Energy and Climate Protection in Everyday Life
More than half of the anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in Germany are directly or indirectly influenced by private households. The decarbonisation of our carbon-based economy and society requires the transformation of infrastructures and production systems as well as far-reaching changes in consumption patterns, lifestyles, and everyday life practices. ISOE aims to support low carbon routines and behaviours by analysing different approaches, potentials, constraints, and limits for change. Housing as an energy-intensive need area constitutes a major focus here, as does the question of how behavioural change and social innovations can contribute towards a climate-friendly and sustainable transformation of the energy system.
- Dissemination of low carbon practices
- Low carbon housing
- Energy use and social justice
- Sustainable consumption
Projects
- Gender equality as a contribution to successful climate policy
- LivingSpaces – Instruments for a needs-orientated usage of the housing stock in municipalities
- NaKoDi – Sustainable consumption and social participation
- PlastX – Packaging and sustainable consumption
- Renovation 60plus – Age-appropriate approach, advice and support for home and apartment renovation
- SuPraStadt – Quality of life, participation and resource conservation through social diffusion of sufficiency practices in urban neighbourhoods
- The Blue Angel – Environmental Communication for Children and Young People
- TRI-HP – Trigeneration systems based on multiple renewable sources
- Actor survey on the regional energy concept FrankfurtRhineMain
- Approaches to long-term effective power saving advice
- Climate CO2NTEST – Acceptance and impact of the competition in the Hanover region
- Ecodesign – ecological design as purchase criterion
- EiMap – Communication strategy promoting energy-efficient refurbishment during the home purchasing process
- Homes-uP – Single Family Homes under Pressure?
- IndUK – Individual environmental action and climate protection
- KlimaAlltag – low carbon lifestyles in the zero emissions city
- Modernization of “Blue Angel”
- Perspectives of citizen participation in the energy transition – Heat consulting
- Power efficiency classes for households
- PowerFlex – integrating the heating and cooling sector into the electricity market model PowerFlex
