Division IV - Natural and Built Environment
We create and impart knowledge for a future worth living in and with dignity for all.
We combine professional excellence with interdisciplinary thinking to answer major questions of relevance for society.
We develop sustainable solutions based on the diversity of our cultures, concepts and methods.
We inspire people and encourage talents.
KIT Division IV 'Natural and Built Environment' generates, teaches and applies knowledge about the changing Earth. This includes natural processes and developments as well as man-made changes and their impacts. To achieve this, research, teaching and innovation are bundled in strategic fields joining over 30 Institutes from architecture, civil engineering, geo- and environmental sciences, as well as meteorology and climate sciences. The scientists of Division IV explore, develop and teach local, regional and global solutions for a sustainable future. Teaching and acadamic affairs of Division IV are organized in the KIT departments of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Geo- and Environmental Sciences, while the mission-based large-scale research tasks are managed in frame of the Helmholtz program "Changing Earth-Sustaining our Future".
Understanding the world of today and shaping it for tomorrow
In the WOW project, KIT explores a novel AI approach to more accurately simulate how global climate change impacts local environmental systems
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New KIT materials database provides added value in terms of availability, Depth of information, and digital integration – Embedded in the materials library of German universities
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Scientists from KIT and the University of Freiburg used deep learning to calculate at high resolution and over long periods of time how heat stress would develop in urban areas per square meter in the future
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KIT researchers develop AI model to generate realistic global rain maps.
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Expert forum “Climate.Sport.Snow” publishes position paper on the prospects for winter and mountain sports - adaptations to climate change effects necessary.
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KIT researchers are participating in the international ICECHIP measurement campaign in the Great Plains, which for the first time in over 40 years is dedicated exclusively to hail research.
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International measurement campaign aims to better understand air exchange processes over the Alps.
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KIT coordinates international initiative for research into sustainable raw material extraction from thermal waters.
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Contributions to sustainable urban development
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Sustainable concepts for the use and protection of water resources
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KIT - Member of the Consortium Schneefernerhaus
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Interdisciplinary research at KIT on disasters, risks and security
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For an Environment Worth Living in
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KIT works for the sustainability of our resources - in research, teaching and innovation
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