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Facing the climate challenge -
Hamburg’s approach to sustainable development and smart growth
Peter Lindlahr The City of Hamburg Head of the Coordination
Center for Climate Issues
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Germany’s second largest city and one of 16 federal stateswith a population of 1.7 M in the city and more than 4 M in the metropolitan areaSecond largest port & aviation technology center in Europe Green city on the waterside (40 % green and water spaces)Rich variety in the metropolitan region (14 counties)Annual CO2-emissions will decrease by 2 M tons within 5 years as compared to now(almost -30% p.c. since 1990) as laid out in the recently launched Climate Action Plan, which provides an extra funding of 25 M Euro for the year 2008
Who we are, and where we come from – a brief introduction…
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Our criteria of success for “Good Governance”
Hamburg stands for well-balanced centralized / decentralized decision-making The Hamburg concept considers ecological efforts as a transversal task, and turns it into job generation in engineering and manufacturing businessesEnergy savings need feasable incentives (e.g., the 50/50-program: schools reducing their energy consumption keep 50% of the monetary savings) The Hamburg approach is a two-folded strategy of subsidies and regulation. It provides a substantial project funding to stimulate the market, while at the same time the Hamburg state government establishes specific codes (e.g., green building standards)
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A significant challenge for a comprehensive metropolitan strategy is…
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Mobility
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A significant challenge for a comprehensive metropolitan strategy is…
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Advanced Urban Planning
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Significant challenges for a comprehensive metropolitan strategy are…
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clean energy█
adaptation and mitigation efforts to combat climate change
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Mobility
The major tasks are to …
develop public transport through an integrated conceptfor the bus- and metro-system:common schedule - common tariff- common ticketingextend the regional approach for the overall traffic management plan
speed up the implementation of advanced engine technologies
establish green ICT in traffic management systems
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The Hamburg Transport Association – facts & figures
Bus/Ferry
Rail
TotalRoutes/lines
655
27
682Stops/stations
9.396
281
9.677Network length
(km)
12.241
881
13.122Vehicles
1.920
1.636
3.556Passenger
kilometres
(m)
1.431
3.935
5.367Passengers on lines/routes
(m)
373
469
842HVV total passengers
(m)
609
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The Hamburg Transport Association – Energy saving activities
Power consumption of the Metro System
1995 2006 Difference
Million car-km p.a. 58,37 74,54 27,7 %
Total power consumption [million kWh] 97,68 103,97 6,4 %
Specific consumption [kWh/car-km]
1,67 1,39 -16,8 %
Automatic driving recommendations for energy-
efficient train operationReturn of braking energy into the
electricity networkEnergy storage systems
New lightweight construction vehicle concept
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Best Practice in smart transportation:
Zero Emission Public Transport - The Hamburg fuel cell concept
Fuel-cell powered hydrogen buses are 100% environmentally compatible and operate at low noise emission rates
HOCHBAHN operates nine fuel cell powered buses in the regular daily inner-city traffic thus constituting the largest hydrogen powered bus fleet in the world
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Advanced Urban Planning
The major tasks are to …
establish criteria for sustainable planning in development plans and building permitscreate urbanity and urban structure with a inspiring mix of public spaces, new districts with residential and office usage, places of consumption, institutions and networks, cultural and entertainment facilities and a dense grid of walkways and cyclepathsextend spatial conversion (brown fields – harbour, railway, industrial, etc.)
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HafenCity Hamburg: Ecological Sustainability Strategies in a Large-Scale Urban Development Project
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Best Practice in smart growth and advanced urban planning
The Hamburg HafenCity Project
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Best Practice in advanced urban planning
HafenCity Eco Label Categories
residential buildings <60 kWh/a m²
or <40 kWh/a m²
commercial buildings <190 kWh/a m²
or <100 kWh/a m²
Stimulation of competition and market processes by
awarding an eco-label and confering an environmental award
certification of buildings
promotion of energy efficiency as part of the sale of plots
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Best practice in Waterfront Development (The HafenCity Science Center)
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Clean Energy Issues
The major tasks are to …
implement Carbon Capture Storage increase the percentage of renewables in the regional energy mix support zero-emission technologies like fuel cell or hybrid establish mandatory standards on energy efficiency in buildings start or extend Eco Partnerships (“economy meets ecology”)
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Adaptation and mitigation efforts to combat climate change
The major tasks are to …
launch programs with well defined projects and measures, such as the Hamburg Climate Action Plan (170 projects within 5 years)
start capacity building in R&D and applied sciences
establish city networks on adaptation issues (e.g., urban flood management) and focus on climate change on a regional scale
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