Holger Rohn

Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen | THM · Business Administration and Engineering Industry

Food production is responsible for approximately 17% of Germany's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. After retail, out-of-home catering is the second largest food sales channel in Germany. A variety of means on both the supply and demand side are necessary to stimulate, facilitate and encourage a more sustainable development and minimise GHG emissions...

Der vorliegende Artikel bietet eine anwendungsorientierte Vorgehensweise für die Erstellung eines CO2-Fußabdruckes am Beispiel der Live-Produktion eines audiovisuellen akademischen Online-Formates anhand der Ringvorlesung „Verantwortung Zukunft“. Methodisch wird der Ansatz der Ökobilanzierung nach DIN EN ISO 14044/14040 gewählt. Im Mittelpunkt steh...

Sustainability as a guiding idea for societal and economic development causes a growing need for reliable sustainability assessments (SAs). In response, a plethora of increasingly sophisticated, standardizAed, and specialized approaches have emerged. However, little attention has been paid to how applications of SAs in different contexts navigate t...

Die auf der Erde zur Verfügung stehenden natürlichen Ressourcen sind begrenzt. Ihre Nutzung geht mit erheblichen negativen Auswirkungen für Mensch und Umwelt einher. Um die Schonung und den effizienten Umgang mit den natürlichen Ressourcen zu fördern, wurde mit Beschluss vom 29.02.2012 das „Programm zur nachhaltigen Nutzung und zum Schutz der natür...

Zusammenfassung: Um die globalen Nachhaltigkeitsziele zu erreichen sind die Ernährungsentscheidungen, die Gäste in der Außer-Haus-Gastronomie treffen, von besonderer Bedeutung. Welcher Nudge am besten geeignet ist, um Gäste zu einem nachhaltigen Ernährungsverhalten zu stupsen, wurde in fünf unterschiedlichen Reallaboren der Außer-Haus-Gastronomie v...

Nutrition is responsible for about 30% of global natural resource use. In order to limit the negative impact the nutritional sector has on the environment and on society, the consumption and processing of foodstuffs with assumed low negative impact is an important topic in the effort of sustainable development. In professional kitchens, clearly def...

Commissioned by the Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt), the project “Identifying and Developing Opportunities for All Areas of Education in the Fields of Resource Conservation and Resource Efficiency” (BilRess) contributed to raising awareness for resource conservation and resource efficiency by further incorporating these subjects in a...

In 2011, the Association of German Engineers (VDI) started working on a set of guidelines towards increased resource efficiency. These guidelines represent a framework that defines resource efficiency and outlines considerations for the producing industry. A special guideline for SMEs is included as well as guidelines on methodologies for evaluatin...

Share, trade, give, "use instead of own": Sharing is frequently used as a keyword and at the same time hope carrier for new resource-efficient, climate-friendly and more sustainable consumption patterns and lifestyles. The analysis of 20 sharing practices has shown that on closer inspection, the unreserved myth that these are generally better socia...

Living Labs for Sustainable Development aim to generate low-resource innovations in production-consumption systems by integrating users and actors. This chapter presents the results of a German study investigating potentials of and measures towards the realization of a German Living Lab infrastructure to support actor-integrated sustainability rese...

This chapter addresses the resource consumption and GHG emissions associated with household activities and household types. Over the course of 6 weeks 16 participating households were asked to provide data regarding their activities in the fields of housing, mobility, nutrition, waste, goods and appliances, tourism and recreation. This extensive su...

Das normative Leitbild der nachhaltigen Entwicklung erfährt aktuell in der internationalen politischen Debatte eine Schärfung hin zu einer stärkeren Nachhaltigkeit. Die Anerkennung absoluter planetarischer Grenzen (Bundesregierung 2012, S. 25), die Notwendigkeit des Abkoppelns des Ressourcenverbrauchs vom ökonomischen Wachstum (EU‐Kommission 2011,...

II Das hier vorliegende Arbeitspapier ist entstanden im Verbundvorhaben Entwicklung, Erprobung und Verbreitung von Konzepten zum nachhaltigen Produzieren und Konsumieren in der Außer-Haus-Verpflegung-NAHGAST. Das Projekt NAHGAST ist Teil der Förderinitiative Nachhaltiges Wirtschaften im BMBF-Förderschwerpunkt Sozial-ökologische Forschung. Laufzeit...

Eine der gegenwärtigen großen Herausforderungen für Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft, Zivilgesellschaft und Politik ist das Thema Ressourceneffizienz und -schonung. Diese wird in der Verknappung einiger Ressourcen (z. B. Erdöl) und den Problemen ihrer Verfügbarkeit sichtbar, infolgedessen die Preise fluktuieren und tendenziell steigen sowie die politischen...

The article gives insights into the implementation process of sustainable management strategies in the food service sector. Furthermore, the normative requirements for sustainability in form of a mission statement, called "sustainable food services" are presented. The authors perceive this mission statement as a means to transfer current political...

Sustainable out-of-home nutrition can help achieve overarching sustainability goals through a transformation in demands of consumers in this growing market. Studies indicate that individual food choice behaviours in out-of-home settings relate to a wide set of personal, social and situational factors. These factors can be influenced by various inte...

Human nutrition is responsible for about 30% of the global natural resource use. In order to decrease resource use to a level in line with planetary boundaries, a resource use reduction in the nutrition sector by a factor 2 is suggested. A large untapped potential to increase resource efficiency and improve consumers’ health status is assumed, but...

The project NAH_Gast aims at initiating, supporting and promoting transformation processes for a more sustainable business in the hospitality sector. The project will promote the concept of a resource-light economy through the development and testing of instruments for sustainable product innovations, which should be integrated in hospitality setti...

Natural resources, especially raw materials, are key production factors and therefore fundamental for our prosperity. A conserving and efficient treatment of natural resources will have to be a key competence of future societies. An important step to more resource efficiency is fostering public awareness and establishing a corresponding culture to...

A key challenge of the 21st century is to transform society into one that features sustainable patterns of production and consumption. To achieve this, transition processes need to be designed in key areas such as housing, mobility and nutrition. The design and large-scale implementation of sustainable product service systems (PSS) is regarded a pr...

The food and agricultural sector will face numerous challenges in the next decades, arising from changing global production and consumption patterns, which currently go along with high resource use, causing ecological and socio-economic impacts. The aim of this paper is to illustrate and evaluate the practical applicability of the Hot Spot Analysis...

Aufgrund seiner starken Umweltauswirkungen gilt der Lebensmittelsektor durch Effekte in Produktion, Verarbeitung, Konsum und Entsorgung gemeinhin als ein wichtiges Handlungsfeld, soll eine gesellschaftliche Transformation in Richtung Nachhaltigkeit weiter vorangetrieben werden. Da Ernährungsgewohnheiten sowohl ökologische Auswirkungen induziere...

Living Labs for Sustainable Development aim to integrate users and actors for the successful generation of low-resource innovations in production-consumption systems. This paper investigates potentials of and measures towards the realization of a German Living Lab infrastructure to support actor-integrated sustainability research and innovations in...

Zahlreiche Untersuchungen prognostizieren einen erheblichen Anstieg des globalen Ressourcenverbrauchs in den nachsten Jahrzehnten, wenn es nicht zu grundlegenden Veranderungen der Wirtschaftsweise kommt. Gegensteuern ist moglich durch politische Masnahmen und einem Umdenken sowohl in der Produkt-Dienstleistungs-Entwicklung, bei der Gestaltung von W...

The concept Material Input per Service Unit (MIPS) was developed 20 years ago as a measure for the overall natural resource use of products and services. The material intensity analysis is used to calculate the material footprint of any economic activities in production and consumption. Environmental assessment has developed extensive databases for...

Against the background of prognosticated rising levels of global resource consumption it is an indispensable challenge in the 21st century to achieve sustainable development, meaning that society's welfare generation has to happen within the natural system's boundaries. To do so, transition processes need to be designed to leave this currently unsu...

doi:10.3390/resources3030488 resources ISSN 2079-9276 www.mdpi.com/journal/resources Article Abstract: The paper suggests a sustainable material footprint of eight tons, per person, in a year as a resource cap target for household consumption in Finland. This means an 80% (factor 5) reduction from the present Finnish average. The material footprint...

It is widely accepted that environmental awareness is essential, yet does not inevitably lead to responsible use of resources. Additional factors on the individual level include the meaning constructed by the term “resources” and the individual and social norms that influence the relevant behavior. Current didactic concepts do not take into account...

Renewable energies, for example wind energy, are regarded as sustainable energies. A conference at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (Institute for Advanced Study, HWK) in June, 2012, raised the question whether this is really the case: »Sustainable Material Life Cycles – Is Wind Energy Really Sustainable?«. The conference addressed all materials invol...

Although there are already some qualification offers available for enterprises to support resource efficiency innovations, the high potentials that can be identified especially for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have not been activated until now. As successful change lies in the hands of humans, the main aim of vocational education has t...

Despite rising prices for natural resources during the past 30years, global consumption of natural resources is still growing. This leads to ecological, economical and social problems. So far, however, limited effort has been made to decrease the natural resource use of goods and services. While resource efficiency is already on the political agend...

The German government aims to obtain at least 40 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. One of the central steps to reach this target is the construction of deep sea offshore wind farms. The paper presents a material intensity analysis of the offshore wind farms “Alpha Ventus” and “Bard Offshore I” under consideration of the gri...

The food sector accounts for huge environmental impacts caused by production, processing, final consumption and waste treatment in private households or in out of home catering settings. Further, the field of nutrition inextricably links environmental and health aspects to each other. But until today no conceptual draft is available to relate both...

Resource efficiency in production and technological innovations are inadequate for considerably reducing the current use of natural resources. Both social innovations and a complementary and equally valued strategy of sustainable consumption are required: goods must be used longer, and services that support collaborative consumption (CC) patterns m...

The food and nutrition sector accounts for huge environmental impacts caused by production, processing, final consumption and waste treatment in private households or in out of home catering settings. Further, the field of nutrition inextricably links environmental and health aspects to each other. Thus, the domain of nutrition has to be considered...

Die strategische Einbindung von Ressourceneffizi- enz in das Kerngeschäft von Unternehmen steht im Mittelpunkt des Projektes „Ressourcenkooperation – Ressourceneffizienz in der Wertschöpfungskette steigern.“ (gefördert durch BMAS im Rahmen des ESF-Programms „Gesellschaftliche Verantwortung im Mittelstand (CSR)“). Ziel ist die Entwicklung und Umsetz...

Considering global warming, increasing commodity prices, and the dramatic consequences of the over-exploitation and overuse of resources, a transition to a renewable energy supply is necessary. This requires an (resource) efficient and renewable supply of operating reserve.In this article, a possible solution to this problem is analysed: the Desert...

Die Studie untersucht das Potential der deutschen Forschungslandschaft für nutzerintegrierende Produkt- und Dienstleistungsinnovationen. Sie zeigt auf, dass Living Labs mit zunehmender Mensch-Technik-Interaktion eine wichtige Rolle für nachhaltige Entwicklung spielen können. Living Labs zielen auf eine frühzeitige Integration von Nutzerbedürfnissen...

Die Gestaltung von nachhaltiger Entwicklung macht einen weitreichenden organisationalen Wandel erforderlich. Über welche Kompetenzen müssen Change Agents verfügen, die einen solchen Wandel unterstützen? Der Beitrag stellt das Soll-Profil eines Change Agent für Nach-haltigkeit vor, das mit Hilfe der qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse erarbeitet wurde.

The sustainability potentials of many product and service innovations regularly fail to realise because they are not sufficiently tailored to the needs of users or are not handled correctly. Unexpected user behaviour with more efficient goods and services can also lead to ecologically problematic increases in consumption. This is known as a form of...

Tauschen, Teilen, Mieten, Verschenken, «Nutzen statt Besitzen» oder «Collaborative Consumption» – in einigen Bereichen der Gesellschaft breitet sich eine Ökonomie des Teilens aus. Ebenso steht fest: Um den Verbrauch natürlicher Ressourcen (z.B. abiotische und biotische Rohstoffe, Wasser, Fläche) wesentlich zu reduzieren, reichen technologische Inno...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to summarize and discuss the results from the LIVING LAB design study, a project within the 7th Framework Programme of the European Union. The aim of this project was to develop the conceptual design of the LIVING LAB Research Infrastructure that will be used to research human interaction with, and stimulate t...

The article estimates the natural resource consumption due to nutrition from the supply and demand sides. Using the MIPS (Material Input per Service Unit) methodology, we analyzed the use of natural resources along the supply chains of three Italian foodstuffs: wheat, rice and orange-based products. These figures were then applied for evaluating th...

The field of nutrition is facing numerous social, ecological and economic challenges in the coming decades. The food industry belongs to the most significant economic sectors worldwide and the increasing population of 9 billion in 2050 will cause a growing demand on food. So far, changing lifestyles, especially the global rising consumption of meat...

The pressure on the environment caused by resource use and the related emissions as well as waste disposal lead to ecological but also economic and social problems. Insecurities in supply, shortages of resources, related international raw material conflicts as well as high and strongly fluctuating raw material prices can lead to massive economical...

Technical innovations can contribute significantly to increase resource efficiency. A selection of 21 examples for resource efficient technologies, products and strategies from the field shows the brochure Resource Efficiency Atlas, which was created in line with the same titled project. Overall the project team analysed several hundred technical s...

Technische Innovationen können einen entscheidenden Beitrag zur Steigerung der Ressourceneffizienz leisten. Eine Auswahl von 21 Praxis-Beispielen für ressourceneffiziente Technologien, Produkte und Strategien zeigt die Broschüre Ressourceneffizienzatlas, die im Rahmen des gleichnamigen Projekts erstellt wurde. Insgesamt wurden in dem Projekt mehrer...

Further Education for Trainers and Teachers - Findings of the Project "Eurocrafts 21 - Making Handicraft Sustainable" The purpose of the paper is to share the findings of a European innovation transfer project (2008-2010) for strengthening sustainability in European handicraft with the aim of transferring a German qualification and consulting conce...

New technologies can be the basis for resource-efficient products and services and thus create eco-innovations, either by creating new functionalities in existing or new application fields or by substituting existing technologies in existing or new application fields. In this paper, an overview over different technology fields, products and strateg...

New technologies can be the basis for resource-efficient products and services and thus create eco-innovations, either by creating new functionalities in existing or new application fields or by substituting existing technologies in existing or new application fields. In this paper, an overview over different technology fields, products and strateg...

This compendium Resource Productivity in 7 Steps is intended to give practical advice to designers, engineers, distributors, banks, lawmakers and others how to increase the resource productivity of goods and services (dematerialisation). The eco-innovative (re-)design of products begins with the definition/description of the benefit or service, whi...

Eine nachhaltige Entwicklung zielt auf den Erhalt der Umwelt unter weltweit sozialverträglichen und wirtschaftlich verlässlichen Bedingungen. Für den nötigen gesellschaftlichen Kurswechsel werden technologische, soziale und organisatorische Innovationen benötigt, die im privaten Umfeld (Familie, Vereine) wie im beruflichen Kontext (Unternehmen, Bil...