Sustainable Business Models

The study records the energy-related challenges facing German SMEs and analyses how they can be addressed in a targeted manner through cooperation with start-ups.

How uniform standards can make innovative business models with energy sharing and efficient energy management in neighbourhoods economically and legally viable.

Building automation can significantly reduce CO2 emissions. An analysis of market and provider structures should improve the spread of digital building technology.

The FLUIDOS project team is developing software that enables the computing and storage capacities of powerful IT end devices and PC systems to be used.

Since 2013, the Borderstep Institute has been researching the sustainable start-up ecosystem in Germany with various partners. For the GSM, Borderstep collaborated with the Start-up Association.