Outstanding design, ecologically compatible and future-oriented

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

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The 2025 nominees have been announced

Of around 380 submissions, 149 were accepted for the jury session. Of these, 30 projects now have the chance to win the 2025 German Ecodesign Award. You can find out who the nominees are in our gallery.

Nominees 2025

Informations about the award

Get an overview of all the essential information, the evaluation process and the highlights of the competition year.

Download Factsheet 2025

Terms 2025

The jury meeting to decide on the winners took place on 15 and 16 September. The winners will be announced on 1 December in the atriums of the Federal Environment Ministry.

Timeline

Success-stories

The German Ecodesign Award has been awarded over 100 times in the last twelve 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 15 and 16 September, our interdisciplinary jury will select the nominees and winners of the German Ecodesign Award 2025. 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 41-member committee of design and environmental experts.

Advisory Board