Municipal heat planning for the city of Frankfurt am Main

Client: City of Frankfurt am Main

Duration: February 2025 – February 2026

Background

The city of Frankfurt am Main has set ambitious climate targets and is now actively tackling the future of the city’s heat supply with municipal heat planning. The action plan and proposed measures developed in the heat planning process will form the basis for a greenhouse gas-neutral building stock and a greenhouse gas-neutral heat supply in Frankfurt am Main. The strategy is intended to show how a climate-neutral, reliable, affordable and therefore also economical and socially acceptable heat supply can look like for Frankfurt’s future.

Goals and Results

To achieve these goals, an action plan with potential implementation measures will be developed as part of the overall heating transition strategy. These include concrete technology solution suggestions to derive short, medium and long-term measures for the heat transition strategy. In addition, a continuation strategy with a controlling concept is then developed to better enable the implementation of the measures in practice. Another important component of a successful heat strategy is communication, which is why stakeholder management and a communication strategy also play a central role in this project. In this context, target group-specific communication formats are developed, stakeholders are consulted, and events are held for the public.

Tasks of IREES

  • Municipal Heat transition strategy with action plan

  • Continuation strategy

  • Controlling concept

  • Communication strategy

  • Stakeholder participation

STAFF

Dr. Jan Steinbach
Dr. Jan Steinbach
Dr. Eftim Popovski
Dr. Eftim Popovski
Vanessa Schindler
Vanessa Schindler
Jana Deurer
Jana Deurer
Johannes Haller
Johannes Haller
Catrice Christ
Catrice Christ
Dr. Sophie Lohmann
Dr. Sophie Lohmann
Dr. Nico Ulmer
Dr. Nico Ulmer