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1 2 3 More sustainability in research Pilot plant for the production of 3 As a result of the LeNa joint project of the Fraunhofer- Gesellschaft, the Helmholtz Association and the Leibniz As- sociation that was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the guidelines “Sustainability Management in Non-university Research Institutions” and “Framework for Researching with Social Responsibility” were compiled. Both documents are intended to assist a systematic relexion of research processes with respect to corporate social responsibility. At the BMBF symposium “Sustainability in Science” (SiSi) in Berlin on October 6, 2016, the presidents of the research institutes presented these guidelines “Sustain- ability Management in Non-university Research Institutions” to the Federal Research Minister, Johanna Wanka. For the irst time the outcome of the LeNa project, in which Fraunhofer IGB played an important role, considers sustainability manage- ment in non-university research institutes and provides a uni- form understanding of which ields of action non-university research institutions, as organizations and employers, can contribute to sustainable development in. B2U – personalized products as a new business model 2 “Mass personalization – with personalized products for Busi- ness-to-User (B2U)” is a new concept of the Stuttgart-based Fraunhofer Institutes IPA, IAO, IBP, and IGB. For “mass person- alized” products, the end consumers are involved in product production. In October 2016, the institutes conducted a study which identiied three areas of need, which will play a central role in the future: mobility, health, and living. The concept also acts as the basis for the location initiative “Performance Center for Mass Personalization”, which will start in July 2017. The central challenge here is the ability to develop, design and produce personalized products in quantity one, but maintain- ing the cost of a mass-produced product, and with consider- ation for sustainability. “green” hydrogen is built in Leuna Excess power from renewable energy sources can be used for the electrical splitting of water into oxygen and hydrogen. The Leuna chemical site offers the best conditions to establish an experimental and testing platform for electrolysis: the hy- drogen can be fed directly into the pipeline network and can be used by local chemical companies. In October 2016, the Minister of Economy, Science and Digitalization in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, Jörg Felgner, handed over the letter of intent for funding contributions by the state. The joint research platform of the Fraunhofer Institute for the Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS in Halle, and the Fraunhofer CBP in Leuna, should be ready for operation as of 2018. 2 3