Mobility station opened
Despite the corona pandemic, two important milestones for the ZED project have been advanced decisively: On Friday 17 July, the project partners – including bifa – together with residents and the media officially open the Marienthal mobility station. In addition, this event was also the go ahead for a survey of all households in Marienthal.
Is visiting the doctor or supermarket on foot too far? No car to hand? Until now, many senior citizens have faced the challenge of no longer being able to run their daily errands independently. This is no longer the case in this district thanks to the opening of the mobility station and subsequent project week. The Zwickauer ZED project now also uses the station to communicate energy research questions at grass-roots.
bifa has already moderated two large citizen forums and several workshops. The results of these events have now also been incorporated in a questionnaire, which will be distributed to all 8,000 residents of Marienthal with the opening of the station. The objective of this household survey is to examine the acceptance of various (technological) developments, such as the planned energy centre in Marienthal and attitudes to regenerative energy and solutions for climate protection and climate adaptation. Energy supply, mobility and climate protection in the district appear to be highly relevant with regard to environmental effects and are thus particularly important for realisation of the planned ZED zero emissions district. A measuring campaign to determine the summertime heat in Marienthal homes is planned – also in order to extend the general "heating focus" in the winter to include extremely relevant issues of adaptation to the effects of climate change in the summer.
The project is one of six nation-wide lighthouse projects and is being funded by the federal ministries of research and of economic affairs with around 16 million euros.
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Dr. Michael Schneider
mschneider@bifa.de