G.B.S. is organized by:

Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna)

For nearly 200 years, TU Vienna has been a place of research, teaching and learning in the service of progress. With its 17,000 enrolled students and more than 4,000 staff members TU Vienna is among the most successful technical universities in Europe and Austria’s largest scientific-technical research and educational institution. Through its mission it is focusing on „technology for people“, research that develops scientific excellence“ and teaching that „enhances comprehensive competence“.

Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)

The AIT Austrian Institute of Technology is Austria’s largest non-university research institute. With its eight Centers and around 1,300 employees, AIT regards itself as a highly specialised research and development partner for industry. Its researchers focus on the key infrastructure issues of the future: Energy, Health & Bioresources, Digital Safety & Security, Vision, Automation & Control, Mobility Systems, Low-Emission Transport, Technology Experience and Innovation Systems & Policy.

University of Vienna

Our working group deals with theory-led, evidence-based, and policy relevant research on spatial aspects of economic activities and societal as well as technological transition processes. We especially focus on issues related to the spatial configuration of innovation and knowledge exchange processes, disparities in regional development, and regional policies and planning. By drawing on economic, institutional, social, and political approaches we seek to contribute to a better understanding of the evolution and the transformation of socio-economic structures and processes from a spatial perspective.
Our particular fields and specialisations in research and teaching include:
Geography of innovation with specific consideration of disruptive technologies and institutional dynamics, regional structural change and regional development, innovation policies and regional development, gender studies, territorial protection policies and land use management, peripheral rural areas, political geography.
In cooperation with Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austrian Academy of Science, University of Agder and Kiel University the working group publishes the working paper series Papers in Economic Geography and Innovation Studies.

Passivhaus Austria

Canadian Green Building Council

Centre for Environment and Development Studies (CEMUS)

The Centre for Environment and Development Studies (CEMUS), is a student-initiated, transdisciplinary centre at Uppsala University and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, with the explicit ambition to contribute to a more just and sustainable world. Student-faculty collaboration weaves as a golden thread through the history and organization of all activities at the centre. Since its inception in the early 1990’s, the centre has initiated and expanded the space for transdisciplinary student-led higher education as well as research and collaboration that transcends traditional academic disciplines and boundaries between academia and society at large.

Danube Rector's Conference

Between its source in the Black Forest and its mouth on the Black Sea, the Danube traverses 2,872 kilometres and shares shores with ten countries. The Danube Rectors' Conference (DRC) is a strong network of almost 70 universities in this region. Our aim is to improve higher education in teaching and research, and the advancement of our member universities by establishing
sustainable contacts per year.

FH Campus Wien

At present, buildings account for some 40 percent of total energy consumption. The aim of the graduates of the program “Architecture – Green Building” will be to change this situation as creatively as possible. The focus is on designing and planning innovative, resource-saving and energy-optimized constructions, which meets high aesthetic standards and the requirements of sustainability in economical, ecological and social way throughout the entire life cycle of a building.  The degree program provides a full architectural education with focus on sustainable construction in a compact form: detailed know-how in design, planning and project management, moreover deep insight into integrated planning including BIM (Building Information Modeling), from design to detailed planning. Additional benefits are the framework of interdisciplinary projects together with structural engineering students.

GRÜNSTATTGRAU

GRÜNSTATTGRAU is the Austrian competence centre and central coordination unit for raising issues about the future of urban green environment, innovations and ideas for green cities, for activities targeting research dissemination and knowledge transfer, technical implementation knowledge, participation management and economic and social cooperation concerning Green Infrastructure and nature based solutions on buildings.
The aim is to promote all levels of green on buildings through communication, demonstration projects, business incubators, law and policies activities – not only on national, but also on European level. The intention is to upscale and share the results with all partners in the European network and market (knowledge transfer). The instruments of GRÜNSTATTGRAU include a large-scale demonstration testbed, the entirely green implemented neighbourhood in Vienna, a mobile Green Living Laboratory on roadshow and a multi-stakeholder online platform to develop and offer own supporting tools, services and technologies.

International Institute for Applied System Analyisis (IIASA)

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an international scientific institute that conducts research into the critical issues of global environmental, economic, technological, and social change that we face in the 21st century. Our findings provide valuable options to policymakers to shape the future of our changing world. IIASA is independent and funded by prestigious research funding agencies in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. The institute is located in Laxenburg, near Vienna, Austria and one of today’s highest ranked think tanks in the world.

Modul University Vienna

MODUL University Vienna (MU) is an international private university in Austria dedicated to cutting-edge research and education on sustainable development, new media technology, tourism, and public governance. It was established by the Vienna Economic Chamber of Commerce and approved by the Austrian Accreditation Council in 2007. The study programs meet strict accreditation guidelines and, due to their international focus, are conducted in English. The university campus is located at Kahlenberg, in Vienna’s 19th district.

School of Architecture - Hochschule Bremen

The degree course in Architecture at the Bremen School of Architecture is based on the professional activities of architects and aims to provide students an interesting pathway into the multifarious world of architectural creativity.

The programme of studies is continuously developed and addresses the fact that architecture arises in a complex process involving reason, knowledge and intuition, and is essentially an interdisciplinary field embracing the humanities, the social and natural sciences, art and engineering. The training provided is therefore aimed at fostering design skills in both the spatial / sculptural and the technical / engineering sense, in addition to mental agility, reflective skills and the ability to develop one’s own attitudes, ideas and concepts, through academic debate and collaboration with other cultural establishments. In this way, it opens avenues of access at national and above all international level to a wide-ranging profession that has to be seen not only in its direct relationship to architecture, but also in numerous other activities that help to shape our environment.

The aim is also to produce personalities who excel through their creativity, intellectual maturity, environmental awareness, understanding of economic contexts and social responsibility. The Bremen School of Architecture programme leads to a ‘Master of Arts’ degree enjoying worldwide recognition.

TU Graz

University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria

With 6000 students FH Upper Austria counts among the leading universities of applied sciences inAustria. Its four faculties in Hagenberg, Linz, Steyr and Wels foster a network of around 240 partner universities in over 60 countries. At FH Upper Austria we provide innovative teaching and sustainable research at university level while maintaining practice-orientation and the highest quality standards. With our wide range of areas of expertise, we seek to develop practical solutions for the challenges of the future and actively support the transfer of knowledge.

University of Salford - Manchester UK

The University of Salford has a strong tradition of collaborating with local businesses. They work with hundreds of businesses each year to solve technical, commercial and strategic problems. These interactions range from laboratory testing, consultancy and research through to supporting thousands of students to gain work experience and employment. Innovation is at the heart of their work with business and they were proud to be ranked in the world’s top 50 universities for one of its subject areas in the QS world university rankings in 2017. They also received the Research Project of the Year Award and were ranked as one of the world’s most International Universities at the esteemed Times Higher Education Awards in 2016.

University of Wuppertal