Constance receives project funding for "Hafner KliEn" from the Federal Government's 7th Energy Research Programme
The city of Constance strives for sustainable urban development. In the area of energy policy decisions and climate protection, this should include consideration of the triad of sufficiency, efficiency and substitution. This also and above all applies to the new Hafner district, which, in addition to 15 hectares of commercial land, also includes around 45 hectares of residential land.
Here, it is the city's declared goal to develop a climate-neutral neighbourhood in the overall balance. Early on in the process, relevant foundations were laid at the planning level and in the processes in order to think about this goal in an integrated way with all relevant subject areas and to develop corresponding concepts.
The research project "Hafner KliEn" aims to develop transferable concepts and practical solutions. The project title "KliEn" is composed of the goal "Hafner, climate-neutral and energy-efficient". For the first time in Germany, the feasibility of achieving these goals is being demonstrated in a neighbourhood of this size. An integral conceptual approach is to be developed that considers the entire life cycle of buildings, infrastructure and operating phase in a total system context. With a detailed project description, the City of Constance - supported by the Steinbeis Innovation Centre from Stuttgart - together with other partners from science and practice applied in January 2020 for funding within the framework of the 7th Energy Research Programme of the German Federal Government. At the end of November, the funding for the entire research network was approved for a total of two million euros. "We are very pleased about the recognition for the most sustainable and largest neighbourhood in Constance. The funding of 2 million enables us to tackle this ambitious goal with numerous partners. We are creating affordable housing for about 6,000 people in ecologically and energetically exemplary construction. The goal of climate neutrality is forward-looking. Especially against the backdrop of urban change, this project is of utmost importance for the housing action programme," says Karl Langensteiner-Schönborn, Mayor of the City of Hamburg, about the commitment.
In addition to the city administration, the following partners are involved in the project: The Steinbeis Innovation Centre, Stadtwerke Konstanz, HTWG and the University of Konstanz. The project partners are also pleased about the funding commitment. Dr. Norbert Reuter, Managing Director of Stadtwerke Konstanz, is one of them: "The funding enables us to develop a largely climate-neutral neighbourhood for the largest settlement expansion area in the city of Konstanz. We are very pleased to be able to help shape this path for the important areas of energy and heat supply as well as mobility." Further information on the Hafner and the "Hafner KliEn" research project at www.neuer-stadtteil.de
Source: PM of the City of Constance from 1.12.2020
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