The department of Life Cycle Engineering LCE / LBP-GaBi at the University of Stuttgart has 25 years expertise in the field of LCA, LCC, S-LCA as well in EU funded projects.

In 2010 the firm Ritter XL Solar GmbH, based in Karlsbad near Karlsruhe in Germany, was founded as the youngest member of the Ritter Group. The focus of Ritter XL is the development, distribution, planning and installation of large- and very large-scale solar thermal systems.