L1VE, a Berlin-based startup specializing in immersive virtual reality streaming, faced a common growth challenge: unclear responsibilities and undocumented processes slowed down operations.
German business students and Finnish IT students collaborated with sustainability consultant Prof. Dr. Markus Klein at the Co-Innovation Lab in Munich in 2025. Together, they addressed the challenge of inefficient sustainability calculations in gearbox development for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
“Varala Insight”, a facility management solution developed by the Co-Innovation Lab team, helps Varala Sports Institute optimize occupancy, reduce energy costs, and improve operational efficiency.
During the Winter Semester 2025/26, business and IT students developed a digital emissions calculator for industrial wastewater projects as part of the Co-Innovation Lab, in collaboration with EPSE Oy.
An interdisciplinary student team from the Munich University of Applied Sciences’ Co-Innovation Lab developed “LuzVista,” a data visualization platform, during the summer semester of 2025. In partnership with the NGO “Luces Nuevas Internacional”, the team created the solution to simplify solar energy data analysis to help authorities and decision-makers make smarter and faster decisions for sustainable energy projects in rural communities in Bolivia.
An international group of business and IT students partnered with LocalZero to create a platform that bridges the gap between local climate action and proven climate strategies.
Hochschule München (HM) is pushing the boundaries of digital transformation with HM Sense Collab, an innovative platform designed to simplify and enhance the use of sensor data collected and stored by the previously existing HM-Sense sensors across the University buildings and faculties for students, researchers and Facility Management
Meadow orchards, traditional ecosystems rich in biodiversity, are biodiverse landscapes, where widely spaced fruit trees are combined with natural grasses and wildflowers, creating a habitat that supports wildlife while producing food.
Students develop a new application to match a unique set of energy devices with the perfect system to combine them, centralizing energy management and optimizing consumption.
Modern businesses increasingly rely on LLMs for various applications, but the environmental
impact and user engagement metrics often remain underexplored due to insufficient analytical tools. Co-Innovation Lab at Hochschule München, in collaboration with Intellegam GmbH, a Munich-based high-tech company, has developed EcoLLytics, a solution designed to merge environmental insights with user engagement analytics for using LLM technology.
How can professors and lecturers at Hochschule München (HM) make their teaching more practical? As part of the Co-Innovation Lab (CIL), the project team has transformed the complexity of sensor data collected in the buildings of HM into an intuitive, user-friendly dashboard. By providing quick and effortless access, the team has changed the way lecturers and students interact with real-time data.
In an era marked by environmental consciousness and the pressing need for sustainable solutions, educational institutions are grappling with the challenge of managing their ecological footprint with sustainable construction. Recognizing this imperative, students from Hochschule München and Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK) have collaboratively developed a web-based project management solution for sustainable buildings tailored for Solidar Planungswerkstatt to unveil GreenTect—an innovative solution poised to revolutionise how we monitor and enhance sustainability in educational classroom building.