Project description

The BMBF competition "Energy Efficient City" deals with the development of implementation strategies for achieving the federal government's climate protection goals for urban systems. In this field, cities and municipalities set the boundary conditions. Past experience and knowldge show that these objectives are not achieved due to a lack of technology or economic reasons. Instead, what is necessary is knowledge about appropriate measures, anchored in a holistic strategy, that can contribute to the implementation of climate change objectives.

There are efforts to establish such a novel climate culture in the city of Essen, which aims at motivating all actors in Essen to consider climate effects. Acting in a new climate culture presupposes:

• climate conscious behaviour in buildings, energy and mobility
  
• communication and promotion of consumer responsibility
• communal energy efficiency controlling

New innovative and service-oriented concepts for an energy-efficient city of Essen are developed, implemented and disseminated.

Further information

http://klimawerkstadtessen.de/

http://www.bmbf.de/foerderungen/12343.php