diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cafa9fff6c..8e919c9339 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Speeding up additionalActivationTicks in participant's BaseStateData [#421](https://github.com/ie3-institute/simona/pull/421)
 - Changed format of example grid `vn_simona` [#216](https://github.com/ie3-institute/simona/issues/216)
 - Renamed ChpData to ChpRelevantData [#494](https://github.com/ie3-institute/simona/issues/494)
+- Changed handleResult function so that results are only updated if changes occur [#487](https://github.com/ie3-institute/simona/issues/487)
 
 ### Fixed
 - Location of `vn_simona` test grid (was partially in Berlin and Dortmund) [#72](https://github.com/ie3-institute/simona/issues/72)
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index be01a4540e..6c6895e600 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ dependencies {
   implementation "com.sksamuel.avro4s:avro4s-core_${scalaVersion}:4.1.1"
 
   implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-math3:3.6.1' // apache commons math3
+  implementation 'org.apache.commons:commons-lang3:3.12.0' // apache commons lang3 FIXME Temporarily used for cloning
   implementation 'org.apache.poi:poi-ooxml:5.2.3' // used for FilenameUtils
   implementation 'javax.measure:unit-api:2.1.3'
   implementation 'tech.units:indriya:2.1.4' // quantities
diff --git a/src/main/scala/edu/ie3/simona/event/listener/ResultEventListener.scala b/src/main/scala/edu/ie3/simona/event/listener/ResultEventListener.scala
index b607dc5f50..4700cf17ce 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/edu/ie3/simona/event/listener/ResultEventListener.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/edu/ie3/simona/event/listener/ResultEventListener.scala
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ import edu.ie3.simona.io.result._
 import edu.ie3.simona.logging.SimonaFSMActorLogging
 import edu.ie3.simona.ontology.messages.StopMessage
 import edu.ie3.simona.util.ResultFileHierarchy
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.SerializationUtils
+import sourcecode.Text.generate
 
+import java.util.UUID
 import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
 import scala.concurrent.duration.DurationInt
 import scala.concurrent.{Await, Future}
@@ -64,13 +67,16 @@ object ResultEventListener extends Transformer3wResultSupport {
     * @param classToSink
     *   a map containing the sink for each class that should be processed by the
     *   listener
+    * @param previousResults
+    *   a map containing only the previous results
     */
   private final case class BaseData(
       classToSink: Map[Class[_], ResultEntitySink],
       threeWindingResults: Map[
         Transformer3wKey,
         AggregatedTransformer3wResult
-      ] = Map.empty
+      ] = Map.empty,
+      previousResults: Map[UUID, ResultEntity] = Map.empty
   ) extends ResultEventListenerData
 
   def props(
@@ -190,7 +196,11 @@ class ResultEventListener(
     self ! Init
   }
 
-  /** Handle the given result and possibly update the state data
+  /** Handle the given result and possibly update the state data The state data
+    * is compared to the previous corresponding data. Both maps are only updated
+    * if the state data has changed. Before comparing both maps, previous
+    * results are cloned and the time is adapted to the corresponding time in
+    * the state data.
     *
     * @param resultEntity
     *   Result entity to handle
@@ -203,8 +213,21 @@ class ResultEventListener(
       resultEntity: ResultEntity,
       baseData: BaseData
   ): BaseData = {
-    handOverToSink(resultEntity, baseData.classToSink)
-    baseData
+    val previousResult = baseData.previousResults.get(resultEntity.getUuid)
+    val previousResultClone = previousResult.map { previousResult =>
+      val resultEntityClone = SerializationUtils.clone(previousResult)
+      resultEntityClone.setTime(resultEntity.getTime)
+      resultEntityClone
+    }
+    if (previousResultClone.exists(_.equals(resultEntity))) {
+      baseData
+    } else {
+      val updatedPreviousResults =
+        baseData.previousResults + (resultEntity.getUuid -> SerializationUtils
+          .clone(resultEntity))
+      handOverToSink(resultEntity, baseData.classToSink)
+      baseData.copy(previousResults = updatedPreviousResults)
+    }
   }
 
   /** Handle a partial three winding result properly by adding it to an