Steinbeis Consulting Center Resource efficiency and innovation

• Resource efficiency consulting, determination of potential
• Calculation of efficiency potential and how to leverage potential
• Innovation consulting and written outlines of project proposals
• Innovation coaching for SMEs
• Consultation on funding options for companies
• Applying for funding for companies
• Financing on favorable terms for business enterprises
• Confirmation of financing on favorable terms (KfW, L-Bank)
• Non-repayable subsidies (BAFA) for business enterprises
• Energy Saying Ordinance (EnEV) calculations for non-residential buildings

• Resource efficiency consulting
• Resource and material efficiency projects
• Innovation consulting
• Innovation projects
• Consultation on funding options
• Confirmation of financing on favorable terms (L-Bank resource efficiency funding, KfW)

• Collaboration with many banks in Baden-Wuerttemberg on receiving favorable financing or non-repayable subsidies

Steinbeis Transfer Magazine

• “Resource efficiency is not a technical issue, but one of leadership and implementation” (Transfer 1/2026)
  In conversation with Steinbeis entrepreneur Jürgen Gackstatter
  
  In this interview, Jürgen Gackstatter argues that electromobility, sustainable digital transformation (“digitainability”), and resource efficiency are essential for the long-term competitiveness of German companies. He emphasizes Corporate Carbon Footprints as strategic management tools and stresses that resource efficiency depends primarily on leadership, transparency, implementation, and employee involvement.

Videos

• Steinbeis Lunchbreak | Grab a bite with Jürgen Gackstatter (German version) (2024)
  Jürgen Gackstatter demonstrates how small and medium-sized enterprises can strategically combine resource efficiency, sustainability and funding. The focus is on carbon footprints, ESG requirements, innovation funding and the practical implementation of regulatory requirements. The article illustrates how successful entrepreneurial initiatives can be translated into sustainable and economically successful business development.