SPECIAL Training Week in Berlin

SPECIAL Training Week in Berlin

Monday 2nd– Friday 6thSeptember 2013

Agenda

Monday 2nd September: Challenges and Opportunities in Germany (Module 1)
Strategies, Instruments, Tools (Module 3)
14:00
14:20
14:30
15:15
15:45
16:15
16:30
19:00 / Partners arrival
Location: Difu, Zimmerstr. 15, 10969 Berlin(please see figure 1)
Introduction to training weekby Difu
Challenges of climate change by the Climate-Kic Germany(enquired). Includes: introduction, scientific results, relevance. Discussion.
German Climate Protection Initiative and Funding System by Katharina Voss, Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Berlin.Includes: introduction in funding programmes, examples, etc.Discussion.
Benefits for communities – Renewables and Efficiency by BenjaminDannemann, German Renewable Energies Agency, Berlin. Includes: economic issues, adding value for communities, etc. Discussion.
Coffee
Socio-Economic impact and possibilities for communities byAchim Neuhäuser, BEA Berliner Energieagentur (energy service company), Berlin. Includes: introduction, programme for energy consulting in households, subsidies for energy relevant devices for poor households.Discussion.
Workshop
Dinner
Tuesday3rdSeptember: 1. German policy and planning framework (Module 2)
2. Strategies, Instruments, Tools (Module 3)
9:00
9:15
9:45
10:00
12:00
13:30
14:00
14:30
15:00
16:30
16:35 / German energy policy (with particular relevance to planning) by Lars Porsche, Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), Bonn.Includes: focus of activities (heat/cold generation as biggest energy consumer), programmes, German transformation of energy system etc., short introduction.
The German Spatial Planning System and Interlinkages between Spatial Planning and Renewable Energy Implementationin Germany by Christian Strauss and Franzisca Frölich von Bodelschwingh, Difu. Includes: national and regional planning, the national planning policy framework, the duty to public participation, integration of planning and renewables by law and contracts etc. Discussion.
Coffee
Linking Spatial Planning and Renewable Energies in Practice by Lars Porsche, BBSR. Includes: urban renewal with renewable energies - future challenge of role of urban planning, procedures and practice examples.
Workshop
Lunch
Municipal Climate Protection Conceptsand theMunicipal Climate ProtectionManagers byDaniel Willeke, Difu.Includes: introduction, concept, practical examples. Discussion.
City of Berlin’s climate and energy strategy – by Gesa Homann, Senate Department for Urban Development and the Environment, Climate Protection and Energy Unit.Includes: objective 2050, background, integrated strategy, feasibility studies, etc. Discussion.
Berlin planning system for the integration of renewables and efficiency by Christian Strauss(enquired), Difu.Includes: background, planning strategy, instruments, etc. Discussion.
Coffee
Workshop to the development of the SPECIAL training portfolio (webpage, etc.)
End of the day
Optional: Walk to the German Parliament to visit a plenary sessionfor 45 min in the plenary hall of the Reichstag (Start 18:00 -18:45 pm) in connection visit of the Reichstag dome (please see figure 3).
Wednesday 4thSeptember: Visit of IBA in Hamburg (Module, 1, 3, 4)
8:10
11:15
11:45
12:30
13:37
15:00
15:30
17:00
18:15
20:40 / Meeting at Berlin main train station (Hbf)lower floor, track 5, train IC 2072, coach Nr. 7(departure at 8:20 – arrival at 10:25) (please see figure 3).
Welcome by Mr. Hellweg, Director of the “International Building Exhibition (IBA)” in Hamburg-Wilhemsburg
Climate Protection Concept “Renewable Wilhelmsburg”by Mr. Grebitz, IBA
Shuttle Busto the Energy Bunker (energy storage, renewables) – visit and snack at cafe
Shuttle Busto the Building Exhibition in the Building Exhibition – model housing of 21 Century (energy efficiency, passive house standard, PV, geothermic uses, heat network).
Transfer to the next site visit(walkor taxi)
Visit of the Energy Hill of Georgswerder with Mr. Esser, IBA– transformed landfill site (wind power and repowering, PV, biogas, groundwater heat, methane heat).
End of the visit and taxi to the Metro (S-Bahn)
Meeting at Hamburg main train station(Hbf), track 8a/b, train IC 2073, coach Nr. 7 (departure at 18:27 – arrival at20:35 pm)
Berlin Main Train Station -End of the day
Thursday 5th September:Strategies, Implementation (Module 3, 4)
9:30
10:30
10:45
12:00
13:00
13:30
17:00
19:00 / Energiewende: Challenges for municipal energy supplier in Germany by Dr. Barbara Praetorius, Verband kommunaler Unternehmen (VKU) – Association of Municipal Enterprices, Includes: role of municipal companies, decentral concepts, etc.
Impulse presentation 10 min - Re-municipalisation? A German trend as model for other countries to create a sustainable energy supply? by Jens Libbe, Difu. Includes: introduction, trends and examples in Germany, Problems. Discussion
Coffee
Electro-Mobility integration on planning processes byAnne Klein-Hitpaß, Difu. Includes: introduction, opportunities, and practical examples. Discussion.
Integrated planning approach – energy and urban mobility?byWolfgang Aichinger, Difu.Includes: Introduction, approaches, practical examples of European cities. Discussion.
Lunch
Climate Change and Protection of listed historical buildingsbyEckhard Hasler, National Contact Point “Protection of Historic Buildings and Monuments in Urban Areas“.Includes: introduction, projects, practical examples, etc. Discussion.
Transfer
Site visit
End of the day
Optional: Evening ship tour on the rivers of Berlin (Start: 19:00 – End: 22:00, costs 20 Euro). Meeting at Märkisches Museum at 18:45 pm (please see figure 4).
Friday 6thSeptember:Participation (Module 5)
9:00
9:30
10:30
10:45
12:00
13:00 / Techniques of competence building and training - Learning from Up-Res by AGFW – Sarah Vautz, Frankfurt
Workshop: How to organise a trainings course – techniques and instruments of competence building and training! by EPC and Difu.
Coffee
Workshop: Participation processes to make the change possible – including public, municipality, NGO byEPC and Difu, Includes: introduction, opportunities and practical examples.
Discussion to training progress, next steps incl. WP 3, feedback etc.
End of the day

Figure 1:Monday – Friday (except Wednesday) – Meeting at the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu), first floor, Room: Ernst Reuter.

Address: Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik, Zimmerstr. 13-15, 10969 Berlin

How to get to Difu

To find the best way to reach us visit and enter "Kochstrasse/Checkpoint Charlie" or "Stadtmitte" as your destination. Using public transport it takes 15 minutes to reach Difu from Berlin Hauptbahnhof (central station), half an hour from Tegel Airport and 45 minutes from Schönefeld Airport.

Transport connections

U-Bahn station: Kochstr. or Stadtmitte

S-Bahn station: Anhalter Bahnhof or Potsdamer Platz

Buses: M48, M29, M41, 248, 347, N6, N42

Figure 3:Tuesday - Meeting point for visit of the panel session at the German Parliament (Reichstag)

Please meet at 17:20 at latest at the central entrée at the Scheidemannstraße on the west portal of the Reichstag.

Figure 3:Wednesday - Meeting point for the IBA visit at the main train station in Berlin (8:10 am)

Please meet at 8:10 am at Hbf, lower floor, track 5, train IC 2072, coach Nr. 7(departure at 8:20 – arrival at 10:25)

Figure 4:Thursday - meeting point for the evening ship tour (18:45 pm)

Please meet at the river Spree behind the Märkisches Museum at 18:45 pm. Walk time from Difu approximately 30 min. Subway with the U2 from Stadtmitte to Märkisches Museum (2 stations only) than walk.