Research Facility 2.0 is an EU-funded research project aimed at making the operation of particle accelerators and other large-scale facilities more resource-efficient. The KITTEN test center at KIT plays a central role in the RF 2.0 project: It hosts researchers that are working on the analysis of important parameters and the development of realistic demonstrators. 

They cool and clean air, boost biodiversity, and support recreation: Trees in cities contribute in many ways to the well-being of the city people. In the URBORETUM innovation cluster, researchers from KIT are working with partners to find out what is needed to ensure that urban trees can provide their “services” even in times of increasingly extreme climatic conditions.

KIT researchers have developed a model that takes into account the fair design of decentralized energy systems.

Helmholtz Energy has published the Helmholtz Energy Transition Roadmap (HETR). Well over 100 researchers from the entire research field have contributed to this roadmap for energy research. In a final step, feedback from stakeholders from industry, politics and science outside of Helmholtz research was integrated into the version now published.

KIT researchers show how real-world labs with a mix of digital and face-to-face forms of participation can reach more people than before.

KIT's Real:lab Festival invites you to experiment in and with the city: Whether robots in care, autonomous vehicles in road traffic or a more sustainable urban development: the real-world laboratories at KIT bring science and society together to jointly test and shape the future. At the Real:lab Festival from 2 to 6 July 2024, anyone interested can experience for themselves what real-world laboratory research is all about and how they can get involved.