TUHH is a technical university, founded in 1978 in Hamburg, Germany. It currently has a staff consisting of 95 professors, 614 research assistants, and around 6000 students. TUHH is especially focused on engineering sciences; it offers 13 Bachelor and 17 Master of Science study programs in German, in addition to 12 Master of Science study programs in English. TUHH is a global player, and almost every fifth student comes from abroad. Excellence in teaching and research are the university’s prior objectives.
The IUE addresses in depth all questions with regard to energy system analysis, environment technology and environment assessment, as well as economic aspects, e.g. provision process of fossil and renewable energy sources, in production processes and in case of technology-induced environmental processes. The economic and ecological analyses are carried out in the area of conflict of technical, economical, ecological and (eventually) social requirements. The environmental assessment is carried out basing on the life cycle assessment (LCA), the process analysis and the potential analysis.