Innovative and Sustainable Energy Supply Concepts for a New Quarter in Mannheim, Germany
Abstract
The former military area “Benjamin Franklin” in Mannheim, Germany, is converted in a completely new urban area with the aim of providing a high living standard and an innovative energy supply. The actual proposed energy supply concept for the sub quarter “Sullivan” was assessed. Two alternative concepts focusing on renewable energy sources have been developed. For this, some approaches from [1], [2], [3] have been applied and further extended. The developed concepts have been compared to the actual one, related to primary energy demand and economics. Keywords: energy concepts, quarters, urban area, district heating, solar thermal, photovoltaic, heat pump