General information
The neighbourhoods in the largest metropolitan area in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, the Ruhr metropolis, face a particular challenge in terms of climate-friendly transformation: growing or shrinking residential areas, workers' housing settlements, listed housing sttlements, and neighbourhoods with a building stock dating mainly from the 1950s and 1960s. In order for the transition to lower-carbon or carbon-neutral residential areas to succeed, different methods of integrated energy-efficient neighbourhood development must be brought together, and a combined strategy of urban development and housing market measures is needed. With the Prima.Klima.Ruhrmetroploe project, tailor-made measaures can be tested and successfully implemented.
Target values
- Economical
- Ecological
- Social
Content focus
- Urban / neighbourhood development
- Climate adaptation
Innovation type
- Ecological
- Economical
- Social
- Technical
- Regulatory
Funding
- Public, federal state
Cooperation
Type of co-creation
Those collaborating in the project pursue the co-creation approach intensively in only one phase of the project. In addition, the co-creation approach is applied in cross-process phases by involving people with practical and professional experience in decision-making about how to proceed.
Society involvement
Information opportunities are offered to organised civil society and/or local societey.
Constellation of actors
Political actors
Ministry for Regional Identity, Communities, Building, and Digitalization of the State of Northrhine-Westphalia
Actors in administration
- City of Gelsenkirchen
Teilnehmerkommunen:
- City of Bottrop
- City of Duisburg
- City of Essen
- City of Hagen
- City of Lünen
- City of Oberhausen
- City of Xanten
Organization and decision-making
Constellation of actors in daily project work
The project focuses on joint `action´.
Project management
The Ministry for Regional Identity, Communities, Building and Digitalization of the State of Northrhine-Westphalia is the organiser and is supported by the city of Gelsenkirchen as the lead partner.
Agreements and decisions
The Ministry for Regional Identity, Communities, Building and Digitalisation of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Result and effect
Results and impacts in terms of affordability and other ecological and social target values
- To develop experimental energy districts and design model, tranferable implementation processes
- To create up to 15 energy districts as models for the region with different themes, for example:
- CO₂-neutral building stock
- municipal heat supply
- use of renewable energy sources
- climate adaption of public spaces
Consideration of the EU taxonomy and ESG criteria
The objectives and requirements of the EU taxonomy must be taken into account when finding solutions.
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