Division IV - Natural and Built Environment
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".
We create and impart knowledge for the society and the environment
KIT researchers are combining wood and steel to increase the load-bearing capacity of components and save material at the same time.
Link_moreInnovative Fabrication Strategies Enable Circular Economy in the Construction Sector – KIT Will Present Project at the 2024 Landesgartenschau.
Link_moreNatural sciences subject area: KIT is ranked in 1st place in environmental sciences.
Link_moreEcosystem researcher from KIT honoured by Minister President Kretschmann as one of 22 people with the Order of Merit of the State of Baden-Württemberg.
Link_moreWith the ICON-ART modelling system developed by KIT, the DWD will in future be able to make better energy forecasts by predicting mineral dust and its effects on radiation.
Link_morePublic access contributes to greater transparency in science and makes it possible to jointly improve environmental predictions worldwide.
Link_moreThe aim of the fifth innovation campus in Baden-Württemberg is to contribute scientifically to the transformation towards a sustainable way of life.
Link_moreAnhand von Höhlentropfsteinen rekonstruieren Forschende regionale und globale Klimageschichte – Isotopenzusammensetzung gibt Aufschluss über jahreszeitliche Niederschlagsmengen.
Link_moreContributions to sustainable urban development
linkSustainable concepts for the use and protection of water resources
linkKIT - Member of the Consortium Schneefernerhaus
linkInterdisciplinary research at KIT on disasters, risks and security
linkFor an Environment Worth Living in
linkKIT works for the sustainability of our resources - in research, teaching and innovation
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