Projects
The Oeko-Institut’s researchers work on more than 350 national and international projects a year, focusing on Chemicals Management and Technology Assessment, Energy and Climate, Emission and Ambient Pollution Control, Radiation Protection, Agriculture and Biodiversity, Sustainable Consumption, Mobility, Resource Management and Industry, Nuclear Engineering and Facility Safety, and Law, Policy and Governance.
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Planning transition through the transdisciplinary integration of regional and socio-cultural factors in the development of local energy transition measures
Project duration: February 2023 until January 2026
Funded by BMWK
Project partners:
Öko-Institut e.V. (coordination of consortium)
ILS Research gGmbH
IKEM – Institut für Klimaschutz, Energie und Mobilität e.V.
Background
The…
Co-designing Holistic Forest-based Policy Pathways for Climate Change Mitigation
Inventory of environmental claims: B2B and organization-level communication
With a focus on business-to-business (B2B), the study provides a better understanding of the use of product and company-related environmental claims in Europe. In addition, the study identifies the proportion of misleading…
Short Research Study on Deep Sea Mining Commodities
Currently, mining of mineral commodities is almost exclusively conducted on land. Nevertheless, deposits in the deep sea are increasingly moving into the focus of mining companies and raw material analysts. These deposits are mostly…
Write a Guidance Note / Briefing - Developing an Ambitious European-wide Solar Mandate
Optimised Integration of Thermal Aquifer Storage in District Heating Systems (OptInAquiFer)
The research project "Optimised Integration of Thermal Aquifer Storage in District Heating Systems" (OptInAquiFer) focuses on researching the contribution of aquifer storage for large district heating networks in the course of the…
The provision of work on the research project entitled: Carbon Contracts for Difference for RFNBOs in shipping and aviation
Life cycle assesment of the developed recycling process chains
Social nature - practical perspectives and integrated policy modules
The project pursues two parallel goals: On the one hand, practical cooperation between actors from the nature conservation and social sectors is to be further developed and strengthened. Existing networks are to be used for this…
Study on streamlining chemicals data flows
The study aims to support the Commission in the preparation of a legislative proposal by identifying options to (i) streamline chemicals related data flows and increase data interoperability, dissemination and re-use, (ii) improve the…
Circular Economy in Southeast Asia: Promoting climate-friendly and resource-efficient products and services
The overall objective of Oeko-Institut's project activities in Southeast Asia is to help promote sustainable consumption and production (SCP) patterns in Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines. This is achieved by…
Empty Nest - New Start? Ways to housing efficiency in old age
For decades, living space in Germany has been increasing - overall and per person. This leads to the consumption of space, heating energy and resources.
One target group for space-saving living is older people, especially in…
Organic study: Implementation of sustainable catering in the guest and educational houses of the Archdiocese of Freiburg
The study develops a concept for the implementation of sustainable catering in the educational and guest houses of the Archdiocese of Freiburg. The project furthermore seeks to put greater focus on high-quality catering for staff and…
Develop technical guidance and an action plan for the management of e-waste generated in refugee camps and procurement guideline for UNHCR through a consultative process
Develop technical guidance and an action plan for the management of e-waste generated in refugee camps and procurement guideline for UNHCR through a consultative process.
Feasibility study for an incentive system to establish a local take-back-repair-repurposing centre for battery storage systems
Within the framework of a feasibility study, it will be investigated under which conditions, framework conditions and criteria German and possibly also European companies in the solar power sector together with German project…
Detectability and traceability of GMO products
A number of GM plants are authorised in the EU as food and feed. Authorised GMOs are imported in significant quantities from third countries, mainly for use as feed. Imports into the EU containing GMOs must be labelled accordingly.…
Model Germany Circular Economy - Feasibility Study
In its coalition agreement, the German government has set itself the goal of developing a new, integrated circular economy strategy. The aim of this study is to examine the methodological and technical basis for the ecological and…