ifu Hamburg GmbH: Umberto News

ifu Hamburg calculates Carbon Footprint on behalf of EWE Energy

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:27:00 +0100

According to the signs of the time the German company for woodwork "Janssen Holzbau GmbH" believes in the economic and ecologic advantages of sustainability. Thus, the carbon footprint of a roof construction has been calculated with the focus on possible improvements for the energy management. The EWE Energie AG initiated this project as they have enlarged their portfolio by several energy analysis services. The ifu Hamburg GmbH calculated the carbon footprint according to PAS 2050 Standard and the more general guidelines of ISO 14040, ISO 14044 for Life Cycle Assessment. The result demonstrates the ecologic advantage of wood as a building material. But furthermore it is proof for the measurements Holzbau Janssen had already implemented to improve its carbon balance, e. g. usage of climate neutral, eco-friendly electricity, before the current calculation was done. Click here for an article by the Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (in German).

What comes in your mind when you hear "Know the Flow"?

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:14:00 +0100

Topics like life cycle analysis, sustainability, carbon emissions are not only important to us because of our software solutions. These topics are burning issues to us in general. In order to deal with the current questions we have launched our blog "Know the Flow". With our partners form all over the world we take the international perspective, report from different regions with their specific challenges in environment and economy. But exciting topics are enriched by dialogue. Thus, we would like to invite you, to discuss with us. To the Blog!

Raw Materials Efficiency Award 2011 for Umberto Competence Center Braunschweig

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:42:00 +0100

The German Federal Ministry of Economy and Technology and the German Raw Materials Agency awarded the IWF at the TU Braunschweig together with the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging the Raw Materials Efficiency Award 2011. The award is granted to projects for more raw materials efficiency. Both IWF and Fraunhofer IVV were awarded for developing a polymer lubricant that has the same lubricating effect as conventional, mineral oil based lubricants but less environmental impact. This has been proven by a comparative life cycle assessment, in which the software Umberto had been applied. The polymer lubricant is advantageous in terms of resource consumption and climate impact. The product's marketability has been assessed by application in several industrial companies so that the Umberto Competence Center and the Fraunhofer IVV contributed to a more sustainable production. IFU Hamburg congratulates on this success. More information about the Umberto Competence Center.

More Performance for Lifecycle Analysis and Process Modeling

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 17:48:00 +0100

A new version of the software Umberto is available from now on. Improvement and extension are the two pillars for more performance within Life Cycle Assessment , Eco Efficiency Analysis or Eco Profiling. Besides an even faster recall of datasets by the software and the development of more comprehensive visualization features, meaningful assessment of the environmental impact is enabled by overall more than 650 LCI datasets new in Umberto (“ELCD in Umberto 5.6” und “NREL in Umberto 5.6”).

Are you interested? Then participate in our interactive live web demo and get to know the features and working method of Umberto 5.6.

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And the winner is…

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:30:00 +0200

At the 16th Umberto User Workshop experience was not only shared among old hands. With the Umberto Student Award 2011 visibility was given to the young professionals and scientists. All three winners presented their work very appealing at the two-day event to the expert audience. The third place winner Steffen Witte, HTW Berlin, provided insights in his development of a simulations model for evaluation and planning of a paint shop. Christian Hasenstab from the Leuphana University Lüneburg and winner of the second place presented his approach to consider different aggregate states of fluids in Umberto in order to enable the so-called Pinch analysis. Finally Yoann Méry, winner of the Umberto Student Award 2011, introduced EVALEAU, a tool based on Umberto for assessing the environmental impact of drinking water production. The French PhD student chose Umberto because of its use in flux analysis problems and its capabilities for complex system modeling. Maximilian Schüler from the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, Germany got a special prize for the best presentation. He developed a model of an organic dairy farm. Congratulations to all winners from ifu hamburg GmbH. With the announcement of the winners we call for new submissions for the 7th Umberto Student Award. All information, criteria, deadline etc. can be found in the downloadable PDF. We look forward to learn more about your projects and wish you much success.

Umberto Web Demos - autumn program for successful business

Tue, 06 Sep 2011 09:56:00 +0200

Prepare for an econmic spring during autumn. Quickly and easily learn how to optimize your material flows, to model your processes, to do life cycle assessment or carbon footprinting. Our experts will show you the basic functionalities and features and will answer your specific questions practice-oriented. All current dates can be found here:

To the dates of Umberto 5 Web Demos

To the dates of Umberto for Carbon Footprint Web Demos

Week of information and interaction

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 18:46:00 +0200

With two important dates the next week offers information and interaction round about the main topics of ifu Hamburg. At the LCM in Berlin sustainability of the whole Life Cycle is the focus. As one of the leading conferences practical approaches will be discussed and promising solutions will be presented. The employees of ifu Hamburg are looking forward to welcome you at our both. Directly following the LCM all signs are on Umberto. At the 16th Umberto User Workshop experts from all over the world share their experiences gained within exciting projects around the topics Carbon Footprinting, Material Flow Analysis, Process Optimization and Modeling and of course Life Cycle Assessment. Online reservation for spontaneous are already possible: Register now.

Umberto training in Hamburg and Munich

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:59:00 +0200

For all new Umberto users ifu Hamburg offers two introductory courses this year. On 20th and 21st September the training takes place highly in the North, in Hamburg, on 17th and 18th November in the South, in Munich. During these two days of training participants learn how to use the basic functionalities of Umberto. The aim is to ensure a smooth and quick working with Umberto. Concrete examples demonstrate the practical and productive use of the software. For registration and other training dates please click here.

Web demo dates for August scheduled

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:57:00 +0200

To speak for Germany this year's summer does not invite to spend your lunch break or afternoon coffee outside. To get know our software Umberto you even do not have to leave your office. All you need is a telephone, an internet connection and a date. Unfortunately we cannot help with the telephone and the internet connection. But we can with the date: All August dates for Umberto web demos you can find here. If you are interessted in Umberto for Carbon Footprint, please choose your desired date here.

The right information quick and clear

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 10:54:00 +0200

Perhaps you have already noticed the changes on our web pages. We have given us a new design. But with our relaunch we mainly focussed on more usability to enable as a user to find the right information even quicker. An ideal supply of information you can also ensure by subscribing to our rss feeds. We would like to draw your attention to all of our offered feeds: http://www.ifu.com/de/rss.xml http://www.umberto.de/de/rss.xml http://www.carbonfootprint-software.de/de/rss.xml http://www.e-sankey.com/de/rss.xml Provide yourself with important information on sustainable management further on.