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News from the GACC New York

GACC’s Circular Economy Conference: Recycling and Upcycling Across Border

Learn about the Circular Economy alongside the German American Chamber of Commerce on October 18, 2023. Discover international opportunities and connect with industry leaders in New York City.

News from the Hasso-Plattner-Institute

HPI Conference on AI and Sustainability

HPI is hosting its second clean-IT conference on October 25 and 26, 2023, centered around ideas for a sustainable digital world and bringing together internationally renowned experts. Register now!

FUTURE FORUM 2023 Speakers

Five questions for Rita Sousa Silva

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Rita Sousa Silva, speaker at the FUTURE FORUM 2023, and a Research Fellow at the Young Academy for Sustainability Research at the University of Freiburg, Germany, one of the DWIH main supporters with an office in New York.

News from the University of Cologne

University of Cologne Adopts Holistic Sustainability Strategy

Sustainability will be a guiding principle of research, teaching and transfer / faculty, students and staff participate in its implementation and identify further opportunities for improvement on the way to a sustainable, climate-neutral campus.

STEP USA University Program

Five Questions for Alamir Mohsen

The DWIH New York had the pleasure of interviewing Dr. Alamir Mohsen, founder of Lithium Designers GmbH, a German startup in the field of architectural and facade planning services, which just celebrated its fifth anniversary.

News from the Hasso-Plattner-Institute

HPI-MIT “Designing for Sustainability Program” Workshop

About 35 researchers from the Hasso Plattner Institute (HPI) and the Morningside Academy for Design (MAD) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) celebrated the launch of the joint research program “Designing for Sustainability” at a workshop on the MIT campus in Cambridge, MA (USA) on March 27 and 28.

News from Fraunhofer USA

Fraunhofer USA Awarded Patent for Detecting Air Leakage in Buildings Using Communicating Thermostats

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Fraunhofer USA with a patent for algorithms that detect and quantify air leakage from single-family homes using data from commercially available communicating, thermostats.