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News Brochure: Shaping the heat transition – knowledge and ideas for local activists

Around 70 per cent of flats and houses in Germany are still heated with natural gas or heating oil. At the same time, valuable heat is lost in many buildings through leaky windows and uninsulated faca

Project Municipal heat advisory boards

Runtime 08/2025 – 03/2026

As part of the 2024 Heat Summit , the idea was developed to establish municipal heat advisory boards as committees for the participation of local stakeholders in the municipal heat planning process. H

News Study on the evaluation of measures in municipal climate action is available

Against the background of scarce resources in municipalities, it is important to tackle climate action measures effectively and efficiently and to evaluate them in a standardized, objective and transp

Publication IkKa – Technical Annex

As part of the project ‘Instruments for municipal climate action’ (IkKa)

Authors: Benjamin Gugel , Fabian Bergk , Laura Lütkes , Lena Schreiner , Eva Späte , Philipp Wachter
Year: 2025

Technical Annex (PDF, 1 MB)

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Publication IkKa – Recommendations for the evaluation of measures in municipal climate action

As part of the project ‘Instruments for municipal climate action’ (IkKa)

Authors: Benjamin Gugel , Fabian Bergk , Clemens Hecker , Laura Lütkes , Heike Oehler , Eva Späte , Lena Schreiner , Philipp Wachter
Year: 2025

IkKa – Empfehlungen zur Bewertung von Maßnahmen im kommunalen Klimaschutz (PDF, 3 MB)

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Publication IkKa – Recommendations for the evaluation of measures in municipal climate action (short version)

As part of the project 'Instruments for municipal climate action' (IkKa)

Authors: Benjamin Gugel , Fabian Bergk , Laura Lütkes , Lena Schreiner , Eva Späte , Philipp Wachter
Year: 2025

IkKa – Empfehlungen zur Bewertung von Maßnahmen im kommunalen Klimaschutz (Kurzversion) (PDF, 1 MB)

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Publication IkKa – Catalogue of measures and instruments for municipal climate action

As part of the project ‘Instruments for municipal climate action’ (IkKa)

Authors: Benjamin Gugel , Fabian Bergk , Laura Lütkes , Lena Schreiner , Eva Späte
Year: 2024

IkKa – Katalog für Maßnahmen und Instrumente im kommunalen Klimaschutz (PDF, 1 MB)

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Publication Making local government greenhouse gas neutral

How your municipality can lead the way in greenhouse gas neutrality

Authors: Lothar Eisenmann , Lisa Muckenfuß , Carolin Fischer
Year: 2024

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Publication Municipal climate action ambitions

Orientation framework for effective climate protection targets in municipalities

Authors: Philipp Wachter , Benjamin Gugel , Angelika Paar , Tanja Kenkmann , Kirsten Wiegmann , Lizzi Sieck
Year: 2024

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News Heat planning guidelines online: Practical orientation for local authorities and other planners

On behalf of the Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action) and the Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen, ifeu,