• Promoting sustainable development and improving the quality of stay at the campuses
  
• Involving university members in the sustainable design of the two campuses
  
• Supporting innovative and feasible projects

• Setting up a student café
  
• Creating an open innovation community for the Maker Space
  
• Outdoor furniture and (green) canopies
  
• Development of prototypes to promote renewable energies, reduce single-use plastic, increase green spaces, conserve water or promote biodiversity
  
• Digital solutions such as a virtual campus tour, AR visualisations or an app to promote sustainable mobility and resource sharing
  
• Promoting community, education and social justice, e.g. via projects on accessibility, inclusion, diversity or minimising food waste
  
• Sustainable catering concepts such as food sharing initiatives

1. Sustainability, climate impact adaptation and health promotion
   The three key strategies for sustainable development - sufficiency, efficiency and consistency - are crucial to achieving the sustainability goals. Projects are evaluated on the basis of these strategies and their contribution to climate impact adaptation, health promotion and social sustainability:
   
   • Efficiency: identical performance achieved with lower energy consumption, e.g. by using LED lighting instead of conventional light bulbs
   • Consistency: use of renewable energies or recyclable materials, e.g. by introducing a circular economy or replacing conventional materials with more sustainable alternatives
   • Sufficiency: reducing energy and material consumption by consciously doing without, e.g. by sharing, repairing or using car pools
   • Contribution to climate impact adaptation: measures that make the campus more resistant to climatic changes, e.g. through heat-resistant vegetation and water storage facilities
   • Contribution to health promotion: concepts to improve the physical and mental well-being of the campus community, e.g. through green spaces, relaxation zones and healthy nutrition
   • Contribution to social sustainability: promotion of social justice and equal opportunities, e.g. through barrier-free access, consideration of diverse target groups and the provision of fairly traded or regional foods
2. Improving the quality of life on campus
   
   • Increased quality of life for all members of HTW Berlin through improved infrastructure
   • More comfortable and pleasant use of spaces and locations
   • Making campus locations more attractive and inviting
3. Realistic implementation
   • Practical implementation with existing or obtainable resources (time, money, personnel, materials)
   • Feasibility of technical aspects and consideration of possible follow-up support. Ideally, projects should be designed in such a way that they are low maintenance in the long term.
   • No legal obstacles. Examples of this could be questions relating to authorisation requirements or the protection of historical buildings and monuments. Consultations on this can take place during the accompanying events.
4. Degree of innovation
   • Development of new and creative approaches or solutions
   • Optimisation of existing solutions through more efficient, consistent or sufficient, resource-friendly and user-friendly approaches
   • Adaptation to current and future needs and challenges (sustainability)
5. Participation
   • Active participation of the idea providers in the planning and implementation of the project
     
   • Promoting cooperation between students, teaching staff, employees and other stakeholders

• Maximum funding per project: 3,000 EUR
  
• Total budget: 10,000 EUR

The funding can be used flexibly for

• Material resources: project-related materials and consumables (e.g. tools, plants)
• Licences: costs for temporary licences, software and permits
• Consulting: support from external consultants
• Prototyping: funding for the development of prototypes as a basis for larger projects

Both completed projects and ideas and concepts that are still in the development phase are supported. The funding can also serve as start-up financing for more extensive projects that will continue to be supported and developed beyond the duration of the competition. There is no funding for purely theoretical concepts without the intention of practical implementation.

• Information event: online introduction to the requirements and conditions of participation in the competition
• Workshop with IDiA: team coaching and support in the further development and systematic elaboration of ideas
  
• Exchange of experience: two meetings of all funding recipients to exchange experiences
  
• Personalised advice: support from the Technical Services department

Students, teaching staff and employees of HTW Berlin

The project outline should not exceed five pages and must include the following points:

• Concept description
• Objectives
• Implementation steps with schedule
• Budget plan
• Reference to SDGs

• Competition call by email and website: mid-October 2024
• Submission deadline: 30 November 2024, by email to nachhaltigkeit@htw-berlin.de
• Selection of projects by a committee consisting of members of the environmental team, professors and administrative employees: early December 2024
• Announcement of the funded projects: mid-December 2024
• Project duration: January 2025 - October 2025