Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP

Restaurant owners are increasingly turning to fired charcoal grills to prepare meals for customers – but the odors and fumes emitted by these grills are often a source of irritation for nearby residents. The German Environment Agency asked a team of researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP to investigate whether the exhaust air treatment systems used in grills actually get the job done and to study ways of preventing pollutant and odor emissions.

By developing hydrogen technologies to market maturity within a short period of time, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft aims at making a contribution to the energy turnaround and has therefore set up the Fraunhofer Network “Wasserstoff”. The research activities of over 20 member institutes are pooled here. The Fraunhofer IBP is also a member of the network.

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Agricultural productivity needs to rise by 70% by 2050 to provide sufficient food for the growing population while climate change and the onset of insect resistance makes pest control increasingly difficult. A consortium of companies in Europe developing sustainable fermentation processes to produce pheromones to safely control insect pests has now been awarded a major grant of €6.4 million.

Fraunhofer IBP has developed a series of interesting products that involved the entire expertise of its specialist departments. If you are interested in further solutions, please do not hesitate to contact us.