Project 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 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 Sufficient housing culture (SuWoKu)
Runtime 06/2024 – 02/2026
The research project aims to promote a housing culture in Germany that is characterised by needs orientation, intergenerational equity and environmental compatibility. Essentially, the aim is to devel
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 ProSuffizienz - Reduction of energy consumption of prosumers
Runtime 04/2023 – 03/2026
With a PV system on the roof, homeowners become prosumers and can generate their own final energy from renewable sources. At the same time, heating (electric heat pump) and mobility (e-car) become new
moreProject Sufficiency in the Building Sector
Runtime 12/2021 – 08/2022
The aim of this project is to identify sufficiency approaches in the building sector and political and legal measures for their strategic integration and support, with which potential for reducing gre
moreProject Updating and further development of the UBA CO₂ calculator
Runtime 09/2021 – 08/2024
Since 2007, ifeu has been working in cooperation with KlimAktiv on the development, expansion, and continuous improvement of the UBA CO2 calculator. Updating the data basis for the CO2 balance sheet A
moreProject Project office to support the implementation of the pilot programme for energy saving meters (ESZ)
Runtime 01/2021 – 12/2021
On behalf of the Federal Office for Economic Affairs and Export Control (BAFA), the ‘Projektbüro Einsparzähler’ (Energy Saving Meter Project Office) has been supporting the implementation of the pilot
moreProject Policy Workshop Sufficiency II
Runtime 12/2020 – 11/2022
Sufficiency policy can create suitable framework conditions to enable citizens to comply with planetary boundaries when satisfying their needs. In the context of this project, sufficiency is to be und
moreProject DETECTIVE - Energy saving by digitalisation
Runtime 07/2020 – 09/2023
The smart meter rollout is ready to start. With the broad market introduction of new digital metering systems, the technical infrastructure for the digitisation of the transformation of the energy sys
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