Cluster of Excellence Integrated Energy Systems
Cluster of Excellence Integrated Energy Systems

Municipal heat planning

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Heat supply accounts for a significant proportion of energy consumption in municipalities and therefore plays a key role in reducing CO2 emissions. In order to achieve the ambitious climate targets, the focus must therefore increasingly be placed on a sustainable and efficient heat supply.

Municipal heat planning (MHP) now offers the opportunity to tackle this major challenge in a targeted manner. With a strategic and well-thought-out MHP, municipalities can not only increase their energy efficiency, but also better integrate new technologies and renewable energies.

19.11.2024

Workshop KHP@Fraunhofer

The topic of heat planning is keeping local authorities busy: After just under a year with the Heat Planning Act and a good year and a half until the first deadline for the completion of municipal heat plans, it is time for an interim assessment.

On November 19, 2024, the KWP@Fraunhofer research group hosted a workshop on municipal heat planning. At the Fraunhofer ENIQ in Berlin, CINES researchers and other experts from various fields presented the latest research findings on CHP and discussed solutions and practices with around two hundred participants from municipalities, associations and companies.   

The workshop was dedicated to three central questions:

  • What experience have local authorities had with heat planning so far? How far have they got? What success factors and obstacles can be derived from this?
  • What do the municipal heating plans completed to date contain? Which methods and instruments are used, which topics, contents and measures are planned?
  • No planning without data: How can we merge, analyze and use geo-referenced data for municipal heat planning?
 

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StakeholderKWP

Stakeholder KWP comprises our services relating to the social and participatory aspects of KWP. With our expertise, surveys, interviews and workshops, we can support you in developing a common vision. We bring stakeholders together, offer space for exchange and comprehensive communication and support you in the development and evaluation of measures and action strategies.

ChatKWP

Chat KWP is a prototype of an AI-supported chatbot that answers questions about municipal heat planning. The focus is on qualitative rather than quantitative analysis. The basis of Chat KWP is based on published heat plans of German municipalities and guidelines from various institutions. Further information can be found here.

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