Local Agenda 21 in conversation with the EVO Executive Board on the future of power generation

The talks with EVO board member Günther Weiß and departmental managing director Donald Badoux focused on two specific Agenda projects. Local Agenda 21 has submitted a funding application to the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for a feasibility study on the use of waste heat from data centers in Frankfurt and Offenbach. EVO would like to be involved as a partner. The Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences has already made a commitment, the City of Offenbach has expressed interest and the talks that have already begun with the City of Frankfurt will be continued.

In addition, the Agenda members promoted the "Electricity from the Balcony" project at EVO, an affordable way to generate your own electricity in order to make a small contribution to combating global warming.

EVO board member Günther Weiß and department manager Donald Badoux showed great interest in the two Agenda projects and agreed to look into EVO's involvement.

Local Agenda 21 has been in existence for 22 years and goes back to a request made to the states at the first UN Climate Change Conference in Rio de Janeiro in 1992. Local members are supposed to bring the environmental and sustainability concept into the local activities of their communities. Based on guidelines, this has been in place in Offenbach since the beginning of 1998.

At the Paris Summit in 2015, the climate targets were formulated in 17 specific topics in the 2030 Agenda. The use of waste heat from data centers project contributes to achieving the following individual goals: Renewable energy, Innovation and infrastructure, Sustainable cities and communities and Climate action.

Local Agenda 21 has also submitted its project "Use of waste heat from data centers" to the state for the Hessian Energy Prize 2020.