Division IV - Natural and Built Environment
KIT Division IV 'Natural and Built Environment' generates, teaches and applies knowledge about the changing Earth. This includes natural processes and developments as well as man-made changes and their impacts. To achieve this, research, teaching and innovation are bundled in strategic fields joining over 30 Institutes from architecture, civil engineering, geo- and environmental sciences, as well as meteorology and climate sciences. The scientists of Division IV explore, develop and teach local, regional and global solutions for a sustainable future. Teaching and acadamic affairs of Division IV are organized in the KIT departments of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Geo- and Environmental Sciences, while the mission-based large-scale research tasks are managed in frame of the Helmholtz program "Changing Earth-Sustaining our Future".
We create and impart knowledge for the society and the environment
KIT researchers want to use sandbags to prevent moorland and biodiverse wet meadows from drying out.
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KIT researchers investigate the effects of climate change on groundwater resources and the resulting consequences.
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The new Institute for Water and Environment (IWU) initiated its activities in January 2024. It was created as a merger of the 'Institute for Water and River Basin Management (IWG)' and the 'Institute of Hydromechanics (IfH)'. The occasion was celebrated on 17 May 2024 with the participation of all IWU employees.
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KIT researchers are combining wood and steel to increase the load-bearing capacity of components and save material at the same time.
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Innovative Fabrication Strategies Enable Circular Economy in the Construction Sector – KIT Will Present Project at the 2024 Landesgartenschau.
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Natural sciences subject area: KIT is ranked in 1st place in environmental sciences.
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Ecosystem researcher from KIT honoured by Minister President Kretschmann as one of 22 people with the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg.
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With the ICON-ART modelling system developed by KIT, the DWD will in future be able to make better energy forecasts by predicting mineral dust and its effects on radiation.
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Contributions to sustainable urban development
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Sustainable concepts for the use and protection of water resources
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KIT - Member of the Consortium Schneefernerhaus
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Interdisciplinary research at KIT on disasters, risks and security
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For an Environment Worth Living in
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KIT works for the sustainability of our resources - in research, teaching and innovation
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