dr stephan winters - connecting with the future: a greener hamburg

Connecting With The Future – A Greener Hamburg

Dr. Stephan H. WintersSecretary of State for Urban DevelopmentFree and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, Germany

A Connected Approach To Climate Protection

► CO2 reduction by approx. 20 % until 2012, by 40 % until 2020 (as compared to 1990)

► More than 170 measures and projects accross all areas of life

► Additional 25 m euros in 2008, same amount in the following years, every year

Reinventing Hamburg As An Energy Efficient City

► Energetic retrofitting of buildings

► Decentralized feed-in of renewable energy

► Efficient energy supply through heat networks

Advancing Sustainable Modes of Transportation

► “Shared space” projects in each of the city’s seven boroughs

► Bicycle rental network and improvement of bicycle infrastructure

► Modern low-floor tramway to extend public transport network

Rethinking Building Design

► Stricter mandatory energy standards for new buildings

► Mandatory retrofitting of existing buildings

► Subsidies to improve energyefficiency and increase theuse of renewable energy

Developing Our Growing City Sustainably

► Development of brown field sites formerly used for harbor or industry use

► Reversing urban sprawl:“Leap Accross The Elbe“ and the International Building Exhibition 2013

► Restoration of floodplains

Greening Our ICT

► Realizing the potential of ICT networks for climate protection

► Reducing carbon footprint ofICT networks

► Development of a broader strategy

Connecting With Hamburg

Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Coordination Center for Climate Issues LeitstelleKlimaschutz@bsu.hamburg.de