09/29/2023

ifeu presents municipal heating plan for Heidelberg with partners

According to the Baden-Württemberg Climate Protection Act, municipal heating planning is a mandatory task that also applies to Heidelberg. Although around half of all buildings are already connected to the district heating network and around 50 % of this heat is even provided "green", i.e. CO2-neutral, there is still a long way to go to achieve complete climate neutrality:

More than a third, namely about 37 percent, of all carbon dioxide emissions in Heidelberg are caused by the generation of heat. For the conversion and supply of all Heidelberg districts from fossil to renewable energies by 2040, the City of Heidelberg, the Office for Environmental Protection, Trade Inspection and Energy have commissioned a study:

The ifeu, ebök GmbH from Tübingen and the energy consultancy ENERKO formed the planning consortium for this. The partners presented the results of the study on 26 September in the context of a public online event, in which not only municipal representatives but also numerous citizens showed interest.

Within the planning consortium, ifeu took on the task of developing a holistic heat transition strategy. Dr. Martin Pehnt, Managing Director and Scientific Director of ifeu Heidelberg, presented which concrete organisational and institutional measures are of central importance for this.

He also presented feasible solutions for neighbourhoods that cannot be connected to the district heating network, as well as for the individual supply of buildings - questions that were particularly important to participating citizens.

Download:

Martin Pehnts presentation "Eine ganzheitliche Wärmewendestrategie für Heidelberg"  (in German).

More information:

heidelberg.de/waerme (in German)

What happens next?

On 18 October, the climate committee will discuss the results of the municipal heating plan, and on 15 November, the municipal council will decide on its implementation.

In future, the municipal heat plans are to be reviewed at least every seven years and adapted to current requirements.