Project Reform of federal funding for energy-efficient buildings:
Runtime 04/2026 – 10/2026
How can building subsidy schemes support energy-efficiency refurbishments more effectively whilst also ensuring affordable housing? In a brief study commissioned by the GdW Bundesverband, ifeu analyse
moreProject Innovative community-based heat supply – IGWarm
Runtime 04/2026 – 03/2028
What opportunities do community heating networks offer for an alternative, neighbourhood-based heat supply – and under what conditions can they be successfully implemented? Grid-based heat supply is a
moreProject Standards for Municipal Climate Action Monitoring
Runtime 04/2026 – 04/2029
Municipalities play a key role in implementing climate action to achieve national climate targets. To assess the effectiveness and alignment of local climate action, municipalities need practical and
moreProject SUSTAINOW
Runtime 11/2025 – 10/2028
Offshore wind is a cornerstone of Europe’s clean energy future: Europe aims for 300 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2050. To support the growth of offshore wind in Europe’s seas, more integrated appro
moreProject From the Present to the Future: The Transformation of Housing Estates in Small Towns
Runtime 11/2025 – 01/2026
Small towns have a diverse housing stock that varies according to when it was built and its architectural typology. Depending on their location, small towns face very different challenges: whilst in o
moreProject A heat pump? I can do that!
Runtime 09/2025 – 02/2028
Background Despite generous subsidies, demand for heat pumps is declining in 2024, meaning that the target of installing six million new heat pumps by 2030 and three million by the end of 2025 is like
moreProject Circular use of living space (ZiWoNu)
Runtime 08/2025 – 07/2030
Through transdisciplinary collaboration, a concrete methodology is being developed to promote more efficient use of housing at the local and national levels. The “Circular Housing Use” project focuses
moreProject biovolatil
Runtime 08/2025 – 07/2028
The aim of the ‘biovolatil’ project is to make the energy supply of municipalities more resilient. To this end, self-sufficient and climate-neutral solutions for energy generation and storage are bein
moreProject Municipal heat advisory boards
Runtime 08/2025 – 03/2026
As part of the 2024 Heat Summit , the idea was developed to establish municipal heat advisory boards as committees for the participation of local stakeholders in the municipal heat planning process. H
moreProject Sustainable Neighborhood Development
Runtime 07/2025 – 12/2025
The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly noticeable: Extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts, heavy rainfall, and flooding are disrupting public life and reducing the qualit
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