The "Cleaner Production Germany" internet portal of the German Federal Environmental Agency (Umweltbundesamt) has, since 2001, provided access at the click of a mouse to details of the full range of German environmental technologies on offer. The portal was created with the aim of promoting the spread of German environmental technologies and providing potential multipliers at home and abroad with information on national and international promotional instruments and contacts in the field of technology transfer. An update and upgrade to the portal was planned as part of ongoing maintenance measures.
In parallel with those measures, adelphi was requested to carry out an evaluation of the portal in order to enhance its appeal and efficiency and to adapt it optimally to users' needs. adelphi polled multipliers and potential users of the portal in order to identify their specific needs and undertook a statistical analysis of the results. In addition, an article on the redesign of the portal was written and placed in specialist journals at home and internationally.