Just a few days ago, the student team Lausitz Dynamics secured victory in this year’s Shell Eco-marathon energy efficiency competition. Now, the ‘Energy-Efficient Vehicles’ module, which is offered as part of the General Studies programme, has been awarded the 2025 Teaching Prize by the BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.

Anyone who simply disposes of buildings after demolition is throwing away both valuable raw materials and the potential to reduce emissions. This is precisely where the work of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Angelika Mettke comes in; for over 30 years, she has been conducting research at the BTU into how building components from demolished buildings can be reused rather than turned into construction waste.

Artificial intelligence is a key technology for tackling the major challenges of our time: it can make production processes more sustainable, conserve resources, improve healthcare and strengthen companies’ position in the face of international competition.