Four FHV students honored with Climate Education Award

The awards and prize money were presented at a ceremony at the Wirkraum in Dornbirn. As part of their final theses, the students impressed the jury with innovative concepts, ideas and projects that promote the implementation of the model region "Climate Neutral Vorarlberg". "Above all, we need role models, pioneers and practical models that show the way to an inspiring way of life and a circular economy," emphasized project manager Cordula Kreidl at the award ceremony.

The jury was made up of Karin Feurstein-Pichler, Fabian Rebitzer (both FHV), Ruth Swoboda (Inatura), Christof Drexl (KlimaVOR) and Sigi Ramoser (Sägenvier). The prize money was financed by voluntary CO2 levies.

The FHV prizewinners submitted their work on the following topics:

• Irem Aksoy: Circular agriculture - challenges and potential for implementation in Vorarlberg. (Study programme: Bachelor Environment and Engineering)
• Anita Schöpf: Alternatives to oil and gas heating for private households in Vorarlberg. Rethinking due to advancing climate change and the shortage of fossil fuels in Austria. (Study programme: Master Business Administration: Accounting, Controlling & Finance)
• Florian Knolle: Analysis of the effects of uncertainties in the optimized charging of electrically powered buses (Study programme: Master Sustainable Energy Systems)
• Julia Ilg: Carbon capture in wood-fired power plants - potentials and applications in biogenic carbon dioxide CO2 capture plant of EnergieWerk Ilg GmbH (Study programme: Bachelor Environment and Engineering)

New submissions for 2025 for bachelor's and master's theses for the Climate Education Award are already possible at: www.klimacent.at/klima-bildung-award/.  

You can find more information about the four FHV-winners' degree programmes here:

• Bachelor Environment and Engineering
• Master Business Administration: Accounting, Controlling & Finance (reworked)
• Master Sustainable Energy Systems