Energy & Sustainability
Even though Germany and Europe account for only a small share of total global emissions, questions of sustainability and efficient energy are becoming more and more a pressing matter. And, we can set standards.
Whether energy and resource efficiency, climate protection or sustainability – amongst other things, at iit we discuss technologies and innovations , while taking into consideration whether they can help business, politics or society to mitigate or avoid worst-case scenarios or support acclimitazation. Questions may include the following:
- Is it possible to globally and speedily reduce emissions of CO2?
- Is sustainable economic growth even possible with a population of soon eight billion people?
The iit’s projects and publications on the topic of energy & sustainability are listed below.
iit projects & publications
regarding energy & sustainability topics
Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag (TAB)
Digitisation & Artificial Intelligence, Economy & Labor, Business development, Education & Research, Energy & Sustainability, Innovations & Technologies, International & Geo Tech Politics, Medicine & Health, Regional Development & Infrastructure
Horizon scanning provides indications of emerging developments and describes their potential for social, technological, economic, political and ecological change in order to assess their relevance for political and strategic decision-making processes. The aim is to contribute to the research and innovation policy orientation and opinion-forming of the Committee on Education, […]
Work and qualification in the socio-economic transformation
Economy & Labor, Business development, Education & Research, Energy & Sustainability
Under the direction of the Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftliche Strukturforschung (GWS), the Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit), together with the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) and the German Institute for Employment Research (IAB), is investigating the path to greenhouse gas neutrality from a labour market perspective […]
Environmental effects of smart city infrastructures
Energy & Sustainability, Innovations & Technologies
As part of the project "Environmental Effects of Smart City Infrastructures", the Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit), subcontracted by adelphi Research, is investigating the facilitating and hindering effects of norms and standards on the implementation of smart city approaches. In the process, an evaluation of international standards in the […]
Horizon Scanning 3.0 for the German UBA (German Federal Environment Agency) on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection
Energy & Sustainability, Innovations & Technologies
Our society is experiencing rapid changes - caused by technological developments such as artificial intelligence (AI) and automation, driven by ecological challenges such as climate tipping points, water scarcity or the destruction of natural habitats, but also influenced by social innovations such as a sharing economy. Other developments cast their […]
The Crisis Science Project, CRISP
Energy & Sustainability, Innovations & Technologies, Medicine & Health
Policy makers depend on scientific knowledge to successfully manage crises. In current crises such as the Covid 19 pandemic, numerous governments around the world have created transdisciplinary advisory bodies and reorganised cooperation. The goal: to generate relevant knowledge or translate it into applicable knowledge under usually difficult conditions - characterised […]
Accompanying scientific research for the project 'Resource-efficient and greenhouse gas-neutral Germany (RTD)'
Energy & Sustainability
The accompanying scientific research is to support the interdepartmental Federal Environment Agency project RTD through networking activities, the participatory elaboration of roadmaps and the organisation of an international conference. Within the framework of the accompanying research, the Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit) is responsible for the design of five […]
Implementation and Updating of the Integrated Environmental Programme 2030 of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU)
Energy & Sustainability
The project supports activities in the portfolio of the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) for the programmatic operationalization, implementation and updating of the Integrated Environmental Program (IUP).Aspects of the iit‘s services are analyses of the conditions for success and obstacles to sustainability transformations, […]
Accompanying and impact research of the programme 'ELECTRO POWER II' of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Energy & Sustainability, Innovations & Technologies
The funding programme 'ELECTRO POWER II: Electric Mobility – Positioning the Value Chain' is part of a comprehensive package of measures with which the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is implementing the goals set out in the Federal Government's National Development Plan for Electric Mobility of […]
Process design for the further development of the strategy for the Renewable Energy Cluster Hamburg for 2016 until 2019
Energy & Sustainability, Regional Development & Infrastructure
The project goal is to accompany the further development process for the strategy of the Renewable Energy Cluster Hamburg Cluster Agency (EEHH) for the period from 2016 until 2019 as well as the process definition for the future development and revision of the strategy. The results of the evaluation in […]
Horizon Scanning 2.0 – Establishment of a horizon scanning system at the Federal Environment Agency
Energy & Sustainability
In the project 'Horizon Scanning 2.0 – Establishment of a Horizon Scanning System', the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) is supported by the Institute for Innovation and Technology (subcontract: adelphi consult GmbH) in implementing a system for identifying and processing topics that will be highly relevant to the work of […]
Overview of the funding landscape at the interface of climate innovation (CleanTech) and the area of start-up support
Energy & Sustainability
On behalf of Climate-KIC Germany, the Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit) provides a structured overview of relevant funding programs for founders of CleanTech companies and makes recommendations on the relevant funding programs. Based on this, the iit provides strategic advice to the client regarding the further development of its […]
Scientific support and transfer of results for the technology program 'Smart Service World – Internet-based Services for the Economy'
Digitisation & Artificial Intelligence, Energy & Sustainability, Innovations & Technologies, Medicine & Health, Regional Development & Infrastructure
The technology program 'Smart Service World - Internet-based services for business' promotes R&D activities that enable innovative ICT-based services. The 20 funded projects are developing prototypical solutions that collect and analyze data on the basis of networked, intelligent technical systems and provide new services via service platforms, app stores and […]
Analysis and evaluation of the effects of social and environmental policy issues on environmental policy using the method of trend analysis
Energy & Sustainability
Within the framework of a service contract for the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA), adelphi research GmbH and iit are developing a method for in-depth trend analysis to be applied to two dynamically developing topics. The aim is not only to identify trends relevant to environmental policy, but also […]
Evaluation and Benchmarking of the Renewable Energy Cluster Hamburg
Energy & Sustainability, Regional Development & Infrastructure
The Hamburg Renewable Energy Cluster is analyzed on the basis of the evaluation and benchmarking system jointly developed for all eight Hamburg clusters and cluster policies. The evaluation focuses on member satisfaction analysis to assess the range of services offered and the development of future services by the cluster management. […]
Evaluation ELECTRO POWER Programme
Digitisation & Artificial Intelligence, Energy & Sustainability, Innovations & Technologies
The Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit) evaluated the ELEKTRO POWER funding programme of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) from 2013 until 2016. With this programme, the BMWi aimed in particular to promote new production technologies and processes in the battery sector and in lightweight […]
Evaluation of the Environmental Protection Coordination Office
Energy & Sustainability
On behalf of the German Federal Environment Agency UBA, the Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit) evaluated the Environmental Protection Coordination Office (KU) at DIN Deutsches Institut für Normung e. V. The main tasks of the KU are to regularly review national and international draft standards and standards from the […]
'Efficiency Initiative' of the City of Dortmund
Energy & Sustainability, Regional Development & Infrastructure
The Institute for Innovation and Technology (iit) within the VDI/VDE-IT has prepared an action-oriented potential analysis for the Economic Development Agency Dortmund within the framework of the 'Efficiency Initiative' with the aim of positioning Dortmund as a business and technology location in the market for future technologies that promote efficiency. […]
Evaluation of the Renewable Energies Export Initiative (and follow-up evaluation)
Energy & Sustainability, International & Geo Tech Politics
The evaluation of the export initiative on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) had the task of analyzing the export situation in the renewable energy sector, determining the effectiveness of the initiative and deriving recommendations for improvements. According to these objectives, the evaluation included […]
Ökologischer Impact von KI. Nur wer das Problem versteht, kann es lösen.
iit-kompakt Nr. 11
Aykut Baki, Eike-Christian Spitzner, Antje Zehm
Weiterbildungsbedarfe und Qualifizierungsstrukturen im Bereich Energie und Wärme im Land Bremen
iit-Studie im Auftrag der Arbeitnehmerkammer Bremen
Faten Saleh, Julia Czerniak-Wilmes, Marlène de Saussure, Marc Ingo Wolter, Marc Bovenschulte
Mikroplastik: der unsichtbare Begleiter. Herkunft, Nachweis, Auswirkungen und unser Umgang damit
iit-perspektive Nr. 68
Kamila Bajer, Kim-Kristin Buttenschön, Monika Zulawski
From Quantum Computing to the Future of Inner Cities to a New World (Dis-)Order
Results of the Second Horizon Scanning Cycle for the German Environmental Agency (UBA) and the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protecion (BMUV)
Tobias Hungerland, Sebastian Abel, Lia Meißner, Stephan Richter, Jakob Michelmann, Oliver Ziegler, Lena Domröse, Ulrike Knörzer, Julia Olliges, Benno Keppner
Grüne(re) Elektronik – Wo sind die größten Baustellen und wo die besten Hebel?
iit-kompakt Nr. 08
Janine Kleemann, Gregor Schwartz, Antje Zehm
Nachhaltigkeit und Kreislaufwirtschaft im Gesundheitssektor
iit-Studie
Silvia Raggam, Ulrike Schünemann, Theresa Constanze Sichler
Nachhaltige Bildungstechnologien in der beruflichen Weiterbildung
iit-Studie
Andrea Vogt, Arno Wilhelm-Weidner, Thomas Hübsch, Elke Vogel-Adham
Implementing sustainability and common good in innovation promotion. Designing instruments to promote innovation: a methodological approach
iit-perspektive Nr. 63
Birgit Buchholz, Peter Hahn, Janine Kleemann, Mona Kleine, Susanne Ritzmann, Uwe Rotter, Holger Scaar, Antje Zehm
Implementierung von Nachhaltigkeits- und Gemeinwohlzielen in der Innovationsförderung. Instrumente zur Innovationsförderung gestalten: ein methodischer Ansatz
iit-perspektive Nr. 63
Birgit Buchholz, Peter Hahn, Janine Kleemann, Mona Kleine, Susanne Ritzmann, Uwe Rotter, Holger Scaar, Antje Zehm
Resilienz. Leben – Räume – Technik
iit-Themenband 2022
Volker Wittpahl (Hrsg.), Frauke Bierau-Delpont, Kai Börner, Claudia Martina Buhl, Anne Busch, Niklas Creemers, Stefanie Demirci, Melanie Erckrath, Felix P. Frey, Lorenz Hornbostel, Jochen Kerbusch, Andrea Kölbel, Roman Korzynietz, Stefan Krabel, Cristina Krahl Perez, Dimitar Kroushkov, Lukas Lehning, Maxie Lutze, Jan-Ole Malchow, Martin Martens, Rainer Moorfeld, Marius Müller, Claudia Ritter, Uwe Rotter, Rainer Schliep, Anne Schmidt, Bettina Schmietow, Henry Schweigel, Désirée Tillack, Leo Wangler, Arno Wilhelm-Weidner, Benjamin Wilsch, Steffen Wischmann, Nicole Wittenbrink, Stefan Wolf
Nachhaltigkeit durch den Einsatz von KI: Orientierungshilfe für anwendende Unternehmen
Studie im Rahmen der Begleitforschung zum Technologieprogramm „Künstliche Intelligenz als Treiber für volkswirtschaftlich relevante Ökosysteme“
Johannes Mock, Stephan Richter, Steffen Wischmann
Der Crisis Science Hub: Krisenresilienz stärken durch systematische Zusammenarbeit von Wissenschaft und öffentlicher Verwaltung
Katharina Berr, Irene Broer, Denise Feldner, Tjorven Harmsen, Noah Schöppl, Nataliia Sokolovska, Cornelia van Scherpenberg, Johannes Staemmler, Nick Wagner, Clarissa Walter, Lisa Zoth
Direkte und indirekte Umwelteffekte von intelligenten, vernetzten urbanen Infrastrukturen
Abschlussbericht im Auftrag des Umweltbundesamtes (UBA)
Benno Keppner, Walter Kahlenborn, Jens Libbe, Katharina Lange, Petra Weiler, Jan-Hinrich Gieschen
Smart Cities werden nachhaltig: Empfehlungen für den Bund
Policy Briefing im Auftrag des Umweltbundesamtes (UBA)
Benno Keppner, Walter Kahlenborn, Jens Libbe, Katharina Lange, Jan-Hinrich Gieschen, Petra Weiler
Leichtbau als Innovationstreiber. Eine wiederentdeckte Schlüsseltechnologie im Kontext von Klimawandel, Ressourcenschonung und CO2-Reduzierung
iit-perspektive Nr. 56
Holger Worrack, Faris Kadi, Rudy Laubstein, Vico Seifert
Klima. Politik & Green Deal – Technologie & Digitalisierung – Gesellschaft & Wirtschaft
iit-Themenband 2020
Volker Wittpahl (Hrsg.), Sebastian Abel, Mischa Bechberger, Anastasia Bertini, Eyk Bösche, Marco Evertz, Angelika Frederking, Jan-Hinrich Gieschen, Sabine Globisch, Max Michael Jordan, Jochen Kerbusch, Janine Kleemann, Roman Korzynietz, Maximilian Lindner, Martin Martens, Jakob Michelmann, Kirsten Neumann, Annette Randhahn, Doreen Richter, Martin Richter, Susanne Ritzmann, Lukas Rohleder, Oliver Sartori, Florian Schaller, Inessa Seifert, Yannick Thiele, Carolin Thiem, Maren Thomsen, Benjamin Wilsch, Stefan Wolf, Carolin Zachäus, Antje Zehm
Infografik: Smart Service Welt II – Digital nachhaltiger leben
Smart Service Welt Begleitforschung
Nachhaltigkeit in Hochschulen und Forschungseinrichtungen
iit-perspektive Nr. 53
Ernst A. Hartmann, Maria Korbizki, Andrea Kölbel
Wasserstoff – Rohstoff der Zukunft?!
iit-perspektive Nr. 52
Eike-Christian Spitzner, Eyk Bösche, Paradiso Coskina, Sophie Cordeiro, Janine Kleemann
Künstliche Intelligenz im Umweltbereich
Anwendungsbeispiele und Zukunftsperspektiven im Sinne der Nachhaltigkeit (im Auftrag des Umweltbundesamtes)
Tobias Hungerland, Stephan Richter, Jan-Peter Ferdinand, Samer Schaat
Anwendung künstlicher Intelligenz im Energiesektor
Ein Policy Paper der wissenschaftlichen Begleitforschung des Technologieprogramms "Smart Service Welt II" gefördert vom Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie (BMWi)
Stefan Wolf, Roman Korzynietz, Markus Gaaß, Tom Kraus, Matthias Bürger, Inessa Seifert, Guido Zinke
Innovationsmotor Energiewende
iit perspektive 23
Kirsten Neumann, Eyk Bösche, Martin Richter, Randolf Schließer, Leo Wangler, Ernst A. Hartmann
