The Institut für angewandtes Stoffstrommanagement, Fachhochschule Trier (University of Applied Sciences) has the short name IfaS.

The aim of the IfaS is to promote the sustainable optimization of regional and operational material flows in specific and practice-oriented projects. An intelligent, resource-efficient dealing with materials and material flows constitutes the backbone of a sustainable society. The IfaS considers the optimization of material flows not so much a technical question but rather a question of management.

A thorough analysis of the actual situation, the creation of solution-finding networks, the meticulous design of technology as well as sustainable financial plans represent the most important working issues for the IfaS.