• Assessments in the target countries
• Knowledge and technology transfer including project management, consultancy and training
• Applied research
• Adapting of promising technologies
• Establishing of partnerships with public and private institutes and communities; regional and international
• Facilitating of tools and knowledge of other departments at Empa

Methods

• Cleaner Production Programmes
• Waste management, particularly in areas with urgent needs in technology transfer
• Monitoring and evaluation of the impacts of technologies on the society and environment using LCA, TA, GIS etc.
• Assessment and planning of energy supply systems, focus on renewable energies
• Parts of the projects are regularly supported by diploma and thesis works