People & Networks

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Köster and Schnurr energy team

Image: Sandra Schumann

Jan Köster and Dirk Schnurr are energy efficiency managers and are responsible for structural, technical and organizational energy efficiency measures in the university's operations. They are also responsible for developing a local heating and cooling network concept. They use the "intracting" instrument, a financing model with which energy efficiency measures are economically evaluated, identified and implemented. The energy costs saved are then invested in new projects to reduce energy consumption.

In the photo, they are standing next to a roof covered with PV systems. In September 2024, our PV systems produced an impressive 35,728 kWh of electricity! Since the beginning of the year, a total of 321,139 kWh has been generated - this corresponds to the annual consumption of 247 dormitory places and saves an impressive 122.3 tonsof CO2 emissions!

Podcast

As part of the 4th Sustainability Report and for the DGHochN Annual Hub 2023, we conducted interviews with the following interesting people. Have fun listening to them!

Kassel Institute for Sustainability

Student commitment

Design-oriented transfer

Sustainability development

Teaching sustainable development

Sustainable research

Social sustainability

Sustainability in the company


Dr. Sylke Ernst

The Women's and Equal Opportunities Officer, Dr. Sylke Ernst, gives us an insight into her work, takes a look back at the development of equality over the last 30 years and also provides an exciting outlook on where things may still be heading.

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Dr. Sabine Säck-da Silva

In this interview, Dr. Sabine Säck-da Silva, former Managing Director of the Kassel Institute for Sustainability, tells us what potential she sees through the institute, what initial successes have already been achieved and what we can look forward to in the future.

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Prof. Dr. Alexander Roßnagel

Prof. Dr. Alexander Roßnagel, the University of Kassel's Commissioner for Ecological Sustainability, has emphatically promoted the development of the environmental profile at the university and established sustainability reporting. In this interview, he gives us an insight into 20 years of sustainable development at the University of Kassel.

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Daniel Opper

The head of UniKasselTransfer, Daniel Opper, told us how the SDGplus Lab helps to develop sustainable solutions by connecting science, business and society, to make them big and to establish them both in the North Hesse region and beyond.

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Prof. Dr. Jens Knissel

Prof. Dr. Jens Knissel, Head of the Department of Technical Building Services, talked to us about the buildings of the future and the responsibility of the University of Kassel.

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Dr. Martin Böhnert, Dr. Paul Reszke and Nicole Casper

The Interdisciplinary Working Group Climate Thinking, Dr. Martin Böhnert, Dr. Paul Reszke and Nicole Casper, introduces itself and gives an insight into the transdisciplinary teaching and research project and its variety of methods as well as how it deals with the problem complex of the climate crisis and sustainability.

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Christoph Dai

is a committed young student of urban and regional planning who shows us his view of sustainability issues at the University of Kassel.

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The Women's and Equal Opportunities Officer, Dr. Sylke Ernst, gives us an insight into her work, takes a look back at the development of equality over the last 30 years and also provides an exciting outlook on where things may still be heading.

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In this interview, Dr. Sabine Säck-da Silva, former Managing Director of the Kassel Institute for Sustainability, tells us what potential she sees through the institute, what initial successes have already been achieved and what we can look forward to in the future.

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Prof. Dr. Alexander Roßnagel, the University of Kassel's Commissioner for Ecological Sustainability, has emphatically promoted the development of the environmental profile at the university and established sustainability reporting. In this interview, he gives us an insight into 20 years of sustainable development at the University of Kassel

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The head of UniKasselTransfer, Daniel Opper, told us how the SDGplus Lab helps to develop sustainable solutions by connecting science, business and society, to make them big and to establish them both in the North Hesse region and beyond.

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Prof. Dr. Jens Knissel, Head of the Department of Technical Building Services, talked to us about the buildings of the future and the responsibility of the University of Kassel.

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The Interdisciplinary Working Group Climate Thinking, Dr. Martin Böhnert, Dr. Paul Reszke and Nicole Casper, introduces itself and gives an insight into the transdisciplinary teaching and research project and its variety of methods as well as how it deals with the problem complex of the climate crisis and sustainability.

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is a committed young student of urban and regional planning who shows us his view of sustainability issues at the University of Kassel.

Networks

Networking and cooperation with other associations, initiatives and regional institutions is an essential building block for the Green Office in order to further develop the multitude of different ideas and make progress in the implementation of individual measures. We are not only networked internally at the University of Kassel, but also externally, regionally and nationwide. An overview of our cooperation partners and further information can be found in the list.