March 2019On December 17th 2018, the EU-Commission, EU-Parliament and Member States decided to further cut the fleet average CO2 emissions for new cars by 37.5% beyond the 2021 level. While this is presented as a big success for the climate, the loophole in the EU fleet consumption control undermines the climate benefits. more…
February 2019Büro Ö-quadrat has implemented its first solar home project in cooperation with One for the Climate. In Rwanda, where currently 7 million people live without electricity, 200 families have received a solar-home-system. more...
January 2019Büro Ö-quadrat and freedos IT have conducted a market analysis on LED lamps and updated the LED database for the "LED Navi" app. more…
August 2018Energy-efficiency is a main pillar of the German energy transition. This is why Büro Ö-quadrat is working on a joint pilot project with Elektrizitätswerken Schönau (EWS) and Öko-Institutwhich, which aims to use the saving results from energy-efficiency measures in household to invest in PV installation. more…
May 2018The publicly available PV-battery analytical tool empowers households and consultants to design optimal PV-battery systems and evaluate its profitability, self-sufficiency and impacts on the climate. more…
January 2017In cooperation with the Wuppertal Institute, Büro Ö-quadrat has carried out four Solar&Spar projects with citizen participation. An interim assessment shows that the projects are extremely successful - energy efficiency truly is worthwhile! more...
June 2016 The Federal Government has come up, on a proposal of the Ministry of Finance, with a new chicane: self-generated solar electricity is to be taxed. more...
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Juni 2016 Büro Ö-quadrat works primarily on concepts that aim to take the turnaround in energy and transport policies forward. In recent days, the Büro has joined in the public debate in order to prevent a deterioration of the framework conditions for climate protection. Statements about the promotion of electric vehicles and the introduction of a solar tax can be read here. more...
May 2016 The practical app "LED Navi" can save households a lot of money by helping them find the most efficient LED lamps. This app is now used by the first energy service providers.
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October 2015 The Freiburg-based IT company freedos IT GmbH has just released the innovative app “LED Navi”, with which households can find particularly efficient LED lamps and thus achieve high electricity cost savings when relamping. more...
February 2015 Since August 2014 the revised German law on Renewable Energy Sources (EEG) entered into force. It is shown that the revised EEG ultimately aims to slow down the energy revolution, so as to protect the traditional energy sector and its owners against economic losses. Büro Ö-quadrat explains the situation and gives recommendations which are likely to lead the energy revolution to success. more ...
December 2014 In cooperation with Hochschule Ruhr West (HRW) Büro Ö-quadrat developed a guidance to help customers to find energy providers who are actively contributing to the success of the energy transition. more...
April 2013The Cuban Energy Revolution can give interesting guidance and inspiration for the German „Energiewende“ and for other countries. more...
March 2012Dieter Seifried invites companies and citizens to cooperate. more ...
December 2011 The Citizens Energy Performance Contracting Project at Staudinger comprehensive school in Freiburg, initiated by Dieter Seifried, won the award in the category of “Initiatives”. more ...
November 2011Dieter Seifried speaks of advantages of nuclear phase-out and turnaround in energy policy
At the invitation of Friends of the Earth Korea and the Gwangju Summit of the Urban Environmental Accords in South Korea. Topics arouse great interest in the high-tech location of South Korea. more ...
November 2010The energy saving campaign "Stromsparcheck" was initiated by Office Ö-quadrat for low-income households, and is being developed further under the overall control of "Caritas Germany" and eaD (Energie- und Klimaschutzagenturen in Deutschland). more ...
December 2010With the English edition of the successful "Solar Book" (Titel of the English Version: Renewable Energy - The Facts), the authors Dieter Seifried and Walter Witzel would like to take their message to readers throughout the world. more...
November 2009Through analysis of 4 typical energy retrofit scenarios, Ö-quadrat examined the energy saving potential of one of the largest universities in the world. more ...
1999-2007From 1999 to 2007 energy saving was realized through successful renovations and renewable energy instalations at the Staudinger school. Finiancial particiaption included teachers, parents and friends, with profits of 6%. more ...