40 running Projects // 357 Projects in total

• Regional Usage of Groundwater in Climate Change

  

  The goal of this project is to find workable solutions to cover the regional needs of water in the future, regarding to the aspect of climate change. Management strategies towards the regional water resources, the development [...] More

• Scientific Support of Processes for an Enforced Consideration of Environmental Criteria in Public Procurement (GPP)

  Main objective of the project is to support the German Federal Environment Agency in its activities to strengthen green public procurement (GPP) in Germany. The very first task of the consortium consists of drafting a [...] More

• Linking Innovative Forms of Living With Mobility Services in Business Models Housing Providers and Initiatives as Initiators and Actors of Socio-ecological Change

  Housing and mobility are closely interlinked in everyday life. They shape land uses, environmental quality and quality of living. In order to minimize social and ecological impairment, it is useful to consider housing and [...] More

• Carbon-neutral regions as strategic approach for support of sustainable consumption patterns Analysis and development of political recommendations

  The chances of regional policy approaches for climate protection become more and more clear. Strategies like “climate-neutral region” or “100 percent renewable-energy region” are an indicator for promising approaches. The [...] More

• Renewable Energy Projects in Lignite Mining Regions

  The Climate Action Plan 2050 states that the climate protection goals can only be achieved, if there is a gradual reduction of coal-fired power generation. To ensure a bearable development for the affected lignite mining [...] More

• Investigation of the ecological importance of disposable drink cups for out-of-home consumption and possible measures to reduce consumption

  The change in living and working conditions over recent years has led to an increase in out-of-home consumption. Convenience also applies to the consumption of soft drinks and hot beverages. The total quantity of takeaway [...] More

• Marktstudie: Nachhaltige biobasierte Produkte, Gütezeichen, Hersteller und Bedarfe der öffentlichen Hand Artikel für den Bürobedarf

  Dieses Projekt unterstützt die Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe dabei, den Markt im Segment biobasierter Büroartikel systematisch zu erfassen – von Büroklammern, Holz- und Biokunststoff-Stiften und Mousepads bis hin zu [...] More

• Cooperation and participation process for the further development of the German Strategy for Adaptation to Climate Change (participation process DAS)

  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

• PeerSharing

  

  The project “Peer-Sharing” focuses on innovative online-platforms, which act as an intermediary for peer-to-peer (consumer to consumer) lending, buying or swapping of products or services. At this point digital peer-to-peer [...] More

• Needs and Opportunities for Climate Resilient and Sustainable Design of National and Cross-Border Infrastructure

  The result of the research project will be the systematization and processing of existing knowledge concerning the development dynamics, the guiding principles and the interdependencies of the infrastructures and possible [...] More

• Innovative System Solutions for a Transdisciplinary and Regional Ecological Flood Risk Management and River Basin Management/Water(course) Development Close to Nature

  Aim of the project is to develop tools for a management on river basin level, which contribute to a systematic synergetic effect in the implementation of two directives of the European Union (EU): the Water Framework [...] More

• Commons-based Peer Production in Open Labs (COWERK)

  

  The project COWERK intends to examine the adoption of cooperative ways of organizing the economy by using the example of open-access labs. The project has the aim of analyzing the adoption of new technological methods in the [...] More

• Internet-Based Value-Added Calculator for Energy-Saving Building Refurbishment

  

  The economic effects of energy efficiency measures and especially those of energy-saving building refurbishment are barely mentioned in regional energy concepts. In view of this fact the German Federal Ministry for the [...] More

• Regional and economic potentials of agro-forestry systems Economic analysis of value-added chains for evaluation and quantification of the economic factor of agro-forestry systems in a model region of the research project called AUFWERTEN

  The innovation group AUFWERTEN aims to investigate into needed preconditions for a stronger implementation of agro-forestry systems in rural areas. For that, an trans- and interdisciplinary approach is applied. The IÖW will [...] More

• Ranking of sustainability-related product information in E-Commerce (Top100 Online Shops)

  Product information serves to provide consumers with information and guidance about the sustainability of goods. Thus, product information works as a decision-making aid between more or less sustainable products. Given the [...] More