Research focuses on economic and environmental efficiency (e³) in organisations. Strategies for practical use are developed based on scientific concepts. The main research fields of the chair are as follows:

Within those main research fields a considerable amount of projects has been worked on. The publications reflect the active research of the chair.

Environmental Perspective

Environmental Performance Measurement

• Development of high reliable composite wood structures made of fiber-reinforced plastics, technical textiles and compressed wood
• Evaluation of sanitary, ecological and economic criteria of operating room textiles - part project Ecological and economic assessment of the recycling process and the barrier function depending on use cycles
• Open interdisciplinary design competition for universities in cooperation with planning offices „Plus energy house with E-Mobility – partial contribution „Ecological material concept, recycling, and reuse“ cycles
• Value relevance of the sustainable performance of companies
• Realisation of the "good-company-ranking" within the field "environmental performance" 2008
• The Environmental Assessment of Environmental Performance in Small and Medium Sized Industrial Companies - an Integrating Approach Taking into Account the Economic Assessment and the Risk Assessment in SME
• Realisation of the "Good-Company-Ranking" within the field "Environmental Performance" 2006
• Informing and motivating local authorities in Saxony to procure environmentally friendly
• Environmental Performance Measurement (EPM) - as a Basis for Environmentally-Oriented Management at the Corporate Level of the Degussa AG
• Optimisation, Upgrading and und further Development of the Software EPM-KOMPAS for Environmental Performance Measurement and Evaluation
• Environmental Performance Measurement as an Instrument for Sustainable Management (EPM-KOMPAS)
• Efficient Transports Chains in Disposal Networks - Unitized and Ecologically Designed (ETIENNE)
• Development of a Complex and Efficient Strategy for Recycling of End-of-Life Products
• Decision-Oriented Implementation of Sustainable Development
• Measuring Company Internal Environmental Performance (Environmental Performance Measurement - EPM)
• Definitions, Concepts and Criteria of Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Development of Water Supply and Water Pollution Control in the Free State of Saxony
• White Biotechnology – Transfer of biotechnical syntheses to the food, timber, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries by an interdisziplinary group of junior scientists
• Environmental Indicators for the Environmental Alliance in the Free State Saxony
• Global Reporting Initiative – Analysis of sustainability reporting in companies
• Environmental and economic evaluation of transport processes
• The Effect of Environmental Aspects on the Capital Market
• Intangibles and Ecological Ressources in Accounting

Life Cycle Assessment

• Development of high reliable composite wood structures made of fiber-reinforced plastics, technical textiles and compressed wood
• Evaluation of sanitary, ecological and economic criteria of operating room textiles - part project Ecological and economic assessment of the recycling process and the barrier function depending on use cycles
• Open interdisciplinary design competition for universities in cooperation with planning offices „Plus energy house with E-Mobility – partial contribution „Ecological material concept, recycling, and reuse“ cycles
• Environmental Performance Measurement (EPM) - as a Basis for Environmentally-Oriented Management at the Corporate Level of the Degussa AG
• Environmental Performance Measurement as an Instrument for Sustainable Management (EPM-KOMPAS)
• Optimisation, Upgrading and und further Development of the Software EPM-KOMPAS for Environmental Performance Measurement and Evaluation
• Efficient Transports Chains in Disposal Networks - Unitized and Ecologically Designed (ETIENNE)
• White Biotechnology – Transfer of biotechnical syntheses to the food, timber, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries by an interdisziplinary group of junior scientists
• Managing the impacts of demographic change in the wastewater sector using scenario planning (DEMOWAS)
• Environmental and economic evaluation of transport processes

Environmental Indicators

• Evaluation of sanitary, ecological and economic criteria of operating room textiles - part project Ecological and economic assessment of the recycling process and the barrier function depending on use cycles
• Open interdisciplinary design competition for universities in cooperation with planning offices „Plus energy house with E-Mobility – partial contribution „Ecological material concept, recycling, and reuse“ cycles
• Realisation of the "good-company-ranking" within the field "environmental performance" 2008
• The Environmental Assessment of Environmental Performance in Small and Medium Sized Industrial Companies - an Integrating Approach Taking into Account the Economic Assessment and the Risk Assessment in SME
• Realisation of the "Good-Company-Ranking" within the field "Environmental Performance" 2006
• Informing and motivating local authorities in Saxony to procure environmentally friendly
• Environmental Performance Measurement (EPM) - as a Basis for Environmentally-Oriented Management at the Corporate Level of the Degussa AG
• Environmental Performance Measurement as an Instrument for Sustainable Management (EPM-KOMPAS)
• Optimisation, Upgrading and und further Development of the Software EPM-KOMPAS for Environmental Performance Measurement and Evaluation
• Efficient Transports Chains in Disposal Networks - Unitized and Ecologically Designed (ETIENNE)
• Development of a Complex and Efficient Strategy for Recycling of End-of-Life Products
• Decision-Oriented Implementation of Sustainable Development
• Measuring Company Internal Environmental Performance (Environmental Performance Measurement - EPM)
• Definitions, Concepts and Criteria of Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Development of Water Supply and Water Pollution Control in the Free State of Saxony
• White Biotechnology – Transfer of biotechnical syntheses to the food, timber, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries by an interdisziplinary group of junior scientists
• Environmental Indicators for the Environmental Alliance in the Free State Saxony
• Global Reporting Initiative – Analysis of sustainability reporting in companies
• Environmental and economic evaluation of transport processes
• The Effect of Environmental Aspects on the Capital Market
• Intangibles and Ecological Ressources in Accounting

Environmental Management Accounting

• Development of high reliable composite wood structures made of fiber-reinforced plastics, technical textiles and compressed wood
• Evaluation of sanitary, ecological and economic criteria of operating room textiles - part project Ecological and economic assessment of the recycling process and the barrier function depending on use cycles
• Open interdisciplinary design competition for universities in cooperation with planning offices „Plus energy house with E-Mobility – partial contribution „Ecological material concept, recycling, and reuse“ cycles
• Value relevance of the sustainable performance of companies
• Realisation of the "good-company-ranking" within the field "environmental performance" 2008
• The Environmental Assessment of Environmental Performance in Small and Medium Sized Industrial Companies - an Integrating Approach Taking into Account the Economic Assessment and the Risk Assessment in SME
• Realisation of the "Good-Company-Ranking" within the field "Environmental Performance" 2006
• Environmental Performance Measurement (EPM) - as a Basis for Environmentally-Oriented Management at the Corporate Level of the Degussa AG
• Environmental Performance Measurement as an Instrument for Sustainable Management (EPM-KOMPAS)
• Optimisation, Upgrading and und further Development of the Software EPM-KOMPAS for Environmental Performance Measurement and Evaluation
• Efficient Transports Chains in Disposal Networks - Unitized and Ecologically Designed (ETIENNE)
• Development of a Complex and Efficient Strategy for Recycling of End-of-Life Products
• Decision-Oriented Implementation of Sustainable Development
• Measuring Company Internal Environmental Performance (Environmental Performance Measurement - EPM)
• Definitions, Concepts and Criteria of Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Development of Water Supply and Water Pollution Control in the Free State of Saxony
• White Biotechnology – Transfer of biotechnical syntheses to the food, timber, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries by an interdisziplinary group of junior scientists
• Environmental Indicators for the Environmental Alliance in the Free State Saxony
• Global Reporting Initiative – Analysis of sustainability reporting in companies
• Environmental and economic evaluation of transport processes
• The Effect of Environmental Aspects on the Capital Market
• Intangibles and Ecological Ressources in Accounting

Carbon Footprint

• Development of high reliable composite wood structures made of fiber-reinforced plastics, technical textiles and compressed wood
• Corporate Management under the constraints of climate change policy (CO₂-NAVIGATOR)
• White Biotechnology – Transfer of biotechnical syntheses to the food, timber, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries by an interdisziplinary group of junior scientists
• Development and testing of an integrated regional climate adaptation program for the model region Dresden (REGKLAM)
• Financial and Management Accounting for Emission Rights

Water Footprint

• Managing the impacts of demographic change in the wastewater sector using scenario planning (DEMOWAS)
• White Biotechnology – Transfer of biotechnical syntheses to the food, timber, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries by an interdisziplinary group of junior scientists
• Development and testing of an integrated regional climate adaptation program for the model region Dresden (REGKLAM)
• Impacts of demographical change on the drainage of settlements

Economic Perspective

Life Cycle Costing

• Managing the impacts of demographic change in the wastewater sector using scenario planning (DEMOWAS)
• Evaluation of sanitary, ecological and economic criteria of operating room textiles - part project Ecological and economic assessment of the recycling process and the barrier function depending on use cycles
• Informing and motivating local authorities in Saxony to procure environmentally friendly
• Combined Project ECORADAR - the Operational Instrument for Sustainable Management
• White Biotechnology – Transfer of biotechnical syntheses to the food, timber, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries by an interdisziplinary group of junior scientists
• Impacts of demographical change on the drainage of settlements
• Development and testing of an integrated regional climate adaptation program for the model region Dresden (REGKLAM)

Activity Based Costing

• Evaluation of sanitary, ecological and economic criteria of operating room textiles - part project Ecological and economic assessment of the recycling process and the barrier function depending on use cycles
• Combined Project ECORADAR - the Operational Instrument for Sustainable Management
• Development of a Complex and Efficient Strategy for Recycling of End-of-Life Products
• White Biotechnology – Transfer of biotechnical syntheses to the food, timber, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries by an interdisziplinary group of junior scientists

Municipal Charges Calculation

• Managing the impacts of demographic change in the wastewater sector using scenario planning (DEMOWAS)
• Economic Optimization of Municipal Waste Management
• Impacts of demographical change on the drainage of settlements

Scenario Planing

• Managing the impacts of demographic change in the wastewater sector using scenario planning (DEMOWAS)
• Impacts of demographical change on the drainage of settlements
• Development and testing of an integrated regional climate adaptation program for the model region Dresden (REGKLAM)

Decision Models

• Corporate Management under the constraints of climate change policy (CO₂-NAVIGATOR)
• Evaluation of sanitary, ecological and economic criteria of operating room textiles - part project Ecological and economic assessment of the recycling process and the barrier function depending on use cycles
• Value relevance of the sustainable performance of companies
• The Value Added of Green Chemistry
• Potentials of Green procurement in Municipalities - a Market Based View concerning Green Electricity as Example
• Environmental Performance Measurement (EPM) - as a Basis for Environmentally-Oriented Management at the Corporate Level of the Degussa AG
• Combined Project ECORADAR - the Operational Instrument for Sustainable Management
• Environmental Performance Measurement as an Instrument for Sustainable Management (EPM-KOMPAS)
• Optimisation, Upgrading and und further Development of the Software EPM-KOMPAS for Environmental Performance Measurement and Evaluation
• Efficient Transports Chains in Disposal Networks - Unitized and Ecologically Designed (ETIENNE)
• Development of a Complex and Efficient Strategy for Recycling of End-of-Life Products
• Decision-Oriented Implementation of Sustainable Development
• Measuring Company Internal Environmental Performance (Environmental Performance Measurement - EPM)
• Definitions, Concepts and Criteria of Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Development of Water Supply and Water Pollution Control in the Free State of Saxony
• Economic Optimization of Municipal Waste Management
• Development and testing of an integrated regional climate adaptation program for the model region Dresden (REGKLAM)
• Environmental and economic evaluation of transport processes
• The Effect of Environmental Aspects on the Capital Market
• Intangibles and Ecological Ressources in Accounting
• Anti-Acceleration as a strategy for implementation of the principles of time-ecology

Risk Management

• Environmental Performance Measurement (EPM) - as a Basis for Environmentally-Oriented Management at the Corporate Level of the Degussa AG
• Environmental Performance Measurement as an Instrument for Sustainable Management (EPM-KOMPAS)
• Optimisation, Upgrading and und further Development of the Software EPM-KOMPAS for Environmental Performance Measurement and Evaluation
• Efficient Transports Chains in Disposal Networks - Unitized and Ecologically Designed (ETIENNE)
• Decision-Oriented Implementation of Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Development of Water Supply and Water Pollution Control in the Free State of Saxony
• Development and testing of an integrated regional climate adaptation program for the model region Dresden (REGKLAM)
• Environmental and economic evaluation of transport processes

Value Based Management

• Environmental Performance Measurement (EPM) - as a Basis for Environmentally-Oriented Management at the Corporate Level of the Degussa AG
• Environmental Performance Measurement as an Instrument for Sustainable Management (EPM-KOMPAS)
• Efficient Transports Chains in Disposal Networks - Unitized and Ecologically Designed (ETIENNE)
• Decision-Oriented Implementation of Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Development of Water Supply and Water Pollution Control in the Free State of Saxony
• Development and testing of an integrated regional climate adaptation program for the model region Dresden (REGKLAM)
• Financial and Management Accounting for Emission Rights
• The Effect of Environmental Aspects on the Capital Market
• Intangibles and Ecological Ressources in Accounting

Environmental Management

CSR

• Value relevance of the sustainable performance of companies
• Global Reporting Initiative – Analysis of sustainability reporting in companies

Stakeholder Analysis

• Managing the impacts of demographic change in the wastewater sector using scenario planning (DEMOWAS)
• Evaluation of sanitary, ecological and economic criteria of operating room textiles - part project Ecological and economic assessment of the recycling process and the barrier function depending on use cycles
• Potentials of Green procurement in Municipalities - a Market Based View concerning Green Electricity as Example
• White Biotechnology – Transfer of biotechnical syntheses to the food, timber, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries by an interdisziplinary group of junior scientists
• Impacts of demographical change on the drainage of settlements
• Development and testing of an integrated regional climate adaptation program for the model region Dresden (REGKLAM)

Environmental Management

• Potentials of Green procurement in Municipalities - a Market Based View concerning Green Electricity as Example
• Informing and motivating local authorities in Saxony to procure environmentally friendly
• Combined Project ECORADAR - the Operational Instrument for Sustainable Management
• Green eBusiness - Assessment of the market penetration of green products based on a hurdles analysis (GeB)
• Potentials of a Sustainable Procurement and Instruments for Implementation (NaBesI)
• RELIEF - Environmental Relief Potential of Urban Action on Avoidance and Detoxification of Waste Streams through Green Public Procurement
• Multiplier-Effects and Implementation of the Eco-Audit according to EMAS II in Academic Facilities (at the Example of the TU Dresden)
• Development of a Complex and Efficient Strategy for Recycling of End-of-Life Products
• Definitions, Concepts and Criteria of Sustainable Development
• Environmental-Oriented Procurement in the Public Sector
• Development and testing of an integrated regional climate adaptation program for the model region Dresden (REGKLAM)
• Environmental Indicators for the Environmental Alliance in the Free State Saxony
• The hurdle analysis- identify, analyse and overcome hurdles for green procurement within the procurement process
• Professional Advice and Assistence for the Environmental Management System at the TU Dresden

Sustainability Management

• Value relevance of the sustainable performance of companies
• Realisation of the "good-company-ranking" within the field "environmental performance" 2008
• The Value Added of Green Chemistry
• Realisation of the "Good-Company-Ranking" within the field "Environmental Performance" 2006
• Potentials of a Sustainable Procurement and Instruments for Implementation (NaBesI)
• RELIEF - Environmental Relief Potential of Urban Action on Avoidance and Detoxification of Waste Streams through Green Public Procurement
• Multiplier-Effects and Implementation of the Eco-Audit according to EMAS II in Academic Facilities (at the Example of the TU Dresden)
• Decision-Oriented Implementation of Sustainable Development
• Definitions, Concepts and Criteria of Sustainable Development
• Sustainable Development of Water Supply and Water Pollution Control in the Free State of Saxony
• Environmental-Oriented Procurement in the Public Sector
• Development and testing of an integrated regional climate adaptation program for the model region Dresden (REGKLAM)
• Global Reporting Initiative – Analysis of sustainability reporting in companies
• The Effect of Environmental Aspects on the Capital Market
• Professional Advice and Assistence for the Environmental Management System at the TU Dresden
• Intangibles and Ecological Ressources in Accounting
• Anti-Acceleration as a strategy for implementation of the principles of time-ecology

Adaptive Capacity

• Development and testing of an integrated regional climate adaptation program for the model region Dresden (REGKLAM)

Innovation Management

• Open interdisciplinary design competition for universities in cooperation with planning offices „Plus energy house with E-Mobility – partial contribution „Ecological material concept, recycling, and reuse“ cycles
• The Value Added of Green Chemistry
• Informing and motivating local authorities in Saxony to procure environmentally friendly
• Environmental Performance Measurement (EPM) - as a Basis for Environmentally-Oriented Management at the Corporate Level of the Degussa AG
• Green eBusiness - Assessment of the market penetration of green products based on a hurdles analysis (GeB)

• Environmental Performance Measurement as an Instrument for Sustainable Management (EPM-KOMPAS)
• Optimisation, Upgrading and und further Development of the Software EPM-KOMPAS for Environmental Performance Measurement and Evaluation
• Efficient Transports Chains in Disposal Networks - Unitized and Ecologically Designed (ETIENNE)
• White Biotechnology – Transfer of biotechnical syntheses to the food, timber, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries by an interdisziplinary group of junior scientists
• Development and testing of an integrated regional climate adaptation program for the model region Dresden (REGKLAM)
• Environmental and economic evaluation of transport processes

Deceleration

• Anti-Acceleration as a strategy for implementation of the principles of time-ecology

Hurdles Analysis

• Evaluation of sanitary, ecological and economic criteria of operating room textiles - part project Ecological and economic assessment of the recycling process and the barrier function depending on use cycles
• Analysis of the Procurement volume in Germany
• The Value Added of Green Chemistry
• Potentials of Green procurement in Municipalities - a Market Based View concerning Green Electricity as Example
• Informing and motivating local authorities in Saxony to procure environmentally friendly
• Green eBusiness - Assessment of the market penetration of green products based on a hurdles analysis (GeB)
• Potentials of a Sustainable Procurement and Instruments for Implementation (NaBesI)
• RELIEF - Environmental Relief Potential of Urban Action on Avoidance and Detoxification of Waste Streams through Green Public Procurement
• Environmental-Oriented Procurement in the Public Sector
• White Biotechnology – Transfer of biotechnical syntheses to the food, timber, pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries by an interdisziplinary group of junior scientists
• Development and testing of an integrated regional climate adaptation program for the model region Dresden (REGKLAM)
• The hurdle analysis- identify, analyse and overcome hurdles for green procurement within the procurement process