Integrated sustainable development
The following topics represent the main research work in the field integrated sustainable development:
- Sustainable urban and city district development
- Climate protection and climate assimilation
- Energy efficient building refurbishment and integrated neighborhood development
- Energy and housing prices
- User behavior and user acceptance of energy saving measures
- Sustainable construction and certification
Because of the inderdisciplinarity of most of the projects, they are also listed in the research fields housing and energy. In addition, IWU works on projects in other thematic fields.

