Winnerslist Landmarks in the land of ideas
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Smartsand – high-quality building sand from flue ash
A start-up protects the environment doubly by converting a waste product into a high-quality building material
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Your neighbour - digital network for the 65-plus generation
In a digital neighbourhood network, older people help each other cope with everyday life
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District department store – online shop for local dealers and manufacturers
An online shop becomes a local marketplace - and brings purchased goods to people's homes quickly by cargo bike
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A tropical house in the Rennsteig – sustainable cultivation of tropical fruit
A project shows how tropical fruit can be grown sustainably with the help of regional partners
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Water 3.0 – innovative water cleaning method
An inexpensive filter method provides people around the world with clean water
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Wendelstein 7-X: fusion research for the power plant of the future
Researchers are working on a power plant in which hydrogen plasma fusion will produce clean energy
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Regionalwert AG Hamburg – value added cooperation for food
Via a stock company citizens invest in businesses and food from their region
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Digital neighbourhood - volunteers for more security on the Internet
Volunteer Internet trainers teach people in their neighbourhood how to have more security on the Net
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Satellite-guided ground movement map for Germany
A digital map shows movements on the surface of the earth down to the millimeter
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Smart Country – model project in the Eifel region
Energy producers and farmers team up to make regional electricity networks climate-friendly
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Bridge&Tunnel – social design from the neighbourhood
A social design label builds disadvantaged women a bridge to the job market
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Smart District Data Infrastructure - intelligent 3D city models
Smart three-dimensional models help big cities simulate future developments and come up with solutions
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Ouissal – German-Arabic mentoring programme
In an intercultural network, young women entrepreneurs benefit from the knowledge of experienced businesswomen
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DYCLE – ecological diaper upcycling
A disposable item is to be used as top soil for fruit farming
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DorfSchmiede Freienseen – multifunctional multigenerational house
Residents team up to build a multifaceted multigenerational house to revive their village
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ARRIVO Berlin "simulation" workshops
An initiative makes asylum seekers and refugees in workshops fit for launching a career and refers them to companies
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Multaka: meeting point museum - refugees as guides in Berlin museums
In museums, refugees from Syria and Iraq discover parallels between their old and new homes
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False hare – food made from insects
A 3D printer puts insect meat in a form that makes it look and taste good
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Bee sauna – fighting pests with heat
Beekeepers have partnered to save their bees from harmful mites using heat
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Design to business – networking creative business and small- and medium-sized companies
A platform enables small- and medium-sized businesses to get uncomplicated support from creative people