21 Articles about „Greenovation“

Projects

Greenovation

To advance and experience environmental technologies

Greenovation 07/11/2023

Selective extraction – recovery of important industrial metals

In a new project, the Audi Environmental Foundation, together with the Technical University Bergakademie Freiberg, is researching a recycling process for the recovery of strategically important metals that are necessary for modern technologies. The developed process of selective extraction enables the environmentally friendly recycling of indium, gallium and tin and enables them to be returned to the value chain.

Greenovation 05/01/2023

"Let's talk Greenovation" – 2nd life applications in the energy system of tomorrow

Clear the stage for green ideas and exciting projects around the topic of 2nd-life applications: Our event format "Let's talk Greenovation" went into the second round! The Audi Environmental Foundation welcomed a total of 80 guests to the foodlab in Hamburg's HafenCity. In addition to the many challenges we face when it comes to the energy transition, there was also intensive discussion about 2nd-life applications and in particular about batteries.

Greenovation 12/21/2022

Let’s Talk Greenovation – Foundation Event 2022

Full house at the foundation talk evening "Let's talk Greenovation": Around 100 guests came to our new event in the brigk - digital business incubator in Ingolstadt - in November 2022 to discuss with environmental and climate experts.

Greenovation 11/18/2022

Mobile use of second-life batteries

The idea of building an e-rickshaw from second life components inspired the trainees in various technical professions at AUDI AG. So, a group of 14 trainees at the Neckarsulm site got together and, with the support of their Training Manager Timo Engler, built a show car where, in addition to the battery modules, several other second-life components from Audi models were reused.

Greenovation 10/28/2022

Geomonitoring of Orchard Meadows: Successful Project Conclusion

After numerous drone flights, analyzed infrared images, and the hard work of researchers at the Heidelberg University of Education, we can look back on a successful partnership. Geomonitoring is not only an important foundation for the preservation of the significant cultural landscapes of the orchard meadows, but also enables to raise awareness of residents through an online database for tree sponsorship.

Greenovation 08/23/2022

Pilot tests with socio-ecological added value

The german-Indian start-up "Nunam" is building three e-rickshaws for use on India's roads. The innovative heart of the e-rickshaws are the used battery modules. These are battery modules from the Audi e-tron test car fleet, which are being given a second life here in the e-rickshaws.

Greenovation 08/22/2022

Sustainable raw material extraction for strategic metals: Project for the mining of the future

Freiberg University of Mining and Technology (TU Bergakademie Freiberg) is investigating the environmentally friendly extraction and processing of valuable resources using membrane technology underground. The Audi Environmental Foundation is promoting this innovative mining approach.

Greenovation 07/27/2022

Audi Environmental Foundation and Litro de Luz bring solar lighting to remote villages in Brazil

The Audi Environmental Foundation and Audi do Brasil support the NGO Litro de Luz Brasil, which aims to give people in remote areas without electricity access to solar lighting. The project in the Amazon region, scheduled to start in the second quarter of 2022, will equip three villages with solar-powered lamp posts and hand lamps, thus improving people's quality of life.

Greenovation 03/22/2022

URBANFILTER: Filtering out microplastics where they are created

In the URBANFILTER project, the Audi Environmental Foundation and the TU of Berlin are developing filters for road gullies. Thus environmentally harmful particles such as tire wear particles do not end up in waterways.

Enthusiasm 02/07/2022

Second-life battery: Green power from used batteries

Green power: Used laptop batteries become mobile power storages – Audi Environmental Foundation supports second-life battery research of start-up Nunam.

Publications

Exploring the world of the bee

How are honeycombs built? What is the purpose of the bee dance? How does the bee colony super-organism operate? This and other questions about the honey bee (apis mellifera) are answered by Audi Environmental Foundation GmbH and the bee researcher Prof. Jürgen Tautz in their now published book „Die Erforschung der Bienenwelt“ (Exploring the World of the Bee). It sheds new light on the world of this insect species - from swarming right up to the environmental influences to which it is exposed.

Greenovation 12/22/2021

Using telemetry technology to protect the curlew

In Germany the curlew is one of the species threatened with extinction. Therefore years ago the “Landesbund für Vogelschutz” (LBV) initiated a project to protect the curlew population. The Audi Environmental Foundation is helping to finance a new telemetry system with stationary receivers that are being tested in the field to locate curlew families.