Germany

The German Raw Materials Efficiency Prize is an award by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) for outstanding examples of resource and material efficiency, efficiency in products, processes or services, as well as in applied research. Managed by the German Mineral Resources...

The Central Innovation Programme (ZIM) is an initiative of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) aimed at SMEs in R&D projects. The programme is open to proposals covering all types of technology and sectors, as well as national or international cooperation. The...

Provides companies with checklists, contact information, guidelines and good-practice examples in the economy, ecology and social sustainability.

Quick-Check-Energy (KURZ.energiecheck) provides an initial assessment of a company's energy consumption, which can be compared with averages in the respective industry. The check thus provides a good basis for identifying critical areas ahead of an energy appraisal by consultants, for example.

Eco-Cockpit helps companies determine their product, process and location-related CO2 emissions. In a second step, the tool helps to identify actions required and develop concrete measures for CO2-emissions reduction, which also provides a good basis for identifying potential material and energy...

Compressed Air Efficient helps by optimising a company's energy consumption and reducing costs in compressed-air applications. An additional Excel-Tool provides information about the life-cycle costs of the compressed-air system.

The CO2-Tool provides assistance by assessing a company's CO2 emissions during production and highlighting where improvements can be made. Areas with high energy reduction potential are machines, compressed air, air-conditioning and cooling systems, space heating, etc.

The Cleantool provides assistance in assessing and planning metal surface cleaning processes through a database of good practice examples. These processes were invented in small and big enterprises which means they have a proven track record.

The Construction Waste Tool comprises several valuable aids to properly assess, manage and optimise a company's construction waste streams. It also presents ideas and opportunities on how to build with recycable materials and provides information about the separation of building rubble during...

The Exhaust Heat Calculator helps a company to evaluate its exhaust-heat potential. After entering basic data about the company's waste-heat sources, the tool calculates the available amount of waste heat and provides information on whether it makes sense to use it. In addition, the reasonable...

This tool calculates CO2 emissions for SMEs and points out potential ways to reduce emissions.

OpenResKit is an open-source software toolkit made up of different applications to boost resource efficiency in SMEs. They include tools focused on waste, energy and water management, and software for assessing an SME's carbon footprint, management structures and production processes.