Researchers from the Technical University of Munich hope to transform building envelopes into animal and plant habitats using a software plug-in that incorporates habitat knowledge into the building design process.
Wolfgang Kießling traces Earth’s history through layers of fossils. The data he uncovers together with his team serves to create a reliable database for climate research, opening up opportunities for nature-based conservation solutions.
Hof University of Applied Sciences is committed to sustainability and “greentech” and is driving innovation through research into sustainable water management.
Research projects at HSWT are investigating the climate-protection potential of peatlands—and are at the heart of environmental protection efforts in Bavaria’s rural landscape.
Biodiversity researchers develop mechanistic simulation models to unravel the processes influencing biodiversity origin, maintenance and dynamics across space and time, from individuals to entire ecosystems.
Scientists at the University of Bayreuth are investigating how extreme weather events affect biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. Together with their international partners, they study the local impacts of global climate change.
Engineers at TH Rosenheim are addressing the challenges facing wood technology with a new logistics concept, dynamic partnerships and sustainable future industry models.
Although more than half of the world’s rivers have been altered by human activity and climate change, the floodplain ecosystems along the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan remain largely untouched.
Light pollution is more serious than expected: Moths not only lose their orientation directly under street lamps. Their flight behaviour is also disturbed outside the cone of light.
A cost-effective and sustainable water supply is increasingly becoming a crucial factor for industry. To address this development and tackle the challenges of maintaining a sustainable water supply, the Bavarian Research Foundation is funding the new research alliance BayWater with two million euros. The goal of the consortium is to reduce water demand as well as costs and energy consumption in industrial production processes through the use of modern membrane technologies and treatment methods. BayWater will be jointly implemented by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) along with two other technical universities and 25 industrial partners.