Climate Change* Management and Energy Policy as Integral Part of a Sustainable City

Development

16.10.2013Klaus Hoppe, Head of Energy Department

*=Climate Protection

Agenda1.Cities and Energy2.Climate Change Policy3.Energy and City Planning4.Renewable Energies 5.National Framework6.Thinking Outside the Box7.Conclusion

Structures + Political Will

Coordinating taskCross sectoral task

Voluntary task = no obligation

Political Will!!!

1. Systems-Thinking outside the box

Social Issues

Youth

Culture

Social Services

Mayor

Environm. Protection

Climate Change Mangement

Forest Management

Environmental

Mayor

Real Estate OfficeFinances

.City´s Companies

Financial

Mayor

City Planning

City development

Building Authority

Planning

Mayor

LordMayor

Energy Management

Traffic Planning

Administrative Structures

1. Systems-Thinking outside the box

Waste Management

Schools, Education

Communication

Your CO2 Balance

Cities and Energy

Zero EmissionZero Carbon

100% RenewablePost-oil

Green CitiesSmart Cities

Quelle: www.spiegel-online.de

Masdar City, Abu Dabi

New Cities

1. Climate Change Policy

1986 - Energy Supply Concept = E³

Energy Saving

Energy Efficiency

RenewableEnergies

2 million t/a 1992

Energy

Transport

- 40%

2009 2030

- 18%- 25%/Inh.

1996 – CO2Targets and Monitoring

2010 Target - 25%

ExampleClimate Change Policy in Freiburg

Climate Change Policy in FreiburgTreibhausgasemissionen - Vergleich zum Klimaschutzkonzept 2007

- 40% until 2030

- 60% until 2030

20-20-20

Sustainable Energy Action Plan - SEAP

2. All Roads lead to Rome

Will to act

Balance

Status Quo

Potentials

Targets Szenarios

Measures

Action-plan

Cooperate

Monitoring

Climate Change Strategy or

Management

2. Energy and City Development

City PlanningTraffic Policies

Traffic Policy -Since early 70ies based on public transport

Garten– und Tiefbauamt Dr. Peter Schick

Sustainable Traffic Policy of the City of Freiburg Seite 25

Bicycle network improvement 2020Priority route

Main route

Additional route

Back to Energy

Building – Neighborhood - City Level

Energy SavingEnergy Efficiency

Renewable Energies

12

3

4. Energy and City

Planning

New buildings in Freiburg- proportion until 2020

Building Stock!

The Challenge!

1 2 3

5Retrofitting of Social Housing

1 2 3

5

15 kWh/m²/a 70 kWh/m²/a

Credibility

1 2 3

l Connected to City Railwayl Low Energy Buildingsl Passive/Plus Energy

Housesl District heating-cogenerationl Photovoltaic on many roofs

 

Best Practice2

1.Early consideration of● Passive solar aspects in draft plan ● Energy Schemes: comparison of supply systems● Freiburg Building Standards

2.Implementation: Developmentor purchase contracts

3.Resolution in Municipal Council!

Mainstream Best Practice?

1 2 3

According to Teus van Eck (Delft University of Technology) Peter Rommens MSc. Specialist sustainable building City of Delft

Energy SchemesRenEWAbles

1 2 3

Building – Neighborhood - City Level

Energy SavingEnergy Efficiency

Renewable Energies

12

3

New NeigborhoodOpportunities:• Residential Buildings• School Complex• Indoor Swimming Pool • Recreation Center• Fire Brigade• Dairy

Beyond Neighborhood Level

1 2 3

Building – District – City Level

District heating

Heating Demand

Efficient Buildings

Retrofitting

+

-

Status quo-

+

+

-

-

Future of District Heating?

1 2 3

3. Renewable Energies

4. National Framework

German Energy Turnaround

Current Debate

• How will the German Energy Future look like?• New Power Stations – How many? Which size? Fuel?• Grid: Expansion, Improvement and Storage?• National and European Perspective

• Centralized – Decentralized Structures

„The right place to make decisions about productivity and economic development is the local level, because local actors have the deepest knowledge about their economies.“

Alice Rivlin, Economist, cited in Richard Florida, The Great Reset

Roads to Rome

Money, Resources, Energy Safety

Climate Change Climate Protection

Quality, modern Technology

Health

"push„? "pull„?

Push and Pull

3. Black Swans

Beyond Efficiency

Capacity building for energy management in cities

On behalf of

CAPITAL CITY INITITATIVE “CCI “

Network of Energy Efficient CitiesSEAP Development and implementation

What could we doif everyone saidwhat will we doand nobody stepped forwardto see what might be doneif only we do.

Kurt Marti

Looking forward to seeing you „again“ in Freiburg...