Current Projects
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Cities and communities need to act for climate protection, reduce consumption of primary energy sources and lessen their ecological footprint. The German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF) therefore initiated the Competition „Energy-Efficient City“. more...
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The project aims to analyse generation equity strategies of local authorities, to discuss relevant actions and to publish a guideline ("LBS future compass") on generation equity. more...
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The KfW Group has commissioned a study to IZT in order to identify economically important non-fuel minerals and metals that could face severe supply problems. more...
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May 2012 the „Conference on Sustainable Development - Rio+20 is taking place in Rio de Janeiro. In the first phase of this research project ending in March, 2012, it is planned to create an overview of Local Agenda 21 initiatives in Germany as well as of sustainability engagement at the local, city level in Germany. Through this it will be learned which innovative potentials can be associated with various groups of actors with respect to necessary transformation processes serving a sustainable development. more...
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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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The use of localisation technologies is growing daily. Some applications making use of these certainly offer the advantages of rapid geopositioning. Nevertheless, they do also raise a number of controversial issues, ranging from fears of privacy being restricted to the risk of abuse. The purpose of this interdisciplinary study is to enable an evaluation of the opportunities and risks of localisation technologies in the economics, work and leisure domains. 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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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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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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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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By order of NATURE AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION UNION (NABU) the IZT will identifiy 'green' future technologies which promise on the one hand high environmental impacts and for which a particular resource economic relevance can be attested on the other hand. In the following the short-term study aims to provide an overview of companies which offer products based on 'green' future technologies and which are particularly interested in resource conservation. more...
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