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News Local council adopts heating plan for Heidelberg

The roadmap for implementing the heating transition in Heidelberg was adopted by the municipal council on November 15. The main focus: the large-scale expansion of "green" district heating. The new Bu

News Your PV system can do more: Become a research household in the "ProSufficiency" project

Would you like to install a PV system in 2024 and get more than just electricity out of your system? Then join "ProSufficiency", the research project for smart homeowners funded by the Federal Ministr

News Municipal heating planning for Heidelberg completed

After the Municipal Heat Plan for Heidelberg was presented to the public on 26 September, the heat plan was also presented to the Environment Committee of the City of Heidelberg on 18 October and unan

News Climate protection in Baden-Württemberg - much shadow, little light

The Council of Climate Experts today presents its statement on the progress of climate protection in Baden-Württemberg, including an assessment of the state government's Climate Measures Register (KMR

News 3rd General Assembly Meeting on Decarbonising Buildings in Europe

Last week, ifeu welcomed its "iBRoad2EPC" project partners to the 3rd General Assembly Meeting in Heidelberg. In the EU-funded project „ iBRoad2EPC ”, ifeu and its partners are working together to imp

News 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 t

Publication More Quality of Life, Less Environmental Consumption – Sufficiency Policy Workshop

UBA Texte 123/2023

Authors: Hanna Parnow , Aaron Best , Lars-Arvid Brischke , Volker Handke , Lydia Korinek , Benjamin Görlach , Jan-Erik Thie , Jonathan Barth , Tanja Brumbauer
Year: 2023

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Publication Ecological effects of sufficient living practices using the example of living space consumption

Master's thesis completed at ifeu, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg

Authors: Felix Girault
Year: 2023

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News The LT ready concept describes low-temperature capability readiness of buildings and municipalities - for German and European building policy

This study explores the benefits of lower flow temperatures water for different heating technologies, focusing on heat pumps and district heating, the barriers to reducing flow temperatures in heating

News Study on sufficiency approaches in the building sector published: stronger anchoring of sufficiency recommended

In the building sector, there is great pressure to act to meet climate and sustainability targets due to the massive ecological impact. Previous transformation approaches have focused predominantly on