Sustainable Engineering and Energy

Sustainability yesterday, today, tomorrow

For a future
that delivers on our promises.

Whether it’s energy, climate protection, mobility, or production, sustainability is essential in all our research fields. We work on the structured design and use of technical systems, processes, and regulatory frameworks that aim to ensure the ecologically, socially, and economically sustainable use of resources. With innovative IT systems and business models, strategic consulting services, and feasibility studies, we support companies on their path to greater sustainability.

Our commitment for a sustainable future

Sustainable
energy systems

We develop innovative IT solutions for sustainable, sector-coupled energy systems for players in the energy industry. Our solutions are practical, interdisciplinary, and based on regulatory requirements, focusing on system integration, operational optimization, and flexibility utilization.

Flexible robotics for
a sustainable circular economy

We develop AI methods and flexible robot capabilities for manufacturers and recyclers in the circular economy. This enables them to automatically manufacture complex products and break them down into their components again. This saves raw materials.

Sustainable
buildings

Using digital twins, we develop intelligent methods and tools for the construction industry to increase the energy efficiency of buildings through data-driven planning, implementation, use, and renovation in existing and new buildings.

Our research keeps its promise

Together with you, we develop practical solutions at the interface between digitalization and sustainability — from concrete prototypes and optimized processes to customized sustainability strategies and measurable sustainability successes. We don’t deal with dry theory, but rather with results and added value that you can experience and test first-hand: in our FZI Living Lab Smart Energy at the FZI House of Living Labs and our Smart East real-world laboratory.

AMAZING

Automated modeling and analysis using intelligent network algorithms and graph methods

WeForming

Buildings as efficient and interoperable components of the future energy system

Hybrenergy

Sustainable construction process engineering with digital twins of buildings

FlexBlue

Flexible refrigeration systems against the background of increased decarbonization

ThinKIsense

Resource-efficient Thin-Edge systems through integrated AI and neuromorphic electronics in sensors

GreenEdge

Climate-friendly, neuromorphic and for a sustainable transport infrastructure of the future.

Mittelstand-Digital Zentrum Klima.Neutral.Digital

Actively addressing the challenges posed by climate change and using them as an opportunity for the German economy.

Why choose the FZI as a research partner?

We are your ideal research partner for application-oriented and sustainable technologies in sustainable engineering and energy. Together with partners from industry, administration, and science, we develop concepts, systems, and strategies and test them prototypically hand in hand. With interdisciplinary expertise and a clear focus on practical relevance, we offer solutions for the technical integration of intelligent technologies into energy and environmental systems.

Our services range from modeling, simulation, and optimization of plant operations to connecting relevant markets, considering the energy industry’s regulatory requirements. Strategic consulting on the path to greater sustainability is just as much a part of our core competencies as application-oriented research services. Building on extensive experience from real-world laboratory projects, we develop tailor-made solutions precisely tailored to our partners’ specific challenges and goals.

A strong strategic network

Sustainability requires cooperation. That is why we are involved in numerous regional, national, and international networks, where we actively seek to exchange experiences among experts and help shape the framework conditions for sustainable and digital transformation across industries.