Water | Science | Future!
KWB stands for applied science and innovation. We are resolute in addressing crucial future issues including climate change, water crises, digitalisation, sector coupling, urbanisation and smart city with dedicated research, practical solutions and inventive services.
EU Green Deals
Fire on a website about water? Extinguishing without water? And what does that have to do with EU Green Deals anyway? Together with our partners we’re proud to have won two EU Green Deal projects: IMPETUS, a project to translate climate commitments into concrete, immediate action; and PROMISCES, to research the particular challenge posed by PFAS to the circular economy, which are found in firefighting foam and many other products.
Learn more about IMPETUS here.
Learn more about PROMISCES here.
These are not our only major EU projects. Do you already know about dwc and ULTIMATE?
It’s more than just data that’s flowing in the Smart City
After all, water is everywhere. And it’s in crisis in many places. The challenges are enormous, which is why we want to give water issues more attention in the context of Smart City and digitalisation. We’ll do this as reviewers and researchers in the Smart City Model Projects (MPSC) at federal level, as a member of the advisory board for the new Smart City Strategy in Berlin, or as part of the Smart City Coordination and Transfer Office (KTS), which has been supervising and networking the MPSC since September 2021.
Learn more about KWB in the Smart City on p. 38 of our new annual report.
Get to know our MPSC reviewers Nico Caradot and Jochen Rabe, the latter who’s also an advisory board member of the Smart City Strategy in Berlin.
We present our new website!
The new website on the new website – quite meta, right? It’s with great pleasure that we present our new website, which, like our entire external appearance, has been completely redesigned. Minimalist, clear, uncluttered, conspicuous and bold, prominent but not overwhelming, perfectly supporting and promoting the content – that’s how we’ll be presenting ourselves to you from now on. Please forgive us any minor bugs in the beginning, we’re working on it!
Learn more about the new design and modern science communication on p. 18 of our new annual report (currently only available in German).
Get to know the driving forces behind our new design, Bianca Cramer and Moritz Lembke-Özer.
The agency behind our new design: Bureau Est.
EU Green Deals
Fire on a website about water? Extinguishing without water? And what does that have to do with EU Green Deals anyway? Together with our partners we’re proud to have won two EU Green Deal projects: IMPETUS, a project to translate climate commitments into concrete, immediate action; and PROMISCES, to research the particular challenge posed by PFAS to the circular economy, which are found in firefighting foam and many other products.
Learn more about IMPETUS here.
Learn more about PROMISCES here.
These are not our only major EU projects. Do you already know about dwc and ULTIMATE?
Thought Leader
Against the background of critical challenges and questions about the future on climate change, water crises, digitalisation, coupling sectors, urbanisation and the Smart City, KWB is developing innovative knowledge through committed, practical research. Our work is grounded in science, highly innovative, at times even uncomfortable, but the relevancy and urgency of it should never be underestimated.
Honest Broker
Over the last 20 years, KWB has worked closely and productively with numerous national and international partners from the fields of science, economics and the government. We have commitments in networks both within the water sector and far beyond it, too. We connect loose ends and we network amongst key players, stakeholders and relevant organisations. With our expertise and ideas, we facilitate vibrant exchanges as well as innovative changes.
Driver of Change
KWB conveys valuable knowledge. This is a process in which we communicate far beyond any exclusive circle of experts. Our work is of great value to society. That’s why we don’t just share our knowledge with our various stakeholders, but also with the broadly interested public. The knowledge which we convey becomes the basis for informed decisions and thus helps bring about positive changes. It also flows into the development of practical services and innovative products.