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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Short Term Technical Expert Assignment (Fact Finding Mission) in the field of off-Grid rural electrification via solar home systems
Preparation of a brief expert report on “Energy and resource consumption resulting from digitalisation”
The target of the brief expert report is an assessment on the development of the global demand for energy and resources generated by digitization by the year 2030 and beyond. The assessment takes into account the spread of new digital…
Development of criteria and manufacturers’ recommendations for a support programme on photovoltaik battery storage systems launched by EWS (Elektrizitätswerke Schönau).
In view of a new financial support program for photovoltaic-battery saving, Elektrizitätswerke Schönau would like to focus on storage systems and manufacturers that positively distinguish themselves with regard to environmental…
Product Environmental Footprint – Further development and application
The objective of the research project is to monitor, at European level, the further development of the European Commission’s PEF process and of the PEFCRs developed within its framework, as well as of the proposed communication formats…
Evaluating the impact of Energy Management Systems (EnMS)
Evaluating the impact of Energy Management Systems (EnMS) and the alternative systems specified in Annex 2 to the German regulation “Spitzenausgleich-Effizienzsystemverordnung (SpaEfV)” on ener-gy efficiency, the reduction of the…
Data collection on the environmental impact of cloud computing (eco-cloud computing) on the basis of a life-cycle approach
In the project, tools will be developed on the basis of LCA methods in order to determine the environmental impact of data centers. In this context, allocation rules are being developed in order to be able to allocate the consumption…
Thinking ahead regarding sustainable consumption: Evaluation and advancement of measures and instruments
In early 2016, the German Federal Government has adopted the National Programme on Sustainable Consumption which lists 172 measures for how Germany wants intends to achieve more sustainable consumption patterns. The programme…
Living Spaces
Instruments for a need-oriented use of living spaces in municipalities
The District of Steinfurt is a rural area, characterized primarily by single- and two-family houses in private ownership. More and more elderly, often single people are living there in old, non-barrier-free buildings with poor…
Evaluation of sustainability standards in the leather, textiles, detergents and cleaning agents product groups in the context of the "Quality check sustainability standards" project of the BMZe BMZ
In 2013, the German Society for International Cooperation (GIZ) was commissioned by the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) with the project "Quality check of sustainability standards". The aim of the…
Blue Angel – A national ecolabel with international impact – Updating of the internationalization strategy and cooperation with other type I ecolabels
The overall objective of the project is to establish type I ecolabels worldwide, in particular the Blue Angel, in order to provide the consumer with reliable information on environmental and sustainability characteristics of products,…
Extension of the product lifespan through the enforcement of consumer rights
The aim of the project is to raise awareness among consumers about their rights relating to an extension of product usage and life-time to achieve an increased enforcement of consumer rights. The following sub-objectives have been…
Computers, Internet & Co – electronic consumer information on the information and communication technologies
In the framework of the project, a consumer communication appropriate for the subject of information and communication technologies (ICT) is to be developed. Furthermore, corresponding thematic pages will be set up for the German…
Comparative economic and ecological assessment of innovative stationary
Based on a multidisciplinary approach, the study aims at performing a comparative ecological evaluation and a comparative economic analysis of three selected decentralized stationary energy storage solutions. The comparison is carried…
Updating of the advisory service in the “sustainability” project
In 2013, Oeko-Institut advised MVV Energie AG on methodological questions on the calculation of CO2 savings from internal projects and the related data base. In the meantime, after some 100 strategic projects within MVV have been…
Support in the preparatory work for ecodesign and energy labelling measures including tyres labelling and Energy Star labelling programme from: Lot 1: Consumer NGOs: stakeholder representation
The overall goal of this project is to ensure that the views of the European consumer organisations are represented and taken into account by decision-makers at EU level within the decision-making process for regulations in the context…
Options of instrumentalising the reduction of energy consumption through changes in behaviour
The objective of the current project is an increasing differentiation of the potentials for sufficiency policies in terms of residential space per capita and power consumption, taking into account target groups and barriers, and to…
Implementation of the Sustainable Assessment Framework (SASF) in the global ICT industry
Initiated by GeSI and launched in February 2015, the Sustainability Assessment Framework (SASF) project set itself the ambitious goal of developing a comprehensive assessment tool to evaluate the sustainability performance of ICT…
Consumer survey – Utilization of programs on the occasion of new policy options to improve the eco-design and energy labelling of washing machines
The project aims at exploring to what extent an economical consumer behaviour in terms of programme selection and load volume can be triggered by means of ecodesign or energy labelling.
Adaptation and update of the administrative regulation "Procurement and Environment - VwVBU"
With the adoption of the reform of the public procurement law by the German Federal Government, Green Public Procurement has gained additional significance. The adaptation of Public Procurement Law facilitates the procurement of…
Scientific support for the national programme for sustainable consumption – Subproject 3: Environmental costs of consumer goods as a starting point for the improvement of market-related and non-market-related consumer information ('2nd price tag')
The German National Programme for Sustainable Consumption defines the development of a "2nd price tag" which may reflect the social and environmental impact of a product in monetary terms as a relevant comprehensive course of action…