The Institute

The Austrian Institute of Ecology was founded in Vienna in 1985 as a non-profit, non-governmental research organisation. In 1991 and 2002, two further offices were opened, one in Bregenz and one in Salzburg. 25 employees from different disciplines work on innovative ideas and strategies to achieve sustainable development. As a result of our versatile profile, we are able to target the specific needs of our clients.

The Institute is organised in four departments:

• Construction, Urban and Regional Development: Urban and regional development, facility development and building consultancy, nature protection & landscape conservation, leisure & tourism, mobility research, Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA), sustainable event management
• Resource Management: Waste management and waste minimisation, sustainable products and services, cleaner production, optimisation of resources and eco-management systems, renewable raw material, efficiency and renewabel energy
• Communication, Information and Participation: Education and communication concepts, information systems and knowledge transfer, web design, graphic design, public relations, editing and layout of publications, design and completion of participation processes
• Society, Science and Technology: Consumption and nutrition, energy consumption and climate change, technology policy and risk assessment, social topics of sustainability, gender and diversity issues, research education cooperations, empowerment and new governanc