Outstanding design, ecologically compatible and future-oriented

The German Ecodesign Award is Germany's highest state award for ecological design.

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Roadshow in Hamburg

From 29 June to 5 July, our exhibition will be on display at Design Zentrum Hamburg. As part of Hamburg Sustainability Week, we invite visitors to an opening event and talks.

Events

Pre-evaluation of all submissions

We are excited to receive around 420 submissions this year! All competition entries will shortly be assessed by experts from the German Environment Agency and our Advisory Board.

Pre-evaluation

Information about the award.

All information about the competition, background, deadlines and submission tool is summarised in the factsheet.

Download Factsheet 2026

Previous years' winners

You can get an insight into the outstanding submissions from recent years in our winners' gallery.

Winners

Success-stories

The German Ecodesign Award has been awarded over 100 times in the last years. What has happened to the projects of the former winners since then? In our series successstories, we report on the development of various award-winning projects.

Stories

Three institutions

Here you can find out more about the three institutions behind the German Ecodesign Award: BMUKN, UBA and IDZ.

About us

The Jury

At the jury session on 14 and 15 September, our interdisciplinary jury will select the nominees and winners of the German Ecodesign Award 2026. Get to know the design and environmental experts here.

Jury

Advisory Board

Our advisory board supports the competition professionally and with great commitment. We introduce the 34-member committee of design and environmental experts.

Advisory Board