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Climate, mobility and technology are changing globally. DLR uses the expertise of its 55 research institutes and facilities to develop solutions to these challenges. Our 10,000 employees share a mission – to explore Earth and space and develop technologies for a sustainable future. In doing so, DLR contributes to strengthening Germany's position as a prime location for research and industry.

On this page you will find current sustainability indicators that are particularly important for DLR.

The history of these indicators can be found in our Sustainability reports:

DLR Sustainability report 2020/2021

4.4 MB | PDF

DLR Sustainability report 2018/19

8.5 MB | PDF

Personnel

 

2021

2022

2023

Staff

10,327

10,685

11,183

Average age, in years

40

40

40

Total scientific staff

6,601

5,747

5,995

Scientific staff in institutes and facilities

5,814

4,820

5,069

Payroll, in Euro

715,785,258

763,014,639

817,784,866

Mobility

Vehicle fleet

2021

2022

2023

Number of vehicles (research and company vehicles)

157

170

181

- of which electric

21

24

27

- of which hybrid

14

13

13

- of which hydrogen

6

8

8

Business Travel

2021

2022

2023

Settled

10,867

28,201

44,646

Flown kilometres

3,638,793

27,383,346

42,012,921

CO2 from flights, in kilogram

539,754

3,975,520

6,089,920

Railway kilometres, in kilogram per person

2,012,192

10,093,995

15,577,035

CO2 from rail travel, in kilogram

0

0

0

Economic activities

Resources

2021

2022

2023

Electricity (consumed), in megawatt-hours

72,843

82,038

73,190

Electricity (generated) MWh, in megawatt-hours

7,753

5,600

5,361

- of which Cogeneration systems

7,737

5,581

5,345

- of which Photovoltaic systems

15

18

15

District heating, in megawatt-hours

21,661

19,401

19,372

District cooling, in megawatt-hours

4,412

4,868

5,193

Gas, in megawatt-hours

43,649

38,786

28,907

Fuel oil, in megawatt-hours

2,868

2,038

1,751

Large-scale research facilities

 

2021

2022

2023

Number of facilities

189

188

193

Used for own research, in percent

73

70

69

Used for transfer and contract research, in percent

27

30

31

Number of institutes/facilities operating research facilities (of 54 in total)

32

36

37

Number of sites with facilities (of 30 in total)

21

21

20

Technology marketing

 

2021

2022

2023

Number of Spin-offs

1

6

5

Research results

 

2021

2022

2023

Number of peer-reviewed publications

2,327

2,457

2,216

- of which peer-reviewed open access publications

1,539

1,727

1,404

Open access share, in percent

66

70

63

Number of ISI-/SCOPUS peer-reviewed journal contributions

1,453

1,432

1,293

- of which ISI-/SCOPUS peer-reviewed open access journal contributions

1,104

1,221

986

Open access share, in percent

76

85

76

Number of conference contributions

2,452

3,202

3,172

- of which ISI-/SCOPUS conference contributions

519

691

498

Share of ISI-/SCOPUS conference contributions, in percent

21

22

16

Conference contributions (per scientific staff member, institutes and facilities)

0.09

0.14

0.10

Calls to universities

12

18

20

Lectureships taken

463

489

468

Diploma, Masters and Bachelor‘s dissertations

608

628

612

Dissertations

119

123

109

Postdoctoral qualifications

0

3

2

Contact

Philipp Bergeron

Sustainability Officer and team leader
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Sustainability
Linder Höhe, 51147 Cologne