In addition to undergraduate research at the Department's divisions, the topics of the research focus are also advanced in numerous third-party funding projects at the University and the OFFIS Institute. Examples of this can be found in the following list:

• AC4DC - Adaptive Computing for Green Data Centres (05/11-05/14), funding body: BMWI, implementation: OFFIS, scient. Head: Wolfgang Nebel
• Bildung für eine nachhaltige Energieerzeugung und -nutzung (11/2008 - 10/2011), Funded by: Stiftung Zukunfts- und Innovationsfonds Niedersachsen, Realisation: Uni/diz, wiss. Head: Computing Science sub-project: Ira Diethelm, overall project: Michael Komorek and Karin Rebmann
• Enercoast (2012), funding body: EU, realisation: Uni/COAST, scient. Head: Jorge Marx Gómez
• eTelligence sub-project 3.4 - Load profile-based energy consulting (11/08-10/12), funding body: BMWi, realisation: OFFIS, scient. Head: Michael Sonnenschein, Mr Raabe
• Grid Surfer (07/09-09/11), Funded by: BMWi, Realisation: OFFIS, wiss. Head: Michael Sonnenschein
• IT-for-Green (04/11-10/14), Funded by: EFRE/MWK Niedersachsen, Realisation: Uni Ol, scient. Head: Jorge Marx Gómez
• Organizational Ecological Performance Indicators (2012), Funded by: EU (FP7 ICT), Realisation: Uni Ol, scient. Head: Jorge Marx Gómez
• Personal Mobility Centre (2010-2011), funding body: BMV, implementation: OFFIS, scient. Head: Jürgen Sauer
• Rule-based spatial optimisation of renewable energy plants and consumers (7/10 - 6/13), Funded by: State of Lower Saxony, Realisation: OFFIS, scient. Head: M. Sonnenschein/M. Weisensee
• Safe Offshore Operations (03/11-10/14), Funded by: EFRE/MWK Niedersachsen, Realisation: OFFIS/Uni Ol, scient. Management: Axel Hahn, Daniela Nicklas

Further projects and activities can be found in the OFFIS Energy section.

Completed projects:

• Adaptive Consumers for Dynamic Cost Models (11/05-12/07), sponsor: EWE, realisation: OFFIS, wiss. Head: Michael Sonnenschein
• eLearning module "Decentralised Energy Systems" (07/07-06/09), funded by: State of Lower Saxony - ELAN, implemented by: Uni Ol, scient. Head: Michael Sonnenschein, H.-Jürgen Appelrath
• Conception of the data exchange between plant controllers and schedule managers (06/08-12/09), Funded by: EWE, Realisation: Uni Ol, wiss. Head: Michael Sonnenschein
• Zero Emission Park (2010), Funded by: BBR, Realisation: Uni Ol, scient. Head: Jorge Marx Gómez