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Thermal bridges glow in bright colors
The team from the Passive House Institute and the town of Riedstadt are working intensively on proposals for the new redevelopment areas in Crumstadt, Goddelau, and Leeheim. "We are collecting data from various sources and presenting it in a geographic information system," explains Dr. Jürgen Schnieders, Managing Director of the Passive House Institute.
One problem is that different sources use different spellings for the same address. "That's why consolidating the data is tedious. But we have a good overview and are currently developing proposals for defining the areas," Schnieders continued. "We will present the proposals at a workshop on Monday, January 27, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the town hall and involve the citizens in the decision-making process. The resolution is then planned for March in the city council. The renovations with tax breaks can therefore begin before Easter," Mayor Marcus Kretschmann is pleased to announce.
Citizens can already get involved. "We ask all interested parties to fill out the questionnaire at www.klimafreundliches-riedstadt.de . This helps us enormously in assessing what is possible in Riedstadt and where further clarification is needed," explains Benjamin Krick, the city's renovation manager. The website also offers a tool for recording the energy consumption of buildings, which provides suggestions for individual renovations.
From mid-January, preferably in the late evening or early morning hours, a team equipped with a thermal imaging camera will be out and about in the city districts. This camera will highlight weak points in buildings, known as thermal bridges, by displaying them in bright yellow and red tones. The images taken from the street will supplement the data already collected and will later be made available to interested citizens.
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Further information and contact details can be found at www.klimafreundliches-riedstadt.de
Photo: Thermography photo of a building in Erfelden. More heat is lost through the red colored areas, particularly through the windows, the roller shutter boxes and the ceiling support. Photo: City of Riedstadt
