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Helmholtz Association is supporting research in photovoltaic and hydrogen energy technology
1.9 million Euros additional funding for Helmholtz Innovation Lab HySPRINT:
HZB will be setting up the new Helmholtz HySPRINT Innovation Lab for jointly developing new combinations of materials and processes in energy applications with commercial partners. Silicon and metal-organic…
Adlershof Journal May/June 2016
No longer a balancing act: Diversity brings out the best in us! :
Zeropointzerozerozero: precision mechanics make nanoscale components//Workbench and Willkommenskultur: jobs for Syrian refugees//Students with disabilities: the accessible HU campus in Adlershof …
Adlershof Special 45: Ahead of (energy)times
Smart windows //Accelerating innovation //The energy planner
Language pains: a call for patience
I tell my students that my back is aching in German. The other volunteering teachers told me right from the beginning to speak very slowly and clearly to them, so I stretch my words as good as I can: "Mein Rücken…
We support refugees in Berlin
The volunteer refugee coordinators of the Technology Park Adlershof:
Kezban Saritas und Ralph Langanke have made a great team and have been supporting the integration of refugees in Adlershof for more than six months. They host the monthly “International Evening”, a platform for…
A mentor for Jamal
Henrik Kinnemann is responsible for future developments for Siemens and for a nine-year-old:
They have been canoeing “on the track of the beaver” in the Oderbruch, fishing in the Havel river, and went to see the children’s opera “The Cunning Little Vixen” at the Deutsche Oper. They also went to explore the…
Workbench and Willkommenskultur
The Syrian refugee Basem Wabeh works for AEMtec GmbH:
In Adlershof and throughout Berlin, many are making an effort to support refugees. One important mission of the Science City in Adlershof is to provide jobs to the newcomers. Jan Trommershausen, manager of the company…
Relieving pain and suffering: yesterday’s refugees build bridges
They once fled to Germany. It was hard for them in the beginning, but they have since come a long way. Now they help refugees themselves. We take a look at two encouraging examples.:
Arriving in Germany was hard for Mohsen Makki: “In retrospect, it felt like I was a fish in the ocean during those first few months. I was swimming, but I didn’t feel the water,” he looks back. Makki left Iran when he…
Well received
Two visiting scholars tell us about their Adlershof experience:
"I feel at home in Berlin. It is a great city,” says Xiaofang Qi. Her surname “Qi” is pronounced “Chi”. The physicist laughs and says: “As in chicken.” She is 27 years old and from Luoyang, a huge industrial town in…
Zeropointzerozerozero
The balancing act between the upper and the lower limit:
If high-tech companies and research institutes from Adlershof need precision components, they go straight to the precision technician next door.There is a persistent hum. Uwe Steingross, head Uwe Steingross…
Poetry in Colour
The paintings of Korean artist Yongtak Choi are mood boosters. :
Since ancient times, scholars and philosophers have been arguing about the concept of poetry and whether painting or poetry is the true way of creating images. According to some, the two art forms are two sides of the…
The wheelchair-friendly university
People with disabilities at the Humboldt-Universität in Berlin:
The wheelschair-friendly universityPeople with disabilities at the Humboldt-Universität in BerlinAlthough it is commonplace for people with disabilities to go to university, it is still fraught with obstacles.…
This is our part in saving the planet. And fighting poverty.
The Adlershof start-up Boreal Light will bring electricity and water to the poorest regions in the world.:
To bring electricity and clean drinking water to rural regions of the Middle East – this is the mission of Hamed Beheshti and his company Boreal Light, founded in 2013. For that, he relies on the power of sun, wind,…
Smart cities: Living space for future dreams
How will we be living and working in future?:
The visions and ideas for the antroposphere of the future are as many and diverse as never before. Called all over the world “smart cities”, these intelligent developments embody huge potential for innovation and…
A sustainable energy concept for Adlershof
Beate Mekiffer and her team develop strategies and projects for an energy-efficient Adlershof:
Since 2010, when she took on this issue at the operating company of the Adlershof technology park, the WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH, the energy strategy for the site has taken concrete form. The situation requires a holistic…
The energy planner
Together an energy concept is being developed at the site, which focuses on saving:
Researchers at Adlershof study infrastructure provision to an entire technology, science and residential district. It’s the first time a study of this size has been conducted in Germany. Adlershof is growing. More and…
Accelerating innovation
The Adlershofer Accelerator A2 inspect new energie ideas:
Longstanding major corporations and start-ups generally speak different languages. The company culture is just as varied as the speed at which the two move both internally and in the marketplace. However, the ideas of…
District heating with sun power
„Wohnen am Campus“ energy efficient housing in Adlershof:
An innovative low-temperature grid provides the residents of „Wohnen am Campus“in Adlershof with environmentally friendly, low-cost heat. The trick is that the grid draws surplus heat from individual solar…
Smart windows
New ideas in glass:
Large windows in modern architecture offer more than aesthetics; they also capture light and heat, and thereby save energy. Large panes of glass carry disadvantages along with all their advantages. They limit the…
The power transmission path as a biotope
Make flora and fauna ecologically and economically sensible in power lines:
The energy revolution is heightening the problem of energy transport. As the grid expands accordingly, public interest is growing with respect to the presence of power transmission paths and their impact on their…