In Munich on November 29, 2023, the Neue Weststadt Esslingen climate quarter was presented with the ODH-Quartier Awards 2023.
At the ODH(Open District Hub e.V.) Autumn Forum 2023, three outstanding district projects that have made a particular contribution to the sector coupling of electricity, heat and mobility were honored for the first time this year in the categories of innovation, integration and impact. In the Impact category, the prize went to the Neue Weststadt Esslingen climate district.
In Esslingen am Neckar, Germany's first climate-neutral hydrogen district with 500 apartments, office and commercial space and a university has been built in recent years on the site of the former goods station. You can find more information about the project at
https://siz-energieplus.de/projekte/klimaquartier-neue-weststadt-esslingen
On behalf of the entire Neue Weststadt project team consisting of:
- City of Esslingen am Neckar
- Steinbeis Innovation Center energieplus
- Green Hydrogen Esslingen
- RVI GmbH
- Polarstern
- Esslingen Municipal Transport Authority
- Institute for Sustainable Energy Technology and Mobility at Esslingen University of Applied Sciences
- mondayVision
- Institute for Building and Solar Technology at TU Braunschweig
- Berlin Institute for Social Research GmbH
- HyEnTec GmbH
- Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg
- Blumberg Agency GmbH
Tobias Nusser and Matthias Stickel from the Steinbeis Innovation Center energieplus accepted the award.
We would like to thank the ODH board and all those who voted for us in the public online voting for their vote and are delighted to have received the award! It is also an incentive to take the next steps in the climate quarter. More information will follow in due course.
Image sources:
LUKAS SCHULZE | photographer | sports and business
Photo: Maximilian Kamps, Agentur Blumberg GmbH