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News HIBISCUS - Bio-based innovations for building envelopes

Launched in September 2025, HIBISCUS brings together twelve European partners including ifeu, further research and technology organizations, SMEs, and large industrial groups, and is coordinated by SO

News Global biodiversity loss – How the EU can promote environmentally friendly consumption

Joint press release by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg (ifeu) and the Institute for Ecological Economy Research (IÖW) According to Eurostat (2024), the consumption footp

News Guido Reinhardt and Minister of Agriculture Alois Rainer at Anuga 2025

At this year's ‘Organic on stage’ market discussion at Anuga, the world's largest food trade fair in Cologne, Guido Reinhardt explained the ifeu Institute's positions on the food transition on the pod

News Handover in the departmental management

After a successful and formative period, Guido Reinhardt is handing over the management of the Biomass and Nutrition department to Nils Rettenmaier . We are delighted to have found a highly competent

Project HIBISCUS - Bio-based innovations for building envelopes

Runtime 09/2025 – 08/2029

Launched in September 2025, HIBISCUS brings together twelve European partners including ifeu, further research and technology organizations, SMEs, and large industrial groups, and is coordinated by SO

Project 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

News EnXylaScope at the EUBCE: Sustainability assessment by ifeu

The EUBCE , the largest European biomass conference with more than 1,200 participants, recently took place in Valencia. Guido Reinhardt and Nils Rettenmaier from ifeu Heidelberg were there as session

Publication Plant protein ingredients

Between techno-functionality, sensory properties, human nutrition and sustainability

Authors: Ute Schweiggert-Weisz , Susanne Gola , Andrea Bauer , Christina Diekmann , Sarah Egert , Philipp Brandt , Simon Früh , Andreas Detzel
Year: 2025

Plant protein ingredients (PDF, 451 KB)

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News Launch of EU project ‘CERISEA’: industrial production of 5-HMF

Michelin Engineered Polymers and twelve partners, including ifeu, are launching a pioneering project called CERISEA: for the first time, the bio-based platform chemical 5-HMF (5-hydroxymethylfurfural)

Publication Biowaste to Product (BW2Pro)

Ecological assessment

Authors: Joachim Reinhardt , Corvin Veith
Year: 2025

Final report (in German) (PDF, 5 MB)

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