Lokale Agenda 21 Heidelberg

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Heidelberg a Sustainable City?
Best Practices and Experiences Dr. Hans-Wolf
Zirkwitz City of Heidelberg, Germany
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What is extraordinarily positive in Heidelberg?

• ? Integration of aspects of environmental
• protection, social justice and economic
• profitability
• City of Dialogue Increasing participation of
• the Citizens
• Creative environmental policies in periods of
• limited municipal finances
• Creating jobs by combining nature protection
• and social politics
• Administration as a Service Unit for citizens
• and partners and a mediator
• We act as model and we promote and
• support private activities

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Management of Resources and Energy

• ? STRATEGY
• ? LOCAL ACTION PLAN for the
• reduction of CO2 emissions 1992
• ? Political Target Reduction of CO2
• about 20 from 1987 until 2005

• ? COMMUNITY AS A MODEL
• ? Establishment of a municipal
• energy management
• ? Energy-Controlling
• ? Energy Concept

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Management of Resources and Energy
? PARTICIPATION ? Round Table Energy 1997
and funding of the KliBA (Regional
Energy Advice Agency) ? Round Table
Solar Energy 1998 Creating new
cooperation projects ? E-Teams in schools
? PROMOTION AND COOPERATION ? CO2
campaign ? Advisory bureau and KliBA
? Incentive programme ? Energy Efficiency
Model Projects
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Management of Resources and Energy

• ? COMMUNITY
• ? Reduction of the energy
• consumption (30 )
• ? Buying green electricity for
• kindergartens and schools
• 7 Mio kWh/330.000 /4.400t CO2

• PUBLIC
• ? 1000 measures
• ? Low and Zero emission buildings
• ? Facilities for Hydropower and
• Biomass conversion
• ? Energy System of the University

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Management of Resources and Waste

• ? STRATEGY
• ? WASTE MANAGEMENT
• CONCEPT (1986, 1990, 1996)
• ? Priorities
• ? Preventing ? Recycling ? Thermal
• treatment and deposition

• ? COMMUNITY AS A MODEL
• ? ISO 9002 and EMAS of the
• Waste Management Office
• ? Waste Separation Systems in all
• Public Buildings
• ? EcoProcurement

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Management of Resources and Waste

? PROMOTION AND COOPERATION ? Waste
Advisory Agency (11 Persons) Industry,
Private Housholds, Schools ? Trade specific
projects ? Hotels, Hairdressers, Bakeries
? Sustainable Management Systems for
SME and Schools ? Waste Lock Containers
in Residentials Estates ?
Rhine-Neckar waste Association(ZARN) ?
New Composting Plant Processes up to
35,000 t/a
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Management of Resources and Waste

? RESULTS (since 1990) ? Separation Systems
for all Households (Biological-,
Plastic- and Residual Waste Tons) ?
Containersystem for Paper and Glass/500
Inhabitants ? 7 Decentral Recycling Courts
? For Industry Collection of Paper Free
of charge
? RESULTS (since 1990) ? - 20 Total
Waste Amount ? - 42 Private Household
Waste ? 280 Recycling Materials ?
50 Organic Waste ? - 72
Industrial Waste
ZARN
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Heidelberg Healthy City
? COMMUNITY AS A MODEL ? City Administration
as a Healthy Firm ? Indoor Pollution
Programme and Sani- tation of
Kindergartens and Schools
? PARTICIPATION ? Round Table Healthy City
? Bringing together Local Actors ?
Defining Strategy and Projects
? COOPERATION AND PROMOTION ? Specific
Health projects ? Hairdressers and
Painters ? Smoking Free Area in Cafés
? Regional Car Free Day Living
Neckar
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European Sustainable City
Sustainability as a Creative Process
Indicators for Controlling and Reporting
Responsibility for the Global Climate
Community as a Model, Mediator and Promoter
City of Dialogue Communication and Cooperation
Action orientated Local Plans and Concepts
Strategies Integrating social, economic and
ecological aspects
City Development Plan Political Guidelines and
Targets