At KEEKS-Berlin, we monitor school kitchens to improve the climate efficiency of school catering. Together with the school kitchen, the catering, the (kitchen) management, the canteen committee (or other committees), interested teachers and employees, we examine the climate impact of the school kitchen or catering. This involves the climate relevance of the use of goods, the energy consumption of the kitchen and the amount of waste. Adapted to the specific conditions on site, options for action for "climate-friendly" lunch provision are developed together and supported in their initial implementation. Ten Berlin school kitchens and the catering companies that run them were sensitised, advised and supported in introducing climate-friendly and sustainable school catering based on the results of the KEEKS project as part of a 3 to 6-month school kitchen support programme.

The "Climate-friendly school kitchens in Berlin" project is based on the results of the "Climate-friendly school kitchens (KEEKS)" project (2016-2019) coordinated by the IZT. In September 2020, the "Berlin Saves Energy" campaign named the IZT project "Climate-Friendly School Kitchens in Berlin" as "Project of the Month". This campaign receives long-term support from the Berlin Senate Department for the Environment, Transport and Climate Protection. The nutrition strategy was adopted by the Berlin Senate in summer 2020.

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