Groundbreaking ceremony for the Engineering Center for Sustainability (IZN) / 2025
Fraunhofer and the University of Freiburg collaborate for future-oriented research

The groundbreaking ceremony on July 22, 2025 marked the start of construction for the Engineering Center for Sustainability (Ingenieurzentrum Nachhaltigkeit – IZN) on Freiburg’s airport campus. The new building will foster closer collaboration between Freiburg’s five Fraunhofer institutes and the University of Freiburg under the umbrella of the Department of Sustainable Systems Engineering (INATECH).
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