Institut for byggeri og anlæg, Technical University of Denmark

Name

Institut for byggeri og anlæg, Technical University of Denmark

Legal name

Technical University of Denmark (Danmarks Tekniske Universitet)

Website

https://sustain.dtu.dk

Company type

Public

Founded year

1829

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Engineering Research

NAICS

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (54171), Scientific Research and Development Services (5417), Environmental Consulting Services (541620)

SIC

Services-Commercial Physical & Biological Research (8731), Services-Testing Laboratories (8734)

akta.pro primary industry

ISO 14001 Gap Assessment & Readiness (EUAHAIAA)

Keywords

• Environmental engineering research
• PFAS contamination research
• Circular economy remanufacturing
• Water treatment technologies
• Sustainable technology development

Headquarters

HQ city

Copenhagen

HQ country

Denmark

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government Funding: Public university funded by the Danish government through base funding and research grants. Core operations are financed through state appropriations.
2. Research Grants: Funding from foundations such as Novo Nordisk Fonden for specific research projects like the MEDWACS diabetes test development.
3. Industry Foundation Funding: reManuFactory center is funded by Industriens Fond (Danish Industry Foundation) to help companies with remanufacturing research.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

DTU Sustain is a university research department that develops environmentally friendly and sustainable technologies, methods, and solutions in environmental and resource engineering. It operates specialized research centres including the PFAS-centret for PFAS contamination research, the reManuFactory competence centre for remanufacturing, and the AI-powered MEDWACS diabetes risk assessment tool. The department also provides research-based consultancy and educational programmes in environmental engineering.

Product overview

DTU Sustain (Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering) at the Technical University of Denmark is one of Europe's largest university departments specializing in environmental and resource engineering. The department operates as a research and education institution organized into multiple sections (Environmental Contamination & Chemicals, Geotechnics and Geology, Indoor Environment, Materials and Durability, Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Waste Climate & Monitoring, Water Systems, Water Technology and Processes, and Administration/Laboratories). The department's key offerings include MEDWACS, an AI-powered online health assessment tool for diabetes risk; reManuFactory, a national competence centre for remanufacturing that helps companies scale circular economy solutions; and the PFAS-centret, a multi-university research centre tackling PFAS ('forever chemical') pollution. Rather than a unified commercial product platform, DTU Sustain functions as a research institute offering specialized research centres, consultancy services, educational programmes, and AI-enabled health assessment tools as distinct offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• MEDWACS (Medical Early Warning and Assessment tool for Citizens' health Score)

Quantifiable outcome

• Remanufacturing reduces CO2 emissions by up to 60%
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• PFAS-centret (Collaboration with Danish Universities)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025PFAS-centret brings together experts from DTU, Københavns Universitet, Syddansk Universitet, and Aarhus Universitet with total funding of 89 million DKK to research PFAS contamination and develop solutions for authorities.
• CO2NSTRUCT (EU Horizon Europe)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEU Horizon Europe project exploring how circular economy strategies can reduce environmental footprint of construction and offshore wind sectors, focusing on carbon-intensive materials and pathways towards carbon neutrality.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland: VTT is Finland's national research centre with comparable environmental and resource engineering programmes, including circular economy and water research, serving as a Nordic peer for EU Horizon funding.
• TNO (Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research): TNO is a major Dutch applied research organization with strong programmes in circular economy, environmental technology, and water systems — comparable in scale and mission to DTU Sustain and competing for similar European research mandates.
• Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety, and Energy Technology (UMSICHT): Fraunhofer UMSICHT is a large applied research organization covering circular economy, environmental engineering, and remanufacturing — overlapping with DTU Sustain's reManuFactory and PFAS work, but operating at a much broader institutional scale across Germany.
• IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute: IVL is a leading Nordic applied environmental research institute with PFAS, circular economy, and water research that directly overlaps with DTU Sustain's mandate and competes for similar Swedish/Scandinavian industry and public sector contracts.
• SINTEF (Norway): SINTEF is one of Europe's largest independent research institutes with extensive environmental engineering, water, and circular economy research — competing for Nordic and EU research funding and serving similar industry clients.

Direct peers

• Aarhus University - Department of Environmental Science: Aarhus University's environmental science department is a domestic Danish peer and explicit collaborator via the PFAS-centret consortium, competing for the same national research mandates and policy advisory roles.
• Wageningen University & Research: Wageningen is a leading European university with a comparable environmental, sustainability, and circular-economy research profile. Both institutions operate large-scale research divisions working at the intersection of environmental science, industry, and government advisory.
• KTH Royal Institute of Technology - Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering: KTH operates a similarly positioned department focused on sustainable development and environmental engineering with deep industry collaboration, making it a direct Nordic peer for talent and research funding competition.
• ETH Zurich - Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering: ETH Zurich's environmental engineering department combines teaching, fundamental research, and industry collaboration in environmental engineering, water resources, and sustainable construction — closely paralleling DTU Sustain's structure and academic mission.
• Chalmers University of Technology - Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering: Chalmers houses a comparable Scandinavian research department focused on civil and environmental engineering with industry partnerships and circular economy research initiatives.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/iciee-technical-university-of-denmark

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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M&A

Investments

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