Energymap Berlin: Innovative tool for the energy transition starts soon!

Energymap Berlin: Innovative tool for the energy transition starts soon!

Berlin, Deutschland - On May 28, 2025, the innovative digital tool Energymap Berlin will be presented at the Berlin Energy Days. This is an interactive online card tool for the build-up heat planning of the Berlin building stock. This solution was developed by the University of the Arts (UDK) Berlin in cooperation with Co2online, Senercon, Lup and the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district office. The Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) is funding. The presentation offers a first opportunity for the audience to get to know the versatile possible uses of EnergyMap Berlin, which are designed especially for citizens, energy planners, suppliers and urban planners.

EnergyMap Berlin aims to create transparency at the building data and enables database-based, multiuser and multisource-based use. The combination of calculated heat requirements from publicly available data as well as real consumption data through crowd sourcing is supported by comprehensive analysis and decision-making in economic, energy policy and planning contexts. The users also have the option of adapting the renovation state of buildings and examining various renovation variants, including their influence on climate change.

functionalities and integration

EnergyMap Berlin offers a platform that is linked to the official Berlin heating las and complements the existing heat loader for administrative purposes. After the presentation, the tool will be available to the public as a free web app, so that all social actors of the energy transition can access this valuable information resource. The aim is to create a transparent data basis for the energetic state of the building stock, which enables all actors to make plans at different depth of detail.

The new AI model within EnergyMap forecast the heating energy requirement of individual buildings and groups and thus ensures evidence-based decision-making with regard to energy-based renovation measures. The WebApp represents significant support for the creation of sustainable urban development and integrates innovative approaches from the field of smart city concepts.

Smart City and innovative urban development

The concept of the smart city, which is defined as a social thought building, describes cities that are characterized by information and communication technologies in order to efficiently record, monitor and optimize urban resource flows. However, there is no generally accepted definition for smart cities, since they vary depending on the city and country. Influence factors include the degree of local development, the existing resources and the expectations of the residents.

The recent understanding of a smart city includes cross-divisional integration of living and living space for all social classes, jobs for various qualifications as well as comprehensive education and cultural offers. The aim is to promote the “city of short distances” - a development that is sustainable by improving urban logistics and new transport systems. Physical capital, human capital and social capital are indispensable for the development of a smart city.

Further information about the project and its possibilities can be found on the Energymap Berlin Project page