Current Projects
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Railways have always been subject to the effects of the weather and were constructed to “survive” natural hazards as infrequent phenomena. Today’s extreme weather will become tomorrow’s normal weather. ARISCC is therefore aiming to develop and implement appropriate adaptation strategies for infrastructure design, components and processes in order to be able to operate in what are abnormal circumstances today and will develop practical tools and measures in order to be prepared for the increasing effects of climate changes, as well as developing credible messages to decision makers on maintenance and investment costs. more...
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IZT is developing scenarios to asses the future material demand for drive technologies on behalf of the German "Forschungsvereingung Antriebstechnik (FVA)". more...
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This project is part of a strategy of the German Federal Environment Agency to enhance an integrated sustainability policy. Policy and stakeholder analyses are conducted to identify trade-offs and potential synergies in order to prepare a systematic and participatory scenario process. more...
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On behalf of ADAC, the German automobile club, a set of future labs and scenario workshops will be conducted to obtain normative and action-oriented perspectives for everyday life mobility of the future. more...
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The European Directive on Emissions from Non-Road Mobile Machinery (97/68/EC) includes the Stage III B exhaust emission values for railway application which will come into force from 2011 onwards. These values are a challenge to operators, manufacturers and suppliers and new solutions for clean exhaust emissions have to be found. The four years project is build on the basis of several application sub-projects that will enable the industry to evaluate the different solutions to be applied to rail systems in real operating conditions. more...
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The scope of the project „e-fit: continuous vocational training in the renewable energy field“ is to design eLearning scenarios for vocational education and training. Target learning situations are vocational preparation as well as further education. Target learners are craftsmen, architects, engineers, trainees and company employees. Each eLearning scenario treats one single renewable energy technology. more...
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Jointly with four European partners, IZT has entered a framework contract with the European Parliament (EP) on the provision of scientific consultancy services on energy issues to STOA — the EP’s Scientific Technology Options Assessment panel. The consortium is going to deliver expert opinions and studies. more...
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The main aim of the EnerKey project is to develop and apply an effective concept for a sustainable energy and climate protection structure in the City Region of Gauteng, South Africa. The project is driven by a strategic collaboration of German and South African research institutes, as well as city administrations from Johannesburg, Erkuhuleni and Tshwane, the Gauteng provincial government as well as further implementing agents of South Africa and Germany. more...
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The project analyses how ownership - primarily, but not exclusively financial ownership - contributes to the acceptance of renewables. IZT develops easy-to-implement ownership concepts for renewable powerplants. The concepts are being developed and validated in a participatory process with local actors from different regions in Germany. more...
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The project’s objective is to investigate emission factors for the year 2004 which are representative for the sectors "Production of Lime and Dolomite",
"Non-Ferrous Metals Industries" and "Foundries, both Ferrous and Non –Ferrous" in Germany.
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The ultimate objective of the EFONET project is to assess the contribution that current knowledge on energy foresight methods and on their practical application can provide to energy policy making - specifically in the framework of the transition towards a sustainable and low carbon energy system. more...
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The BewareE project aims at stimulating this change of attitude and at enhancing the implementation of ‘energy services’ in cooperation with housing organizations and companies, drawing on ‘good practice examples’ from EU and national projects. This project will generate a database of energy services to be disseminated among housing organizations and companies, public and private energy service providers. more...
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Biomass, mostly in form of charcoal, is the predominant source of bioenergy in households with low income of rural areas in southern Africa. Due to rising population growth and persistent poverty pressure on the forest increases. more...
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Lack of access to funding on terms that suit the needs of riskier, growth-oriented technology development enterprises is often cited by technology developers as a significant barrier to innovation, development and commercialisation. This is particularly the case for investments in environmental technologies, which are often considered riskier than alternative technology investments. more...
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Despite of both national and international emission reduction measures, load projection imply that Germany will continue to suffer considerable exceedances of the ambient air limit values for particulate matter PM10. more...
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The new project “International Research Network on Social and Environmental Aspects in Business and Management“ will establish a worldwide network of research institutions in order to foster the conceptual and methodological exchange on innovative research on environmental and social aspects in business and management. more...
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Railenergy is an Integrated Project co-funded by the European Commission under the 6th Framework Programme for Research and Development. The main objective of Railenergy project is to address energy efficiency of the integrated railway system and to investigate and validate solutions ranging from the introduction of innovative traction technologies, components and layouts to the development of rolling stock, operation and infrastructure management strategies. more...
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Die Kulturwirtschaft rückt auch bundesweit immer stärker in den Mittelpunkt wirtschafts- und arbeitsmarktpolitischer Überlegungen, zumal die Nachfrage wie auch die Umsätze in diesem Sektor erheblich gestiegen sind. more...
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Together with the project partners IZT will create a value-based environmental sustainability analysis of Nordic companies using the Sustainable Value approach (www.sustainablevalue.com). The analysis will feed into the development of a Nordic value rating and the construction of a Nordic value index. more...
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