Team

Magdalena Berberich

M.Sc. Sustainable Energy Competence
Executive Director

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-55
berberich(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Large solar thermal systems
• Decarbonisation of the heat supply of district heating and large consumers
• Sector coupling and innovative CHP
• Seasonal and multifunctional heat storages
• Energy efficiency and renewable energies in sustainable heating systems
• Development of simulation models and calculation tools
• Energy-conscious behaviour

Activities

• Project management
• TRNSYS simulations
• Consulting for the development of innovative, funded projects
• Energy concepts and feasibility studies
• Advice for design and construction of innovative systems
• Market development
• Knowledge transfer
• International cooperation projects

Working groups / committees

• Subtask leader in IEA SHC Task 68 (2022 to 2025)
• Invited member of the Austrian Climate and Energy Fund’s Storage Initiative Resonance Group, 2020
• Member of the Horizontal Working Group “100% renewable Districts” in the European Technology and Innovation Platform
• Collaboration in the working group Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage

Dirk Mangold

Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering
Executive Director

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-20
mangold(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Decarbonisation of the heat supply of district heating and large consumers
• Seasonal and multifunctional heat storages
• Energy efficiency and renewable energies in sustainable heating systems
• Sector coupling and innovative CHP
• Large solar thermal systems
• Shallow geothermal energy
• Thermal utilisation of the underground
• Urban planning and architecture

Activities

• Project management
• Consulting for the development of innovative, funded projects
• Energy concepts and feasibility studies
• Advice for design and construction of innovative systems
• Development and testing of construction methods
• Consultancy for design processes
• Knowledge transfer
• International cooperation projects

Working groups / committees

• Head of the Working Group Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage
• elected member of the DSTTP steering committee
• elected member of the District Heating & Cooling & Thermal Storage Technology Panel of the RHC-ETIP
• Lecturer for renewable energies in architecture and urban planning
• Member of several expert committees

Tom Brand

M.Sc. Environmental Engineering
Scientific Employee Thermal energy storage

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-25
brand(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Seasonal and multifunctional heat storages
• Development of simulation models and calculation tools
• Thermal utilisation of the underground
• Shallow geothermal energy

Activities

• Materials research
• CFD simulations
• Advice for design and construction of innovative systems
• Knowledge transfer

Dr. Maren Gollub

Dr.-Ing., M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
Expert simulation

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-75
gollub(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Development of simulation models and calculation tools
• Seasonal and multifunctional heat storages
• Solar district heating
• Energy-conscious behaviour

Activities

• CFD simulations
• Market development
• Knowledge transfer

Ludwig Grosch

B.Eng. Energy Engineering
Scientific Employee Simulation

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-60
grosch(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Seasonal and multifunctional heat storages
• Development of simulation models and calculation tools
• Decarbonisation of the heat supply of district heating and large consumers

Activities

• CFD simulations
• Municipal heat planning
• Energy concepts and feasibility studies

Veronika Kammin

Financial accountant

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-10
kammin(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Accounting

Michael Klöck

M.Sc. Decentralized Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency
Expert
Head of studies and implementation projects for the heat transition

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-45
kloeck(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Decarbonisation of the heat supply of district heating and large consumers
• Energy efficiency and renewable energies in sustainable heating systems
• Development of simulation models and calculation tools
• Seasonal and multifunctional heat storages
• Sector coupling and innovative CHP

Activities

• TRNSYS simulations
• Energy concepts and feasibility studies
• Advice for design and construction of innovative systems

Michael Kübler

M.Sc. Sustainable Energy Competence
Scientific Employee Simulation

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-42
kuebler(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Solar district heating
• Development of simulation models and calculation tools
• Decarbonisation of the heat supply of district heating and large consumers

Activities

• Knowledge transfer
• TRNSYS simulations
• Transformation plans and feasibility studies (BEW)

Maya Neyhousser

M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering
Scientific Employee Research and development

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-80
neyhousser(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Decarbonisation of the heat supply of district heating and large consumers
• Energy efficiency and renewable energies in sustainable heating systems
• Energy-conscious behaviour

Activities

• Machine learning and AI
• Market development
• Knowledge transfer
• International cooperation projects

Manisha Rana

M.Sc. Environmental Engineering
Scientific Employee Research and development
On parental leave

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-85
rana(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Energy-conscious behaviour
• Development of simulation models and calculation tools
• Seasonal and multifunctional heat storages

Activities

• TRNSYS simulations
• Energy concepts and feasibility studies
• Knowledge transfer
• International cooperation projects

Yannick Reduth

M.Sc. Applied Geosciences
Expert
Head of shallow geothermal energy and geology

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-70
reduth(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Quality assurance of geothermal probes
• Thermal utilisation of the underground
• Development of simulation models and calculation tools
• Shallow geothermal energy

Activities

• Materials research
• FEM simulations
• Energy concepts and feasibility studies
• Development and testing of construction methods
• Consultancy for design processes
• International cooperation projects
• Laboratory management

Thomas Schmidt

Dipl.-Ing. Mechanical Engineering
Senior Expert & Project management Thermal energy storage & Simulation
Head of large heat storage and system simulations

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-30
schmidt(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Large solar thermal systems
• Decarbonisation of the heat supply of district heating and large consumers
• Sector coupling and innovative CHP
• Thermal utilisation of the underground
• Seasonal and multifunctional heat storages
• Energy efficiency and renewable energies in sustainable heating systems
• Development of simulation models and calculation tools
• Shallow geothermal energy

Activities

• Project management
• TRNSYS simulations
• Consulting for the development of innovative, funded projects
• Energy concepts and feasibility studies
• Transformation plans and feasibility studies (BEW)
• Consultancy for design processes
• Knowledge transfer
• International cooperation projects

Working groups / committees

• Deputy Chairman of the VDI Guideline Committee of VDI 4640 – Sheet 3 (Thermal utilization of the subsurface – Underground thermal storage)
• Subtask leader in IEA ECES Task 39 (WPC)
• Invited member of the Storage Initiative – Start Phase of the Climate and Energy Fund Austria
• Member of the Working Group Long-Term Thermal Storage

Asma Sohail

M.Sc. Environmental Engineering
Scientific Employee Solar district heating

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-35
sohail(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Solar district heating
• Large solar thermal systems
• Energy efficiency and renewable energies in sustainable heating systems
• Energy-conscious behaviour
• Sector coupling and innovative CHP
• Development of simulation models and calculation tools

Activities

• TRNSYS simulations
• Energy concepts and feasibility studies
• Transformation plans and feasibility studies (BEW)
• Consultancy for design processes
• Market development
• Knowledge transfer
• International cooperation projects

Silas Tamm

M.Sc. Decentralized Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency
Scientific Employee Simulation

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-15
tamm(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Solar district heating
• Development of simulation models and calculation tools
• Decarbonisation of the heat supply of district heating and large consumers

Activities

• TRNSYS simulations
• Energy concepts and feasibility studies
• Market development
• International cooperation projects

Anna Laura Ulrichs

Dipl.-Ing. Architecture and Urban Planning
Expert
Head of the heat transition in urban planning

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-90
ulrichs(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Urban planning and architecture
• Solar district heating

Activities

• Project management
• Energy concepts and feasibility studies
• Consultancy for design processes
• Competition consulting
• Market development
• Municipal heat planning
• Public relations

Thilo Walser

M.Sc. Environmental Engineering
Expert Simulation
Head of Data Analysis and Machine Learning

Tel +49 (0)711 / 673 2000-40
walser(at)solites.de

Specialist areas

• Solar district heating
• Development of simulation models and calculation tools
• Decarbonisation of the heat supply of district heating and large consumers
• Seasonal and multifunctional heat storages

Activities

• Project management
• TRNSYS simulations
• Machine learning and AI
• Transformation plans and feasibility studies (BEW)
• Knowledge transfer
• International cooperation projects

Luis Guerreiro

Digital and print media designer (media operating)
Media design, web development, desktop publishing

www.lugumedia.de