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Forschungsprojekte

The HWWI regularly carries out third-party funded research and consulting projects with various clients. Below we provide an overview of some of these research projects.

Current projects
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Hydrogen for Bremen’s Industrial Transformation

The major research project hyBit started in September 2022 and is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research with approximately 30 million euros. In the initial 3.5-year project phase, the conceptual foundations are being established, and the transformation platform is being built. Based on this, a second project…
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Accelerating the transition towards sustainable heating and cooling based on collective surface water heat pump systems

WaterWarmth is an Interreg North Sea project focusing on the research and promotion of a specific alternative energy source: aquathermal energy (AE). The aim is to enable local energy cooperatives to produce and supply their own heating and cooling systems, thus becoming independent of fossil fuels. Half of the energy…
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The Northern German Living Lab

The Northern German Living Lab (NRL) aims to demonstrate new paths to climate neutrality: The cross-state collaborative project aims to test the holistic transformation of the energy system and thus demonstrate the path to a rapid defossilization of all consumption sectors. Behind the Northern German Living Lab is a strong…

Completed projects
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Postbank Wohnatlas 2023

In an annual report, the HWWI compiles the Postbank Wohnatlas, which shows results for the local real estate markets at the level of the 400 German districts and independent cities. The development of regional purchase and rental prices, the ratios of purchase prices to net rents as well as the…
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Support for the survey of Ukrainian mothers in Germany

The HWWI is collaborating on an online survey developed by the Deutschen Jugendinstitut (DJI) for mothers who have fled from Ukraine with kindergarten-aged children (U6). The survey will consist predominantly of closed-ended questions, with an estimated completion time of a maximum of 20 minutes. The HWWI supports the DJI in …
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Postbank Wohnatlas 2022

In an annual report, the HWWI compiles the Postbank Wohnatlas, which shows results for the local real estate markets at the level of the 400 German districts and independent cities. The development of regional purchase and rental prices, the ratios of purchase prices to net rents as well as the…