The Universität der Künste Berlin created a position for climate protection management in 2021. Alexander Buschmann has been climate protection manager at the Berlin University of the Arts since November 2024 as part of a follow-up climate protection management project. His predecessor, Sebastian Plaga, was tasked with developing the integrated climate protection concept for the Berlin University of the Arts as part of an initial climate protection management project. This concept includes, among other things, an energy and greenhouse gas balance, a potential analysis and scenario development, as well as the development of measures for a total of 11 different fields of action. Furthermore, communication, controlling and consolidation strategies were developed with the aim of permanently anchoring and implementing climate protection at the university. This page presents activities related to the work of climate protection management.

Twenty measures have been defined for the 2024-2027 phase of climate protection management at the Berlin University of the Arts (follow-up project within the framework of the National Climate Protection Initiative).

The status of the measures is documented here and will be updated at irregular intervals.

The position of climate protection manager is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy on the basis of a resolution of the German Bundestag within the framework of the National Climate Protection Initiative (NKI). 

Initial project:
Project title: KSI: Creation of an integrated climate protection concept for the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK)
Duration: 1 October 2021 to 31 October 2023
Partners involved: Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH as project management agency for the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, target GmbH
Funding code: 67K16848

Follow-up project:
Project title: KSI: Follow-up project on climate protection management for the integrated climate protection concept for the Berlin University of the Arts
The objectives of the follow-up project are to consolidate climate protection management at the Berlin University of the Arts and to implement measures from the integrated climate protection concept from the initial project. Climate protection management serves as a central point of contact for climate protection issues.
Duration: 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2027

Partners involved: Zukunft – Umwelt – Gesellschaft (ZUG) gGmbH as project management agency for the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy
Funding code: 67K16848-1

National Climate Protection Initiative:
With the National Climate Protection Initiative, the Federal Environment Ministry has been initiating and promoting numerous projects since 2008 that contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Its programmes and projects cover a broad spectrum of climate protection activities: from the development of long-term strategies to concrete assistance and investment support measures. This diversity guarantees good ideas. The National Climate Protection Initiative contributes to anchoring climate protection at the local level. Consumers, businesses, municipalities and educational institutions all benefit from it.

Link to the website of the National Climate Protection Initiative: www.klimaschutz.de/kommunalrichtlinie

Contact:
Email: bl61@intra.udk-berlin.de
Telephone: 030/2185-2420; 0171 / 207 3155