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17. May 2013 - EU database makes results available from communal efficiency projects

At the 2013 ISH trade fair in Frankfurt, the EU’s CONCERTO initiative presented a database for new-build schemes and refurbishment projects in 58 European cities and communities.

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05. Apr 2013 - Flak bunker becomes an energy store

The former flak bunker in Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg is becoming a symbol for climate protection. The monument, which has hardly been used since the end of the Second World War, is being turned into a renewable power plant with a large-scale heat storage system. It supplies the Reiherstieg District with heat and feeds renewable electricity into Hamburg’s distribution grid. One of the flak towers houses Café Vju and its unique viewing terrace: the cantilevered slab that runs right around the building at a height of 30 metres provides a 360-degree view across Hamburg. The café and an exhibition on the history of the bunker will be officially opened on 23 March 2013.

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07. Mar 2013 - 2nd Practice Workshop discusses success factors and obstacles on route to energy-efficient cities

The EnEff:Stadt accompanying research team invited local authority practitioners and experts to its 2nd Practice Workshop, which took place at the premises of the German Heat and Power Association (AGFW) in Frankfurt am Main. Central issues that equally affect both research and local authorities were discussed in three discussion blocks: the development of district heating networks with decreasing heating requirements, opportunities and obstacles in implementing energy-based refurbishment in urban districts, and the problems in procuring data and integrating climate protection projects in administrative processes.

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18. Feb 2013 - Fraunhofer innovation network researches urban cities of tomorrow

How could cities of the future look like in which we would like to live and work? And how do we achieve this? The aim of the "Morgenstadt" (Tomorrow’s City) project is to gain an insight into the currently ongoing transformation processes that are taking place in selected cities and to identify success factors for their transformation into sustainable and progressive cities. The result of the first research phase until 2013 is a global status quo – which at the same time provides the starting point for researching new, needs-oriented transformation processes in the cities of the future.

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31. May 2012 - BMWi Forum at the Berliner Energietage conference: Focus remains on efficiency research

Whether in regard to individual buildings, entire housing estates and urban neighbourhoods, or special production technology in industry and processes in the energy sector – the coming decades will be characterised by the transformation to a sustainable energy system based on renewable energies. The BMWi "Energy Research" Forum at the Berliner Energietage conference presented the latest research focal points and discussed the transformation of the German energy system.

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