Sustainable conversion of public vehicle fleets – instruments to support procurement practices presented
Ifeu has developed instruments to support the sustainable conversion of public fleets. These tools aim to reduce emissions and the consumption of resources by fleets. The closing event took place on 12 December 2024, when the instruments were presented to a broad audience of around 100 participants from 12 federal states. The complete final report is available on the website of the online tool.
Long-term scenarios for the transformation of the energy system in Germany: final report published
The project ‘Long-Term Scenarios for the Transformation of the Energy System in Germany’ (Long-Term Scenarios 3), commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, has modelled scenarios for the future development of a greenhouse gas-neutral energy system in recent years. ifeu processed the project in collaboration with Consentec GmbH, the Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI and the Technical University of Berlin. The existing consortium has al-ready been commissioned to further develop the long-term scenarios and to conduct sensitivity analyses based on the findings.
REPAID at the BLE Innovation Days
Benedikt Kauertz presented two very recent publications from the REPAID project at the Innovation Days of the Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (BLE) on 5 November 2024. The project, which has been researching how reusable food packaging can become more successful in the catering industry since January 2023, is part of the BLE's innovation funding programme. New findings show that more incentives are needed to successfully establish a functioning reusable system in the to-go sector.
ifeu helps to develop new concepts for the mobility and energy transition for the region
- Starting signal for trial phases of the first real-world laboratories - The transform-R project is researching options that municipalities and districts can use to promote the mobility transition and climate protection locally. In addition to the FrankfurtRhineMain Regional Association, the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg (ifeu GmbH), the ISOE - Institute for Social-Ecological Research Frankfurt am Main and the Goethe University Frankfurt am Main are involved in the cooperation project, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
State areas in Baden-Württemberg offer good potential for the expansion of renewable energies
Climate Expert Council calls on state government to utilise room for manoeuvre Around eleven per cent of Baden-Württemberg's state-owned land is well suited for the expansion of wind energy, photovoltaics, solar and geothermal energy. The targeted utilisation of the state government's existing scope for action would have a positive and accelerating effect on the expansion of renewable energies. This is the conclusion drawn by the Baden-Württemberg Climate Expert Council in its impulse paper published today entitled ‘Landesflächen Baden-Württemberg - Aufwind durch Nutzung für erneuerbare Energien’. In order to boost the utilisation of the state's own land, the Climate Expert Council proposes concrete new instruments to politicians, such as a land exchange, lease incentives or renewable energy points.
More environmentally friendly chemical production: Final report in the "UpChem" project published
The chemical industry is one of the world's largest industrial sectors and is practically irreplaceable for a large number of products and value chains. However, environmental pollution already occurs during the production of chemicals. On behalf of the German Environment Agency, ifeu has collated and evaluated process-integrated measures and alternative production methods for a more environmentally friendly production of chemicals.
How embodied carbon emissions from new buildings can be reduced
On average, the construction of a new office building causes around 370 kg of greenhouse gas emissions - per square metre! These embodied carbon emissions from new buildings are becoming increasing-ly important on the road to climate neutrality. The study published today with ifeu participation shows how they can be reduced, how this can create a lead market for green raw materials and what political implementation options there are for this.
Positive perspectives for the iBRoad2EPC model Renovation Passport following field testing in six EU countries
Energy experts in Bulgaria, Greece, Portugal, Romania and Spain have successfully tested and positively assessed the iBRoad2EPC model building Renovation Passport, developed as part of the iBRoad2EPC Horizon 2020 funded project.
Study on the sustainability of commercially used textiles published
Textile production is growing worldwide - with negative environmental impacts. The textile sector must become more sustainable and commercial textiles such as bed linen or workwear can play a key role in this, as shown by the DiTex project involving ifeu.