1. GREEN INDUSTRY PARK
FREIBURG
Green Industry Park –
Climate protection plan for an industrial park
Dr. Klaus von Zahn, Local Renewables Conference 2018, City of Freiburg
25th of October 2018

2. CO2-Reduction targets and interim results
Climate protection targets
1992*
Energy
Mobility
- 50 %
2014 2030
- 30,0 % per Pers.
(7,9 t p. P.)
2050
climateneutral
* base value 1992: 2 Mio. t CO2

3. Green Industry Park Freiburg
333Wagner /badenova AG & Co. KG
The Industriegebiet Nord industrial park is the city’s oldest and
largest industrial and commercial area:
 300 hectares,
 300 companies (industrial and commercial),
 15,000 employees,
 3 Fraunhofer Institutes and 1 Max-Planck-Institute,
 Faculty of Engineering of the University of Freiburg,
 Freiburg Trade Fair Centre and local air field.

4. outline of the Green Industry Park Freiburg
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5. Green Industry Park Freiburg
55Damian Wagner /badenova AG & Co. KG

6. Four expert partners:
 Energy savings plans for businesses and for the district
development of district-specific solutions,
practical consulting for companies (ECOfit)
 Consulting & incentive programmes
generic support for strategically saving energy and
optimising mass flow
 Innovative solutions
development of a sustainable energy system,
new concepts and pilot projects for companies
 Networking, communications & marketing
advocacy, communication and marking of the Green
Industry Park Freiburg brand
Green Industry Park Freiburg
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7. The Industry Park North accounts for one tenth of Freiburg’s
CO2 emissions
Power sources as a share of CO2 emissions in IP North
Power is an important policy field
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GIP: 10%
CO2 emissions in FR
1.7 million metric tons
per year
14%
6%
10%
70%
Erdgas
Heizöl
Kraftstoff
Strom
natural gas
oil
fuel
electricity

8. The power load profile has a clear peak in summer
Key issue for GIP: refrigeration
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Kilowatt
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
5,000
2,000

9. Approximately 17% of power consumed in IP
North could be provided by solar power
9999
Today: 2%
share of power
provided by
photovoltaics in
IP Nord
PV potential:
17%
of power consumption

10. Objective: Identification of relevant topics and policies in
cooperation with companies
Ideas and policy workshops
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11. Company representatives and experts develop
implementation measures:
 Mobility
 Lighting
 Waste heat and own energy generation
 Refrigeration and air conditioning
 Energy management
Our strength: Connecting implementation partners from
science, business and the community!
Key issues from the workshops, each with
around 20 companies
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12. Green Industry Park: Top 20 policies
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Mobility
Energy management
Energy efficiency
Renewable energies
Public Relations
Nr Measure
1 Optimization of the Job-Ticket / Regiokarte subsidies
2 Adding “company car sharing” to the vehicle fleet
3 Leasing models for commuter cycles
4 Intermodal “mobility hubs”
5 Integration of a cycle hire system
6 Improvement of cycling infrastructure in IP North
7 Effective energy management systems for SMEs
8 Energy monitoring and benchmarks within the GIP
9 Creation of a waste heat inventory
10 Waste/heat exchange: Platform for producers and consumers
11 “Quick energy efficiency check”
12 ECOfit 2014/2015
13 Optimization of lighting
14 “Energy efficient refrigeration initiative” / “refrigeration action
group”
15 Refrigeration monitoring pilot project
16 Expansion of co-generation heating network
17 Utilisation of shallow geothermal energy
18 Expansion of solar energy
19 GIP networking, communication, marketing
20 GIP climate protection manager

13.  Workshops since 2015
• Energy auditing and management
• Refrigeration and air conditioning
• Waste heat
• Lighting
• Solar Power / PV
• Energy efficient buildings
• Efficiency in the energy management
• Mobility
 Climate protection manager July 2017: For
the implementation of the 20 high-priority-
policies
Prospective development of the Green
Industry Park
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14. Green City Freiburg
Seite 14
Umweltschutzamt
Urbanistic
Master Plan
New soccer stadium

15. Green City Freiburg
Seite 15
Umweltschutzamt
New Project in the Green Industry Park:
Soccer stadium
- Target: carbon free energy

16. Green City Freiburg
Seite 16
Umweltschutzamt
„Waste heat utilisation for the district“
Energy concept for the new stadium
(SC Freiburg)
Big potential for the future

17. Green City Freiburg
Seite 17
Umweltschutzamt
Roßgässlebach
 4.000 -6.000 m³/h
groundwater 10 – 12ᵒ C
groundwater
extraction
max. 400 m³/h
50ᵒ C
max. 25ᵒ C
max. 80
GWh/a
heat transfer
station
heat conduction
35ᵒ C
…
Quelle: FWTMQuelle: FWTM

18. Green City Freiburg
Seite 18
Umweltschutzamt
Heat transfer station and pipeline construction
Waste heat utilisation for the district

19. Green City Freiburg
Seite 19
Umweltschutzamt
Pfizer – Tri-Generation plant
Development of an
efficient heat and power
and cooling network
 High efficiency
 Low cost
Supported by the city:
 Acquisation of further
customers
Current
Boiler
House

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Thank you for your attention!