Project Shaping municipal climate action ambitions in a targeted manner
Runtime 02/2024 – 10/2024
On behalf of the German Environment Agency, a standardised definition of greenhouse gas neutrality in municipalities is to be developed. Furthermore, recommendations for operationalisable climate acti
moreProject SFH: Quo Vadis?
Runtime 12/2023 – 07/2025
The single-family home (SFH) continues to be highly relevant as a form of housing in Germany. Living in your own home fulfils many needs for security, self-realisation and prosperity, and the demand f
moreProject Impacts of Storage Technologies and Hydrogen Value Chains
Runtime 12/2023 – 10/2025
The project aims to enable an assessment of the impacts of new storage technologies and the expansion of the storage sector as a whole on nature and the landscape. To this end, gaps in knowledge are t
moreProject MADE4WIND
Runtime 12/2023 – 05/2027
Wind turbines on floating substructures in deep seas – so called Floating Offshore Wind - do currently not exploit their full potential due to insufficient component design, lacking mass serial produc
moreProject Sustainable cold and heat supply for urban areas by means of district cooling and heating
Runtime 11/2023 – 03/2026
Summers are getting hotter due to climate change: both the average outdoor temperature and the number of days with temperatures above 30°C are increasing compared to the long-term average. Due to the
moreProject Baden-Württemberg heat summit
Runtime 10/2023 – 12/2024
The state of Baden-Württemberg has set itself the goal of achieving net greenhouse gas neutrality by 2040 at the latest, five years before the German target year of 2045. In order to live up to this p
moreProject Reduction and regulation of embodied carbon emissions in the German building sector
Runtime 09/2023 – 07/2024
In the context of buildings with increasingly low greenhouse gas emissions, the consideration of emissions from a life cycle perspective is becoming increasingly important. The focus here is on emissi
moreProject iBRoad2EPC
Runtime 09/2023 – 08/2024
The predecessor project "iBRoad", also funded by the Horizon 2020 programme, developed a long-term approach to step-by-step renovation, which has been included in the new version of the EU Buildings D
moreProject District Heating Technologies
Runtime 07/2023 – 06/2026
In order to realise the full potential of district heating as a driver of the energy transition and a tool for sector coupling, a massive expansion of climate-neutral district heating technologies is
moreProject Criteria for the sustainable provision and climate-friendly integration of electricity-based renewable energy sources
Runtime 06/2023 – 07/2025
Die Umsetzung der nationalen Klimaziele erfordert grundsätzlich die vollständige Dekarbonisierung unserer Wirtschaft in der zweiten Hälfte des 21. Jahrhunderts, d. h. eine hoch entwickelte Industriege
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