbH, BMWi (ZIM)	2020 - 2021
WEG of the Future - Pilot Projects of a National Rehabilitation Campain for Cndominium Owners' Associations (WEG)	Dr.-Ing. Tim Zinke, Dipl.-Ing. Manfred Hermann	PtJ, BMU	2019 - 2022
Integral and Holistic Design of Road Bridges based on Hierarchical Models (IntegBridge, P 1281)	Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Tim Zinke, Dipl.-Ing. Manfred Hermann, Matthias Müller M.Sc.	FOSTA	2017 - 2020
Untersuchung zur Nachhaltigkeitsberechnung von feuerverzinkten Brücken (NaBrüFeuer)	Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Tim Zinke	BASt	2014 - 2014
Ganzheitliche Bewertung von Stahl- und Verbundeisenbahnbrücken nach Kriterien der Nachhaltigkeit (NaBrüEis, P978)	Dr.-Ing. Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Tim Zinke	FOSTA, AiF	2013 - 2015
Bauen im Bestand
FIT (P864)
Forschungsprojekt zur Entwicklung neuartiger, innovativer Stahlpalettensysteme für den industriellen Herstellungsprozess von Betonfertigteilen zur erheblichen Reduktion des Energie- und Ressourcenverbrauchs	Tim Zinke, Thomas Reinke	Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU)