Technology for Life Prize - The Winners

Technology for Life Prize - The Winners

The jury for the Technology for Life Prize also had a challenging job this year. 62 submitted diploma thesis projects from 178 students from 20 HTLs in eight federal states had to be evaluated according to the criteria of the Technology for Life Prize. Project teams from HTL Weiz, HTBLuVA Salzburg and HTL Hollabrunn won in the categories of mobility technology, industrial technology and energy and building technology as well as consumer goods.

Category win mobility technology: biogas range extender
Range extenders are small power generators that charge the batteries of electric cars while driving, thereby significantly increasing the range. As part of their diploma thesis, Markus Hörting-Stoppacher and David Lammer from HTL Weiz built a range extender that runs on biogas. To do this, a cost-effective solution for processing and storing the biogas had to be found and an electricity generator had to be efficiently converted to run on biogas. Since the power generator used to charge the electric car is powered by biogas, the car can use 100 percent CO₂-drive neutrally. The idea of ​​sustainability, from raw materials to energy production, convinced the jury of the Technology for Life Prize. "The project impresses with its stringent structure. The applicability is great and can be implemented for many mobility projects," explained juror Wolfgang Kern, head of Department II/2 of technical, commercial and arts and crafts schools in the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research.