The Institute
services
The Institute for Sustainable Water Systems focuses on applied research and development in the key areas of sponge city, photonics and food production.
services
Much more than research.
We focus on applied research and offer various services.
Contract research
Monitoring, data collection, scientific evaluation, technical concepts, acceptance analyses and training in areas such as recruiting, sustainability and digitalisation.
Further training
Training and certificate courses in sponge city, skilled labour recruitment, sustainability and digitalisation to support municipalities and companies in extreme weather, skills shortages and digital challenges
Innovation consulting and support
Development and realisation of research ideas, including innovation consulting, procurement of funding, project management and coordination in our own research fields.
Water analysis
The technical equipment in our laboratories enables us to offer a wide range of analytical services.
Provision of research labs
The provision of our laboratory infrastructure and the associated measuring equipment opens up a wide range of possibilities.
Sustainability optimisation
Project management, process analysis and optimisation as well as implementation of sustainability factors.
Water management analysis and signposting for municipalities
Recording, defining and evaluating sponge city measures at different spatial scales.
Free tools
Useful aids and tools relating to the core topics of inwa.
Contract research
Further training
Knowledge and skills training
Sponge city certificate course
The project "The Road to the Sponge City", funded by REACT-EU Action 19 of the ESF, has developed a certificate course to support cities, municipalities and companies in dealing with extreme weather events through adapted water management. The course offers comprehensive further training that is specifically tailored to the Bavarian municipal structure and enables a holistic view of the challenges and solutions. The development of the multi-level analysis (MEA) enables a systematic recording and evaluation of the complex task areas in order to recommend suitable innovation solutions for sponge city concepts.
Recruitment of skilled labour/employer branding/sustainability
Engineering qualification for the Bavarian water industry
The ESF+-funded ITTQ-Water project aims to alleviate the shortage of skilled labour in the Bavarian water industry by qualifying technically trained people with a refugee or migrant background for a lateral entry. Participants receive specialist training and social preparation in order to understand and apply core areas and processes of water management and adapt them to new tasks. The cooperation with regional employers from Upper Franconia enables insights into the processes of German water organisations and the teaching of important technical language.
Digitalisation in the water industry
Innovation consulting and support
inwa is the point of contact for research institutes, local authorities and companies that need support for their research idea. The inwa offers specialised innovation consulting from the development of the innovation idea to support in the search for suitable funding providers or suitable project partners, right through to support during the application and coordination of the project.
As an independent project partner, inwa is also responsible for the management and coordination of research projects in inwa's research fields (link to research focus areas).
Water analysis
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"We have the pleasure of working with inwa as part of a ZIM network and two resulting research projects. We particularly appreciate the high level of expertise and the uncomplicated nature of the cooperation."
- Steffen Richter
Managing Director of Blue Foot Membranes GmbH, Saerbeck
Managing Director of Blue Foot Membranes GmbH, Saerbeck
"Our collaboration with the Institute for Sustainable Water Systems at Hof University of Applied Sciences was and is "strange" in the best sense of the word. In addition to a joint ZIM network, we were also able to successfully implement a funding project in the field of wastewater treatment in the pharmaceutical industry in India. The collaboration was fast, efficient and accompanied by a lot of curiosity and joy. "We like it!""
- Ulla Pöschl
Managing Director of up2e! GmbH
Managing Director of up2e! GmbH
Provision of research labs
The provision of our laboratory infrastructure and the associated measuring equipment opens up a wide range of possibilities.
Sustainability optimisation
Sustainability in the WaWi
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OctoPus
The OktoPus method accompanies and supports you as a project manager or team member in the gradual adaptation of project management towards greater sustainability. OktoPus serves as a structured guide, source of inspiration and example, offering support in the selection of project-specific measures and activities, providing inspiration and advice on implementation. The focus is on low-hanging fruit, i.e. activities that achieve a major impact with little effort, and on expanding existing activities to include the perspective of sustainability.
Water management analysis and signposting for municipalities
Digital pilot water
The web portal for digital solutions in water management. This project is sponsored by the Hof University of Applied Sciences.
The platform for current trends and best practices in the market of digitalisation of the water industry. Database of digital solutions from researchers, companies, users, etc.
MEA structural analysis
The multi-level analysis (MEA) method developed at inwa makes it possible to record, define and evaluate sponge city measures at various spatial scales, including their interactions. This promotes the transfer of implementation at the beginning of complex (infrastructure) processes on the individual path to the sponge city/region.
Free tools
Digital pilot water
The web portal for digital solutions in water management.
DRhochN goes digital
Online course on digital recruiting.
Sustainability in the WaWi
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