35 running Projects // 361 Projects in total

• Heating with straw An analysis of regional economic and ecological effects of straw fired-heating plants

  With this project, the IÖW aims to show which regional economic effects might be associated with the production, installation and operation of straw-fired heating plants, i.e. to what extent regional value added and [...] More

• Analysis of Approaches to Alternative Economy: Effects of Sustainability and Need for Action for the State Politics of North Rhine-Westphalia - An Explorative Analysis

  The project examines the complex concept of alternative economy with an explorative approach, it points out possibilities of social, economic and ecological effects and deduces needs for action for the state politics of North [...] More

• Scientific Support of Processes for a Green Public Procurement (GPP)

  Main objective of the project is to support the German Federal Environment Agency in its plethora of activities to strengthen green public procurement (GPP). To realise it, different activities are envisaged which refer to [...] More

• IÖW/future-Ranking of Sustainability Reports 2015

  Since 1994 the IÖW/future Ranking of Sustainability Reports regularly assesses the extra-financial reports of the largest German companies on the one hand and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) on the other. The basis [...] More

• Participatory Design of consumer-oriented Innovations for Smart Grids (InnoSmart)

  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

• Resilient Design of the Energy System Exemplified by Options of Transformation in the EE-Methane-System and Regional Self-Suffciency (RESYSTRA)

  The German „Energiewende“ is understood as a project of societal transformation with the goal to create a resilient energy system. Due to path-dependency, such transformation cannot be achieved by public regulation only, but [...] More

• Systemic Transformation of the Energy Supply in the Existing Housing Stock Sustainability Assessment of Different Refurbishment Options in Residential Buildings in Two Model Regions

  The central objective of the project is to identify possible development pathways for heat supply in the existing housing stock, which take into account social needs, are accepted by stakeholders, and enable a reduction of [...] More

• Brief study on a re-design for the existing EEG cost apportionment

  In a brief study, resulting effects of a change in the distribution mechanism of the costs for the EEG apportionment were examined. The re-design proposed an extension of the basis for the EEG apportionment which not only [...] More

• Waterflows in Germany II Education for Sustainability, Information Transfer to Experts in Water Management and International Networking

  The project "Water flows in Germany" starts into a second phase in which it will create an educational package for schools. Since 2011 the project has collected information about water and its use in Germany and presented it [...] More

• Future Building: Quantification of Rebound Effects After Thermal Retrofits of Non-Residential Buildings/Federal Properties

  Um Rebound-Effekte und deren Ursachen bei der Sanierung von Nichtwohngebäuden genauer zu untersuchen, hat das Projektteam Zukunft Bau im Rahmen einer Sondierungsstudie eine Methodik dafür entwickelt und in ersten Fallstudien [...] More

• Expansion of renewable energies Impacts within an integrated socio-economic and ecological overview analysis

  With the "Energiewende" Germany is on the way towards a fundamental transformation of the energy sytem with the future focus on renewable energies. Especially the substitution of fossil fuels - as source of greenhouse gas [...] More

• Determination of the Value-Added and Employment Effects in Three Selected Bioenergy Regions

  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

• Private Households as New Key Actors in the Energy System's Transformation Process

  Private households are increasingly in the spotlight not only as consumers but also as a provider of innovative generated power. The applications of renewable generated power become even more diverse and engage in the classic [...] More

• Environmental Education in Vocational Training - an Analysis of Measures and Requirements

  The environmental economy has become one of the most important economic sectors in Germany. The segment is not just growing constantly but also provides highly qualified jobs. Employment sectors such as energy and resource [...] More

• Interdependencies between land use and climate change – Strategies for a sustainable land use management in Germany (CC-LandStraD)

  Besides inducing ecological effects, land use changes always have socioeconomic consequences. The IÖW-subproject 'Socioeconomic Assessment of Land Management Strategies' therefore assesses direct and indirect costs and [...] More