Ostfildern, Germany

The CONCERTO community in Ostfildern is a district named Scharnhauser Park. The Scharnhauser Park is located on the site of a former US military base, which became available after American withdrawal as the Iron Curtain fell. It covers 150 ha in the municipality of Ostfildern, a town of 35,000 people on the eastern borders of Stuttgart.

Combining work places, residential areas, and green park sections, it leads to an integrated living and transportation concept with high comfort and low energy consumption. The project is designed as an exemplary ecological community development, where a wood fired co-generation plant delivers electricity and heating energy.


Use of Renewable Energy Sources

•   Bioenergy (Cogeneration from Biomass, Biogas)
•   Geothermal Energy
•   Heat Pump
•   Photovoltaics
•   Active Cooling (solar/thermal driven cooling)


Low Carbon Technologies

•   Insulation
•   Monitoring and Targeting (M & T)
•   Active thermal mass storage/active thermal mass strategies
•   District Heating
•   Specific facade solutions (relevant to energy)
•   Glazing, Windows
•   Post completion testing (e.g. Blower-Door-Test)


Highlights

Community project which leads into an integrated living and transportation concept with high comfort and low energy consumption.



Wood-fired combined heat and power plant in Ostfildern. Eco-building in Ostfildern © Photo Pietzsch


Site facts & figures

• Estimated population involved: 10,000
• Approx. geographical area coverage: 150 ha
• Approx. energy saving: 30 -38%
• Approx. energy from RES: 80%

The consortium

• Town of Ostfildern
• Siedlungswerk Stuttart (SWG)
• Stadtwerke Esslingen
•  Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation (WRS)
•  Institute of Energy, Economies and the Rational Use of Energy (IER), University of Stuttgart
• Zafh.net - Zentrum für angewandte Forschung an Fachhochschulen Nachhaltige Energietechnik Hochschule für Technik, Stuttgart
•  Steinbeis-Europa-Zentrum, Stuttgart