The building as an energy cell
Modular, climate-positive, digitally connected, and recyclable: an architectural and energetic prototype for skilled trade hubs:
In addition to being places that generate creative and productive energy, modern skilled trade hubs in cities will also produce physical energy. This is about self-sufficiency as well as connectivity – within…
Gewerbehöfe 2.0 – where will they be built?
TU students conduct feasibility study for developing local hubs for skilled trade businesses in Berlin:
Berlin needs these revived local hubs for skilled trade businesses. But what is going on there? A team of students at Technical University Berlin conducted a feasibility study under the auspices of Prof. Dr. Lech…
Once a drain field, now a location creating future innovation
Nadja Zivkovic, district councillor for business, roads, and parks in Berlin’s Marzahn-Hellersdorf district, on the plans for the CleanTech Business Park Marzahn (CBP):
When you think of Marzahn, do you think of 1970s concrete panel buildings and ageing residents? Nadja Zivkovic: These are but some of the stereotypes one can have of Marzahn. Those who know Marzahn-Hellersdorf…
A keen ear for all that flows
FLEXIM GmbH from Marzahn is market leader in the field of non-invasive flow measurement using ultrasound:
When it comes to high-precision ultrasonic flow measurements, FLEXIM Flexible Industriemesstechnik GmbH is in the international top league. Since it was founded thirty years ago, the Marzahn-based company grew from…
In high gear
Kapp Niles, machine manufacturer in Marzahn, is looking forward to new arrivals in the CleanTech Business Park:
CleanTech Business Park Marzahn (CBP) is a delicate plant that is only just beginning to thrive. But the seed was planted in fertile ground. Not only because clean future technologies are created here, but because the…
Adlershof Journal July/August 2020
Let’s talk! Innovation starts with finding the right words:
Digital translators: Will learning languages soon become obsolete? // Language as a tool: the power of the spoken word // Detective work against dementia: early diagnosis of Alzheimer's
The language enthusiast
Saša Petrović is a technology manager at the Photovoltaics Centre in Adlershof:
What was is that brought her to Adlershof in the end? It all came down to two things that Saša Petrović had loved since her days at school. Her enthusiasm for languages, especially German. And a knack for the natural…
Berlin Adlershof: Facts and Figures
The Berlin Adlershof Science City is one of the most successful high-technology sites in Germany and Berlin’s largest media site. It is home to 1,203 companies and scientific institutions (Dec 2019) on an area of…
Awoken from a slumber – how inventors bent on the future mix with developers ready to invest
Gregor Keck, head of the regional management agency for Berlin’s South East region, about happy investors, shared identities, and a lively industrial culture:
How do you define, what we call, a ‘Zukunftsort’, a place where future innovation is created? It is a place where scientists and businesses get together, which especially includes companies that plan and execute…
‘Basic trust’ is the key
Mobile and remote work is more than a modern corporate must-have:
Mobile and remote work is more than modern corporate must-have. In today’s world of work, it is also an issue of employer branding. However, it also requires some preliminary work, trust, and special management skills…
The fake news pandemic
Dr. Peter Strunk about how to handle the ‘infodemic’:
Whether it’s climate change deniers, election interferers, or neo-Nazis inciting hatred against refugees - their most important tool for manipulating the public is the peddling of fake news and conspiracy theories on…
WISTA launches B2B-Platform during the corona crisis
Support with personnel, equipment, material, know-how etc...:
The economic situation during the Corona pandemic is a huge challenge for many companies. Some companies have to go on short-time work while others work extra shifts. In this difficult situation, we want to offer a…
FUBIC provides an ideal infrastructure for start-ups, spin-offs and established companies
Interview with project manager Jörg Israel about the new innovation campus in a scientific environment:
Up to 80 start-ups will move into the former US military hospital on Fabeckstrasse in Berlin-Dahlem by 2022. The hospital, which was built by the Allies in the 1970s, will be refurbished for this purpose. Built and…
FUBIC: an innovative, all-electric model project
The energy supply of the future innovation centre FUBIC will be based on a so-called all-electric system, powered solely by electricity from renewable sources:
The special feature of an all-electric building is that even the heating is powered by electricity. ‘Implementation of an all-electric estate is challenging,’ explains Beate Mekiffer, ‘especially if your goal is to…
New Network “Campus Club Adlershof” for Material and Environmental Technology
Interdiciplinary Cooperation and Talent-Recruiting:
With more than 60 participants, the event exceeded all expectations. The start-ups OrelTech, INURU, Nano-Join, Tiwari, Solaga and PSC presented the current status of their research and products from the Adlershof…
Adlershof Journal January/February 2020
A place for the bright-minded: meet the Science City’s start-ups:
Dynamism meets experience: Adlershofer Accelerator in fourth round // The future makers: High-tech founders instead of copycats // Secret recipe for business idea: Search for answers to unmet demand // …
How do you manage a co-working space?
In conversation with Marina Salmon, who in addition to WISTA’s co-working space is also in charge of the Long Night of the Sciences and the science slams in Adlershof:
Marina Salmon runs the show at the WISTA’s co-working space at Rudower Chaussee 17. When the Technology Park’s first-ever co-working space was founded in November 2017, the business economist also ventured into new…
A user’s guide to starting a business
The Business Plan Competition Berlin-Brandenburg turns 25 / 2nd Meet-up at the Technology Park Adlershof on 13/02/2020:
On 13 February 2020, founders, entrepreneurs and jurors will meet up at the 2nd Meet-up of the Business Plan Competition Berlin-Brandenburg (BPW) in Adlershof. One of the most well-known business plan competitions of…
From founders to entrepreneurs
Interview with Lars Hansen, the head of CHIC:
The Charlottenburg Innovation Centre CHIC is now home to nearly 60 start-ups. The building complex close to Berlin’s Ernst-Reuter-Platz is part of Berlin Campus Charlottenburg, one of the largest inner-city university…
Dynamism meets experience
Innovative start-ups and established companies successfully collaborate in the A² Adlershof programme:
Finding a parking spot with an app, documenting a house’s mains connections using a smartphone, testing the functionality of your home’s heating with a camera, or checking whether the waste at recycling locations…