Environment technology

The earth?s natural resources are limited and will be running out in the not too distant future. The companies operating in the environment technologies sector are pursuing the goal of attaining further economic growth without an increased consumption of resources. The economy of the future is to be sustainable and environmentally friendly, whilst at the same time enabling the population to maintain its quality of life.

Innovative techniques from the world of environment technology could make this possible. The main focuses of environment technology are essentially the treatment of water and waste-water, prevention of air pollution, waste management and recycling economy plus the generation of energy from solar, hydro-, biomass and geothermal sources. In addition, environment management is gaining in importance for companies from all sectors.

The on-going world-wide discussion concerning sustainability, climate change and the ever-continuing urbanisation process leads to a constantly growing demand for environmentally-friendly products and new technologies. The environment technology sector is in the meantime considered one of the most important growth industries of the 21st century. The European Union assumes that the branch has a world market volume of ca. 550 thousand million euros per annum, tendency on the increase.

The Federal Republic of Germany is already among the leaders in the field of environmental technology in terms of the volume of world trade. The Free State of Bavaria offers a considerable potential of predominantly medium-sized companies that carry this market and are thereby very successful the whole world over. The large number of research institutes and universities in the region form thereby the scientific basis and guarantee innovations and new ideas.

Within the Munich Metropolitan Region the region around Augsburg is one of the most important locations for environment technology. The metropolitan region is very well represented in many competence fields. Among these are environmental education, the sciences of environmental economy and a sustainable economic system, environmental medicine and biotechnology, the renewable energies sector and environmentally compatible processing.