16th German Specialist Conference of Municipal Energy Commissioners

Abstract

Date: 21-22 March 2011

Location: Goslar

Because they act as a role model, local communities and rural districts can help counter climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Municipal energy management is very closely tied to this. An intelligently reduced use of heat, electricity and water saves resources and also reduces pressure on local authority budgets. The specialist conference once again provides an opportunity to present and discuss intelligent and creative processes along with practical examples from municipal climate protection. The focus of this year’s event will be on action alliances relating to municipal energy management.

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Workshops

In addition to the support programme, the focus of the event will be on a detailed discussion of experiences. For this purpose, four workshop rounds will be conducted, each lasting 75 minutes, in which ten workshops will be held in parallel in separate rooms. Since each workshop is repeated once, the delegates can choose to take part in four different topic areas. The following topics are offered:
• Action alliances concerned with municipal energy management
• Energy efficiency
• Renewable energies
• Energy in building management
• Consultation and public relations work

Excursions

At the beginning of the conference (21 March, 10 am - 12 noon), three specialist excursions will be held in Goslar:
• Energy efficient technology at the “Aquantic” swimming pool
• Guided city tour: tour of refurbished historical buildings
• Tour of the Lower Saxony Energy Research Centre

Conference venue

Energie-Campus Goslar, Am Stollen 19, 38640 Goslar

Participation fee

EUR 120.00 for representatives from local authorities
EUR 240.00 for all other delegates

Contact

Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik, Cologne
Sigrid Künzel
Phone: +49 (0)221-340308-0
Email: kuenzel(at)difu.de