About Us

What is the IZES?

The IZES (Institut für ZukunftsEnergieSysteme), institute for future energy systems, is connected to the Saarland University of Applied Science (HTW: Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes). Its activities focus on tomorrow's power supply and energy usage with a special interest for the implied technical and economic challenges.

Our clients, partners and sponsors
Utility and energy service companies, industry and trade, building societies, real estate developers and land settlement societies, associations and chambers, cities and municipalities, political and administrative bodies, research institutes and educational centres, the European Commission, federal and regional ministries.

Our core competences
- Energy systems engineering
- Material Flow management / Biomass Usage
- Energy economy / Future Markets
- Technology Hardware Centre
     Test Center for solar (thermal and photovoltaic) systems
     Heating and cooling technology, combined heat and power generation (CHP)

How is the IZES structured?
In October 2005 IZES converted into a limited company (GmbH), the IZES gGmbH. Its main stakeholder is the Land Saarland. Ohters are regional energy suppliers and the University of Applied Sciences as well as the University of the Saarland.

  Who is working at the IZES?
Four professors from the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) are working in the board of scientific directors. Other professors are cooperating in projects. The interdisciplinary staff consists of more than twenty-five people. They are mechanical, energy, electrical and civil engineers as well as other scientists from different areas like physics, chemistry, computer science and economy.