ZRE Checks

You want to know where your company or building is concerned with resource efficiency? Then do the test!

We have prepared various resource checks for you with questions about the overarching topics of material efficiency, energy efficiency and employee involvement, which will help you to get an initial overview of possible savings potential in your company or building.

Simply select a suitable resource check and answer questions about your production or your building.

Find out in the evaluation, where savings potential exists and with which measures and methods you can reduce resource consumption and increase material and energy efficiency.


1. Basic Check: Learn how to reduce material losses, such as B. by reworking in production, reduce and reduce your overall energy consumption.

2. Production infrastructure check: Analyze the environment of your production, eg. B. lighting, air conditioning / heat engineering, compressed air, component cleaning, waste and recycling.

3. Industry Checks: Here you will find resource checks with selected questions about common manufacturing processes, such as: Casting, thermoforming or joining, as well as process-oriented processes in the chemical industry.

4. Building checks: Find out where savings potential in the building sector, eg. B. are the heat, electricity or water consumption.

5. Check kit: Put together your individual resource check, which is exactly tailored to your production.


After installation, the app can also be used without an Internet connection. The resource checks are also available free of charge on the VDI ZRE website www.ressource-deutschland.de.