The city is aware of its extensive responsibilities concerning sustainability and takes a wide variety of steps. An advanced data acquisition infrastructure was put in place to measure water and energy consumption of municipal buildings. This infrastructure is constantly being improved and provides an invaluable database for effective energy-saving measures.
Since 1998 a dedicated team – the municipal energy management – supports the building department in a wide field of tasks related to renewable energy production, building physics, sustainability, energy saving, renovation of old buildings and more.
The city’s new building projects as well as its renovation projects are carried out according to self-imposed standards, which surpass the national average and aim to both protect the climate and to improve indoor comfort.
The City of Nuremberg is a member of the Soil Alliance, and the Climate Alliance. Within these European networks, the city actively fights for sustainable soil use and for global climate protection. In July 2019, the City Council decided to intensify its efforts to reach net zero carbon emissions of its own buildings by 2035. The effort will include substantial refurbishments, evaluating the climate saving effects