Germany
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SME Initiative Energy Transition and Climate Protection
Support for German SMEs to improve their energy efficiency while remaining competitive Savings in energy costs occur as investments pay off with a high internal rate of return and short payback period The SME Initiative Energy Transition and Climate Protection (Mittelstandsinitiative Energiewende...
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Competence Platform
The Competence Platform for Resource Efficiency in Central Europe offers fast access to information on how to improve resource efficiency at company level, including publications, good practices and related events.
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Funding under the model refurbishment programme
Funding under the model refurbishment programme is made available to all natural and legal persons carrying out commercial activities. Public institutions, local authorities, accommodation establishments with more than ten beds, contractors, associations and religious institutions may also apply for...
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Material for innovation programme
As part of Germany's national high-tech strategy, this initiative by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research fosters interdisciplinary research in the field of materials technology, including for example materials-based product and process innovation. Funding depends on the following R&D...
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Environmental Protection Programme of the DBU
The Environmental Protection Programme, an initiative of the German Federal Environmental Foundation (DBU), supports projects contibuting to environmental protection, with particular focus on small businesses. Depending on respective calls for proposals, topics of eligible projects might include...
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Environmental Innovation Programme
The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety in Germany funds industrial-scale pilot projects in key environmental sectors, such as climate protection and resource efficiency. These projects show how innovative technologies can be implemented to help...
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r+Impuls - Innovative technologies for resource efficiency
The r+Impuls initiative by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) aims to boost R&D in resource efficiency (e.g. through pilot installations, industry-ready reference plants or mature prototypes). The programme supports high-risk and application-oriented industrial research as...
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Support of innovation measures in SMEs - resource and energy efficiency
With this programme the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) helps SMEs by supporting high-risk and application-oriented industrial research as well as pre-competitive development projects in the field of resource and energy efficiency. Examples of eligible projects include (read...
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KMU-innovativ - support of innovation measures in SMEs
With this programme the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) supports high-risk and application-oriented industrial research as well as pre-competitive development projects. This especially applies to R&D in the field of production systems and technologies, including...
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Support for joint interdisciplinary industrial research
This programme by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) helps SMEs overcome structural disadvantages in R&D. SMEs are often not able to sufficiently fund external research or maintain in-house R&D departements, due to their limited size. The programme fosters joint...
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Support for measures in refrigeration and air-conditioning systems
As part of the National Climate Safety Initiative (NKI) in Germany, this programme by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) supports improvement measures in industrial refrigeration and air-conditioning systems. Overhauled systems consume...
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FONA³ - Research for Sustainable Development
The FONA³ programme is the central funding measure of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research to finance research on global change, sustainable economics and socio-ecological issues. Flagship initiatives covered by the programme: Green economy Cities of the future Energy transition...