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She is not only passionate about sustainability issues, she lives them
In conversation with Magdalena Matheis, who is pushing green issues forward at WISTA Management GmbH:
Magdalena Matheis is a staunch vegan, Adlershof’s health ambassador, an adherent to minimalist lifestyles, and a volunteer. Two year ago, the 36-year-old started to push forward green issues at WISTA Management GmbH.…
The air cleaner
Benjamin Herzog is building green air pollution filters in Adlershof:
He can never quite let go of the material that his business model is based on. In his spare time, Benjamin Herzog likes to frequent the lakes around Berlin, either by canoe, surfboard, or on a sailing boat. “I try to…
Because it’s better!
Adlershof-based institutes and companies demonstrate how sustainability works:
Even without adhering to politically agreed upon goals, Adlershof-based institutes and companies are working and researching sustainably. One could say, it’s part of their DNA. We asked around which ideas and actions…
Environmentally friendly construction
The demands to energy-efficient building are now also increasing in the industrial construction sector:
Earlier this year, the public debate on whether single-family homes are a sensible way of supplying housing has shifted the focus to an aspect of sustainability that typically gets little attention: land consumption.…
FBH is part of the research hub “6G Research and Innovation Cluster”
Scientists will drive research on the future technology 6G:
In the “6G Research and Innovation Cluster (6G-RIC)” hub, the partners of the initiative will develop mobile communication systems with open interfaces across all technology frontiers. In addition to the actual…
Berlin’s first hands-on supermarket
The Adlershof Founder's Lab jump starts SuperCoop Berlin:
Berlin’s first cooperative supermarket is scheduled to open in late summer in Berlin-Wedding. The SuperCoop Berlin founders have pushed their project forward with help from the Adlershof Founder’s Lab. The idea of…
Gardeners in the beehive
A glimpse into everyday life of a sustainable daycare centre:
Protecting plants and animals, being mindful of fellow human beings, treating each other peacefully, not wasting food, and recycling—we look inside a daycare centre to see how Adlershof’s youngest are learning about…
The future is circular
Phosphorus, iron, and rare earths — the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM) is investigating how important materials can be preserved and reused:
Talking to Christian Adam, an air of the eternal lies in the room. Our conversation is about continuous cycles that recovers materials and saves resources. Sparing the environment is one important goal of the circular…
Paper cups today, a greener university tomorrow
A student initiative is improving sustainability at Berlin’s Humboldt University:
They are committed to a more sustainable university: A student initiative to establish a sustainability office at Humboldt-University brings together young activists from geography, European ethnology, computer…
“Building this studio was a dream of mine”
One of Europe’s largest XR (extended reality) studios is being created in Adlershof’s Science City:
Head lighting technician Mike Zimmermann and his company Lichthaus Berlin GmbH are pioneers of environmentally friendly movie production. Productions at the new studio in Adlershof are 100 percent…
Specialised in wind harvest
Adlershof's WINDnovation is thinking in terms of recycling when designing rotor blades:
Since its founding in autumn 2007, WINDnovation Engineering Solutions GmbH has truly lived up to its name: The Adlershof-based company has developed over 300 different rotor blades and an array of turbines for…
FAIRmat: Lifting the treasure trove of materials data
Consortium led by HU professor Claudia Draxl aims to facilitate access to materials science data:
The FAIRmat consortium, led by Claudia Draxl, Professor at the Humboldt-Universität, is one of the projects selected today by the Joint Science Conference (GWK) in a multi-stage competition for the National Research…
Synchrotrons accelerate corona research
Research funding is key – Information by the German Committee Research with Synchrotron Radiation:
Synchrotron light sources were originally built to study particles. Today, they are even used in the fight against COVID-19. The projects are as diverse as the fields of the synchrotron users, who come from…
CHEOPS characterises three planets with some extraordinary properties
DLR planetary researchers support the mission and help with data analysis:
The European Space Agency (ESA) space telescope Characterising ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) has been observing a previously known planetary system. With the high-precision measurements performed by CHEOPS, its three…
World record in electron microscope resolution with crystals from the IKZ
Special crystals show atoms with the highest level of detail :
An international team of researchers has succeeded in achieving the world's highest electron microscope resolution to date. The Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung provided the decisive material for this world…
A place of well-being
About the status quo of residential construction in Adlershof’s Science City and what else is planned:
Sabrina Böttcher is the group leader of the Special Department Residential Construction-Project Management and Urban Land-Use Planning at the Senate Department for Urban Development and Housing. In the WISTA magazine…
Tailwind for top research in Germany
Research centers of the Helmholtz Association present upgrade strategy for accelerator-based facilities:
Three research centres in the Helmholtz Association have developed a joint future plan for the research conducted at the scientific light sources they operate in Hamburg, Berlin and Dresden. The upgrades proposed in…
Growing communities and vegetables
Feeding cities sustainably and strengthening social cohesion – that's what PlattenBaum UG is planning:
It’s about growing fresh vegetables on the outside of panel houses, meeting people in greenhouses and community gardens, and the universal power of connecting through gardening. Maayan Strauss and Kerem Halbrecht…
Honey, we shrunk the intense XUV laser
International team of scientists with MBI participation demonstrates new concept for generating XUV radiation:
An international team of researchers has demonstrated a new concept for the generation of intense extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) radiation by high-harmonic generation (HHG). Its advantage lies in the fact that its…
Space as a third teacher
The construction of a new school on Hermann-Dorner-Allee in Adlershof brings together modern architecture with modern teaching concepts:
Asked about his childhood school, Jens Wadle, district head for new school buildings at HOWOGE Wohnungsbaugesellschaft mbH, remembers “a school bulding with little green areas and open spaces”. The words “uninviting…