FIZ Fachinformationszentrum Karlsruhe
	Address: Postfach 24 65 D-76012 Karlsruhe, Germany   Telephone: +49 7247 808 350 +49 7247 808 354   Facsimile: +49 7247 808 134   Contact: Prof. Dr. Ing. H. J. Laue Dipl.-Ing. W. Bahm   Affiliated with: OPET-THERMIE   Staff Members: 350 120 (professionals) 230 (assistants)   Overview of Current Activities: Develops and hosts databases on various scientific and technological disciplines with national and international partners, as well as executing national and international energy and environmental projects Not-for-profit organization; maintains an online service center. Maintains 120 databases, particularly on energy, environment and technologies. Developing a large database on technical, economic and environmental data of energy technologies as an analysis of all sectors of energy-efficiency improvements. Developed a worldwide Meta-database, a directory of numerical and text-numerical energy databases. Areas of technical expertise include: project management for rational energy use; renewable energies; and environmental protection. Organizes events on rational energy use and environmental protection in the transport sector. Also studies rational use of energy in the glass industry. Maintains information center on heat pumps and refrigeration. Studies municipal energy demand and supply. Distributes public information on new energy technologies. Return to Organizational Profiles