Regio.NRW - Transformation

The project will network and implement the R&D expertise of universities, start-ups and companies in the Aachen city region and the districts of Düren, Euskirchen and Heinsberg in order to realize the digital and sustainable transformation in the healthcare industry in a cross-innovative way.

The aim is to operationalize the transformation task towards a co-creative circular economy through the Fab City framework and to develop an action plan for the Bergisch city-triangle.

Manufacturing companies in the metal industry in the Bergisch city-triangle are empowered for transformation by a competence center. SMEs are supported in implementing the principle of the circular economy.

The project addresses key challenges of climate protection and the energy transition, including the heating transition and the energy-efficient refurbishment of existing buildings in the Düsseldorf and Mettmann region.

Transfer spaces for service innovations, further training and networking are to be developed in the Oberbergischer Kreis, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis and Rhein-Sieg-Kreis districts.

Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences wants to link available environmental data and make it available to the relevant decision-makers in the Rhein-Sieg district in the form of a "digital twin" of urban green spaces.

Cologne University of Applied Sciences now wants to transform the pilot solutions developed in the preliminary project into a powerful, scalable overall system for networking science, business and public institutions in the Bergisches Rheinland region.

The aim of this project in the Emscher-Lippe region is to help close material and energy cycles.

The aim of the project is to support the 16 municipalities in the Emscher region in developing a joint overarching heat action plan.

Building on the results of the previous project, the current project aims to further develop expertise in the Ruhr region in the fields of bioprocess technology and bioanalytics.

The project aims to expand the Greentech.Ruhr network to include the construction industry and climate adaptation economy and to promote the decarbonization of the economy in the Ruhr region.

By optimizing the energy supply of industrial and commercial areas and reducing energy consumption, a contribution is to be made to reducing CO2 emissions in the Ruhr metropolis.

The protection of critical infrastructure (KRITIS) is to be optimized and strengthened by the project with the help of green infrastructure (GI) as an ecosystem service (ÖSD).

Through networking, the regional innovation system in the Ruhr metropolis is to be expanded to include expertise from the field of the digital circular economy. The focus here is on linking digitalization and the circular economy.

The regional economic structure is to be strengthened through a future-oriented transformation in Dortmund, Bochum, Hagen, Hamm and the district of Unna.

The aim is to transfer knowledge and expertise from the field of blockchain technology in logistics to companies in the Dortmund, Unna and Hamm regions.

The Münsterland wants to promote green start-ups in the region - in particular the implementation of targeted offers in the field of ecological transformation for the start-up scene in trade and commerce.

The aim is to transform Münsterland into an innovative, resource-efficient and climate-friendly economic region. This is to be achieved by optimizing regional material cycles.

The project aims to close a gap in the existing support services for SMEs in Münsterland by linking the regional economy even more closely with science.

The Westphalian University of Applied Sciences wants to develop a digitally supported process innovation to significantly reduce the effort involved in creating sustainability reports in the Münsterland region.

The aim of this project is to develop biogas technology in the Münsterland region into a key component of future energy systems.

The Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences would like to support the textile and clothing industry in the Middle Lower Rhine region in its development towards a circular economy.

The project aims to establish an interregional innovation and transformation network to bring together players in the food industry from the East Westphalia-Lippe and Lower Rhine regions.

The regional innovation system in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region is to be expanded through networking to include interdisciplinary cooperation and a focus on the topics of the so-called "VUCA" world.

As part of the project, Paderborn University aims to identify the sustainability potential of outdoor cultural festivals in East Westphalia-Lippe, translate this into innovative strategies and test specific measures in real-life operations.

The Energie Impuls OWL e. V. project focuses on the decarbonization of districts in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region through a supply based on renewable energies, the use of flexibilities in sector coupling and increasing energy efficiency.

Building on previous activities in the field of circular economy, the project aims to prepare stakeholders in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe region for the tasks arising from the circular economy.

The aim of the project is to develop East Westphalia-Lippe into a model for the successful sustainability transformation of a medium-sized industrial location through targeted regional development.

The innovative combination of these three approaches is intended to increase the conservation, recycling and regeneration of resources. The material and product cycles in the regions of East Westphalia-Lippe, South Westphalia and the Bergisch city-triangle are to be expanded for markets with new target groups.

The aim is to develop tailor-made support services for digitalized and intelligent production processes in South Westphalia.

Strengthening employers in South Westphalia to combat the skills shortage with a focus on the necessary technological transformation.

In this project, the South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences aims to make blockchain technology available to industrial SMEs and associated partners for logistics chains in the South Westphalia region.

The project focuses on land-saving and climate-resilient planning and construction of development facilities, climate-friendly energy supply, climate-friendly mobility and the topic of resource efficiency in order to make economic areas in South Westphalia sustainable and fit for the future.