30 running Projects // 363 Projects in total

• Green public procurement: Follow up of the SCP/SIP action plan and GPP communication of the European Commission

  Objective of the project is the ongoing support of the market dissemination of environmentally more benign products and services by public procurement (GPP). Additionally, it is intended that the measures announced in the [...] More

• Impacts of the Expansion Plans for Renewable Energies until 2020 on Value Added and Employment

  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

• Adaptive support device/textile with pressure controlled stiffness and integrated sensor technologies inspired by the human skin

  The research project is funded by the Ministry of Research within the program Biona, which aims to support the development in biomimetic approaches. The project aims to develop an adaptive decubitus mattress for persons whose [...] More

• Research Activities and Core Competences Regarding Renewable Energy from Biomass and Wind Power in Berlin-Brandenburg

  In 2011, the Brandenburg Economic Development Board (ZAB) organized a conference with regional stakeholders from the energy sector to discuss and prioritize measures to support the further development in this sector. One of [...] More

• International analysis of the factors influencing the perception of nanotechnology

  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

• Investigation and support of two model communities for the assessment of municipal value added

  The Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Consumer Protection commissioned the IÖW to calculate the value added of renewable energies of two local authorities in the German State [...] More

• Social innovation and its diffusion: Social marketing and social entrepreneurship

  The research project aims at identifying success factors of new and target group specific marketing strategies for innovative social action. Those marketing strategies initiate both problem awareness as well as willingness to [...] More

• IÖW/future-Ranking of Sustainability Reports 2011

  The IÖW/future Ranking of Sustainability Reports regularly assesses the extra-financial reports of the 150 largest German companies on the one hand and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on the other. The basis of the [...] More

• Revision of "Blue Angel" regulations in the field of heating rooms and buildings

  The German ecolabel “Blue Angel” (“Der Blaue Engel”) has been applied to environmentally friendly products since 1978. Space heating systems that have been awarded the Blue Angel are particularly efficient and low on [...] More

• Renewable Energies in Brandenburg 2030 - Expansion Potential and Value-added Effects

  Brandenburg seeks to reduce its energy-related CO2 emissions by 40 percent in 2020 compared to the year 1990. Furthermore, CO2 reductions of another 35 percent are planned until 2030. To achieve these objectives, the [...] More

• Development of an internet-based calculator to determine the local value added of renewable energies

  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

• Overall-effective measures for sustainable water resources management in the coastal area of Shandong Province, PR China

  Water shortage and water pollution are serious problems in China's Northern provinces which strongly influence not only socio-economic development, but also ecology and quality of life in these regions. Shandong Province and [...] More

• Converging Technologies – Socio-ecological options for shaping innovations (CONTEC)

  The growing connection between nanotechnologies, genetic engineering, information and communications technology and cognitive sciences is one of today’s most influential technological developments with far-reaching [...] More

• Evaluating Policies for Sustainable Development (EPOS)

  EPOS is a research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in the framework of social-ecological research (SÖF). The main focus of the project is policy evaluation with a focus on [...] More

• Value Added by Renewable Energies in the German Federal State of Baden-Württemberg

  The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector commissioned the IÖW to calculate the value added and employment effects of renewable energies in the federal state of [...] More