Partners

The Fraunhofer Building Innovation Alliance pools the construction-related resources and expertise of 15 Fraunhofer research institutes. The highly efficient research association was established with the aim of developing application-oriented system solutions in collaboration with industry in order to surmount the new challenges facing the building industry.

Its research activities primarily center on the 8 topics:Advanced Materials

• Energy and Resource Efficiency
• Process Optimization
• Building systems and Components
• Smart Building
• Comfort and Health
• Safety
• Smart Cities

The DGNB is the central knowledge platform for sustainable building. To promote sustainable building, the non-profit organization has established a certification system for the assessment of buildings and districts with a particular focus on environmental impact, use of resources, efficiency and user comfort: the DGNB certificate.

The DGNB is market leader in Germany and has around 1,200 member organizations from all areas of the construction and real estate industry. A network of partner organizations across many countries helps to adapt and implement the certification system at an international level.

SBA is a leading international architectural and urban planning studio with extensive know-how in Sustainable Architecture, for example in the areas of commercial and office buildings, hospitals and social housing as well as buildings for education and research.  Further know-how lies on urban design and –development, with focus on Smart and Green Cities. The company is part of research projects like “Future cities” of the Fraunhofer Society.