In consideration of the ongoing climate change, adaptation to its inevitable consequences has gained relevance in recent years both in research and in politics. In Germany, the Federal Government resolved the German Strategy [...] More

With the competition „Bioenergy Regions“, the German Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection aims to promote regional structures in the field of bioenergy. As part of the accompanying research of this [...] More

The German federal government is aiming at reducing heating energy consumption in its properties by 20% by the year 2020, in conformity with commitments by the wider public service sector, and for this it has developed a [...] More

Due to the energy transition, all stakeholders in the energy industry are facing fundamental challenges. They have to realign and coordinate their positions, strategies, decisions and actions. This also applies to private [...] More

Wirtschaft ohne Wachstum – ist das überhaupt möglich? Wie kann eine Postwachstumsgesellschaft aussehen und wie kommen wir da hin? Diese Fragen werden derzeit in der deutschen Politik, Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft verstärkt [...] More

In the last few years, the IÖW has published a series of studies on the quantification of value added and employment by renewable energies. On behalf of Greenpeace Deutschland, the IÖW has updated value added and employment [...] More

The project analyses residents' roles and courses of actions in transforming the energy system. It pursues the following objectives: analysing the municipal and regional role structures, role models and behaviours;  [...] More

By analysing the real estate management of corporatios the project aims at showing concrete starting points for the corporate protection and conservation of biodiversity. Thereby the project concentrates on the potential of [...] More

Prior to the energy summit of the German federal government and the states on November 2nd, 2012, the German government proposed to limit support for wind energy and bioenergy generation similar to the cap imposed on the [...] More

Value added by renewable energies (RE) is an important argument for political decision-makers on different spatial scales. In the study “Local value added by renewable energy technologies”, the Institute for Ecological [...] More

The project builds on the experience gained with public procurement (GPP) but breaks new ground by aiming at non-public bulk consumers which, either individually or as a group, could provide supply-side stimuli for innovation [...] More

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While the relevance of nano-products for consumers is increasing, the level of knowledge among the general public concerning its application and potential impact remains relatively low. Yet, the public values the [...] More

The adaptation of society, the economy and the environment to the inevitable consequences of climate change gets increasingly important. For this process key stakeholders in economy and society need to be sensitised for the [...] More

About 950 million books are produced each year in Germany. Books, magazines and newspapers today are manufactured in industrial processes causing large quantities of emissions, effluents and waste. At the same time the [...] More

The Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) carried out the study "Local Value Added through Renewable Energies" between April and September 2010. The project was conducted on behalf of the German Renewable Energy [...] More

The German Adaptation Strategy includes dialogue processes with relevant stakeholders. Moreover, it aims at informing different target groups about climate impacts and possible adaptation measures. In this project the IÖW and [...] More