The Sustainability Office (SO), as a staff unit within Digitalization and Sustainability Department, serves as the central point of contact for sustainability management at KIT. We support KIT’s sustainable development and, on behalf of the Executive Board, accompany all stakeholders at KIT in establishing sustainability as a cross-cutting issue within the core areas of research, teaching, innovation and transfer, as well as within KIT as an organization.
From integration into KIT’s strategy, through streamlined concept development, to support for implementation, we are committed to the sustainable development of KIT as an institution — from everyday worklife to infrastructure. Through broad participation and networking at KIT, we enable bottom-up processes for the sustainability transformation.
Our tasks include:
- Strategy development / support for processes and projects related to sustainability transformation under the leadership of the Executive Board
- Supporting and sustaining the Basis Project Sustainability
- Initiating and supporting sustainability / transformation projects aligned with core tasks and within KIT as an institution
- Development and implementation of sustainability management, including monitoring and reporting of data and facts on sustainability at KIT
- Designing and implementing sustainability communication at KIT
- Networking
Climate-neutral construction as a societal challenge for the future: KIT contributes cutting-edge research to a nationwide network – Baden-Württemberg becomes the third founding state
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The Real:labor Festival 3.0 Stadt.Gestaltung.Erfahrbar.Machen. will bring science and society together from October 6 to 11, 2026, to discuss new approaches to creating a city that is both sustainable and future-proof.
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New Supercomputer Worth EUR 17 Million for Climate, Materials, Particle Physics, Energy, Mobility, and AI Research
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Lecture by Prof. Fleischhut in connection with the new professorship within the ERNIE Real-World Laboratory on Wednesday, September 23, 2026, from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. in the Engler-Bunte Lecture Hall (Campus South, Building 40.50).
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KIT Study Reveals Correlation between Heat and Demographic Structure, with Air and Land Surface Temperature Showing Different Patterns
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Heat, drought, low water levels, and warm rivers show just how much pressure Germany’s water balance is under. KIT researchers Peter Knippertz and Harald Kunstmann explain why heavy rainfall, flooding, and drought must be considered together - and how Helmholtz can contribute to this effort.
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More Computing Power Built Fast for Research, Digital Autonomy and Climate Protection
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With her new group of Experimental Meteorology at IMKTRO, Raphaela Vogel will develop innovative methods to extract process-oriented observational products
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