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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Nuclear Decommissiong: Costs and Risks
Presentation of the applied methodology and the results
The decommissioning of the shut down reactors in Bulgaria, Lithuania and Slowakia is financially supported by the European Commission and, according to the European Court of Auditors, is associated with serious delays and cost…
Technical Support for the revision of ecolabel and green public procurement GPP Criteria Lot 4
The project`s objective is to support JRC IPTS in revising the existing Ecolabel and GPP criteria of televisions.
The priority in this revision process is to first analyse which of the existing criteria and the supporting evidence are…
Technical Support for the revision of ecolabel and green public procurement GPP Criteria Lot 1
The project`s objective is to support JRC IPTS in revising the existing Ecolabel and GPP criteria of personal computers and notebook computers.
The priority in this revision process is to first analyse which of the existing criteria…
Study on the practical application of the new framework methodology for measuring the environmental impact of ICT - cost/benefit analysis / SMART 2012/0064
The objective of this study is to support the Commission in identifying the most promising options for integrating the methodologies that are applied for measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and energy footprint of Information and…
The post-2020 framework for investments in renewable generation in Europe
Support to the Impact Assessment and Preparation of delegated/implementing acts based on the Monitoring Mechanism Regulation
Renewable energy policy database and support (RES LEGAL Europe)
Legal conditions for a general sustainability label
The implementation of a nanoproduct register as an instrument to increase the transparency on the use of nanomaterials in the EU and to ensure the regulatory oversight on nanomaterials has been discussed for quite a time. Reasons to…
Preparation of the EU Biennial Report and EU 6th National Communication under the UNFCCC
Assistance to Member States for effective implementation of the reporting requirements under the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
Analysis and trend predictions of environmental and foods contamination with selected POPs, and enhancement of the data inventory relating to POP dioxins of the German federal governments and the federal states with the aim to investigate the relevan
Applying a transversal approach, the project aims at analysing the available knowledge on the issue of sources (new entries, remobilization), reducing the environmental and foods contamination with dioxins and PCBs, investigating the…
Collection and analysis of exposure and usage data to determine the relevance of potentially endocrine disrupting chemicals - preparation for nomination as Substance of Very High Concern (SVHC) under REACH
Safety related aspects of the long term storage of spent fuel and vitrified high-level wastes
Spent fuel and high-radioactive waste from reprocessing have to be stored until their final disposal. This storage period can be very long, depending from the availability of a suitable final disposal facility.
The casks, their…
Retreat of settlements – law and planning in context of climate and demographic change
The project focuses on legal aspects regarding the phenomenon of retreat of settlements in Germany. The overall analysis extends to requirements of environmental protection for potential retreats of settlements. The study leads to a…
Sufficiency in everyday life – concept, necessity, potentials, and political steering options
The goal of the project is to compile and process existing knowledge on sufficiency and to launch an internal debate with the goal of preparing further activities (especially acquisitions). In Module 1, the state of the art is…
Supporting Stadtwerke Karlsruhe (SWK) in their transformation towards a climate friendly municipal utility company and towards climate neutral products
Analysis of Safety and Risk Questions following the Nuclear Incidents and Accidents in Japan
In a project to analyse Safety and Risk Questions following the Nuclear Incidents and Accidents in Japan, GRS aims at a full understandig of the accident progression in the different reactor units in Japan. Furthermore, the methodology…
Sufficiency in everyday life – concept, necessity, potentials, and political steering options
The goal of the project is to compile and process existing knowledge on sufficiency and to launch an internal debate with the goal of preparing further activities (especially acquisitions). In Module 1, the current stand of research…
To publication "When less is more - Sufficiency – Need and options for policy action" To publication "When less is more - Sufficiency: Terminology, rationale and potentials"
Assistance to the Commission on technological socio-economic and cost-benefit assessment related to exemptions from the RoHS Directive - Pack 2
In the context of this project 5 exemption requests are to be evaluated according to the RoHS 2 criteria for justification of exemptions. After an initial completeness check of requests, available information for each request is to be…