Application-oriented projects of the BWPLUS environmental research program, in three of which KIT participates, will be in the focus of the 14th “Status Colloquium on Environmental Research in Baden-Württemberg” on February 29, 2012 at the Center for Advanced Technological and Environmental Training (FTU) on KIT Campus North. The Colloquium is organized on behalf of the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector by the Project Management Agency Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg Research Programs (PTKA-BWP), within Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Journalists and the interested public are cordially invited.
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