ifu Hamburg GmbH: Umberto News

IFU Hamburg Named Gartner “Cool Vendor” for Green IT and Sustainability 2012

Mon, 07 May 2012 10:45:00 +0200

IFU offers tools to model, analyze and optimize material, energy and cash flows in a production system, combined with its use of visualizations utilizing Sankey. The solutions are of interest to any manufacturer that wants to address spiraling raw material and energy costs by addressing ecological and efficiency considerations in combination. Gartner defines a Cool Vendor as a company that offers technologies or solutions that are innovative, have an impact and are intriguing. Reference: Gartner, Inc., Cool Vendors in Green IT and Sustainability, 2012, Simon Mingay, Stephen Stokes, April 26, 2012.

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Successful Performance at Special Exhibition Materials Café

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:15:00 +0200

The Hannover Messe is slowly coming to an end. We at IFU Hamburg look back on a successful participation at the Materials Café. As a special exhibition the Materials Café addresses the new challenges of product design. Of increasing importance is the aspect of environmental compatibility of materials and commodities. Closely associated are increasing demands on product designers. Thus, many design students have already informed themselves on the environmental assessment of products, materials and processes at our booth. For the spontaneous, we are on the spot until tomorrow, April 27th in hall 6 booth B 54. For impressions and information on the Materials Café please visit: http://www.materialscafe.de

IfaS Creates Product Carbon Footprint for Water Filters

Mon, 12 Mar 2012 13:14:00 +0100

The analysis covers the supply chain of an exemplary table water filtration system, in the first step limited to the German market. The product carbon footprint was critically evaluated and certified by TÜV Rheinland. Detailed information can be found in the company's sustainability report. To the report (currently available in German only) To IfaS Homepage

Neumarkter Lammsbräu behaves exemplary

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 09:53:00 +0100

While numerous companies still keep a low profile concerning the environmental impact of their production, the medium-sized company Neumarkter Lammsbräu behaves exemplary. Already for the third time the sustainability reporting has been awarded. Thus, the company does not only produces sustainable but reports all impacts in a very transparent manner. The ifu Hamburg GmbH congratulates Neumarkter Lammsbräu.

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 into 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”).

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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