Application for the DGNB Sustainability Challenge 2027

Category Start-up

Please find below the application form for the DGNB Sustainability Challenge 2027. Please note that there are three parts to this form. The first part focuses on your solution for greater sustainability. We recommend that you prepare this information in writing before filling out the form. In the second part, we ask you to provide information about yourself and your organisation. The third part is a summary of all the information. Please review this carefully and then click Submit.

Important: We will not receive your application until you click on the green 'Submit' button below the summary.

The DGNB Sustainability Challenge is a competition run by the German Sustainable Building Council (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltiges Bauen - DGNB e.V.).

Application

READ THE CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION

* I have read and agree to the conditions of participation (see above or www.dgnb.de/sc-conditions-of-participation).

Company Name *

Year of foundation *

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Brief description of the business model *

Who were the people and organisations involved in the project, and what was their role? *

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What is innovative about the business model? *

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Is the business model an improvement of an existing solution (incremental) or a completely new solution (disruptive)? *

The business model is technically ready for the market in the next ... (please select)

The business model is technically ready for the market in the next *

Who is the target group of the company? *

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What benefits does the business model offer specifically for the target group? *

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What contribution does the company make to sustainability with its business model? *

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In which element of the value chain does the business model have the greatest impact and which other elements are influenced?

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What is the contribution of the start-up to climate action or the protection of resources?

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To what extent does the business model address the topic of biodiversity and climate adaptation?

Additional question for the 'Knowledge Transfer' Award:

By completing this question, you will automatically be entered into the cross-category special prize for ‘Knowledge Transfer’. The jury will recognise a project or an organisation that significantly accelerates the transformation by making sound knowledge on key sustainability issues available and ensuring that this knowledge is put into widespread practice with a scaling effect.

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To what extent does the business model contribute to broad-based knowledge transfer and thus to accelerating the transformation of the construction sector? In what ways is the knowledge gained made accessible to others? What potential is there for your solution to be scaled up for wider application, and what positive impact on sustainability could this have?

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