netWORKS 3 – Sustainable concepts for the municipal water sector
The goal of the research collaboration netWORKS is to develop innovative and sustainable solutions for the municipal water and wastewater sector. The netWORKS 3 project is designed to help municipalities adapt to the changing determining conditions in the water and wastewater sector.
Research approach
The research collaboration netWORKS develops and tests implementation concepts in model areas. These concepts are designed to enable municipal facilities to respond to increasingly complex ecological and social conditions. First, the project netWORKS 3 prepares assessment criteria to identify suitable quarters, defines system variants and calculates the flows of the different materials, using this information to develop alternative solutions.
Model areas
The system variants that have been developed will be tested and piloted in selected residential areas in Frankfurt/Main and Hamburg, Germany. Implementation is planned for Frankfurt/Main, where potential tenants and interested buyers will be polled on their attitudes towards new system solutions and their motivation to use them.
Identifying scope for action
At the same time, the research team is assessing the current legislative situation and determining possible scope for action for the municipalities, who are often underestimate by the players in the water sector. netWORKS 3 is identifying this scope through the analysis of implementing system innovations and scenarios building upon them. The development of new business models and strategies, as well as the study of legal conditions and the (institutional) economic analysis of coordination problems with cross-sectoral optimisation is also being supported.
Background
Germany’s municipalities and their water management companies are facing considerable challenges: They are forced to react to far-reaching ecological and social changes such as climate or the demographic change. But water and wastewater systems are designed for use over several decades, and short-term changes are difficult to implement. However, technical restructuring is vital if the companies want to stay viable in future. There are already innovative solutions for water and wastewater systems on hand, but up till now they have just been implemented in pilot projects, because the institutional barriers and uncertainties are too high. Research in this area is needed to pave the way for innovative system solutions to become standard solutions. In order to do so, the potential and limits of a more intelligent re-structuring and change of use of water and wastewater systems need to be assessed.
Research and project partners
- German Insitute of Urban Affairs (Difu), Berlin/Germany
- Workgroup for Infrastructure Policy (WIP), TU Berlin/Germany
- COOPERATIVE – Infrastruktur und Umwelt, Reinheim/Germany
Industry partners
- ABG Frankfurt Holding and ABGnova GmbH
- Hamburger Stadtentwässerung AöR (a company of Hamburg Water)
Funding
netWORKS is being funded within the funding project „Intelligent and multifunctional infrastructure systems for sustainable water and waste water systems (INIS)“ of the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF).
Publications
Davoudi, Arash/Ruth Scheidegger/Martina Winker (2017): Stoffstromanalyse. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 119-131
Deffner, Jutta/Barbara Birzle-Harder (2017): Betriebswasserversorgung und Wärmerückgewinnung aus Bewohnersicht. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 143-158
Deffner, Jutta/Barbara Birzle-Harder/Engelbert Schramm (2017): Neuartige Sanitärsysteme - Alltagserfahrungen und Anforderungen von Nutzenden.In: Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik Difu (Ed.): Wasserinfrastrukturen für die zukunftsfähige Stadt. Beiträge aus der INIS-Forschung. Berlin, 282-285
Felmeden, Jörg/Bernhard Michel/Engelbert Schramm/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Martin Zimmermann (2017): Gesamtstädtische und regionale Perspektiven. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 185-194
Felmeden, Jörg/Bernhard Michel/Martin Zimmermann (2017): Bewertungsrahmen und -kriterien für die integrierte Bewertung neuartiger Wasserinfrastrukturen. In: Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik Difu (Ed.): Wasserinfrastrukturen für die zukunftsfähige Stadt. Beiträge aus der INIS-Forschung. Berlin, 158-161
Felmeden, Jörg/Bernhard Michel/Martin Zimmermann (2017): Integrierte Bewertung auf Modellgebietsebene. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 171-184
Kerber, Heide/Michael Kunkis/Engelbert Schramm (2017): Kooperationsmanagement - Ein Instrument zur Differenzierung der Wasserinfrastruktur. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 219-235
Kerber, Heide/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Engelbert Schramm (2017): Akteure in der Transformation der Wasserinfrastrukturen. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 197-206
Kunkel, Sabine/Bernd Utesch/Martina Winker/Jörg Felmeden (2017): Wärmerückgewinnung und Betriebswassernutzung - Umsetzung einer Systemalternative in Frankfurt a. M.. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 99-115
Libbe, Jens/Engelbert Schramm/Martina Winker/Jutta Deffner (2017): Integrierte Infrastrukturplanung. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 81-90
Libbe, Jens/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Martina Winker (2017): Derzeitige Ausgangslage. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 29-33
Milosevic, Danijela/Martina Winker (2017): Abschätzung der Treibhausgasemissionen. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 133-142
netWORKS (2017): Potenziale neuartiger Wasserinfrastrukturen in ländlichen Regionen. Handreichung. Berlin
netWORKS (2017): Stadtentwicklung und neuartige Wasserinfrastruktur. Handreichung. Berlin
netWORKS (2017): Wasserwirtschaftliche Unternehmen und neuartige Wasserinfrastruktur. Handreichung. Berlin
Ott, Ralf/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Engelbert Schramm (2017): Koordinationsbedarfe und -optimierungen. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 207-218
Schramm, Engelbert/Heide Kerber (2017): Transformation von Wasserinfrastrukturen: Fördernde und hemmende Faktoren aus Sicht zentraler Akteure. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 57-69
Schramm, Engelbert/Ralf Ott/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Martina Winker (2017): Kooperationsmanagement. In: Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik Difu (Ed.): Wasserinfrastrukturen für die zukunftsfähige Stadt. Beiträge aus der INIS-Forschung. Berlin, 296-299
Schramm, Engelbert/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Thomas Giese/Thomas Werner/Martina Winker (2017): Machbarkeitsstudien zur Verbesserung der Planungsspielräume - Das Beispiel Hamburg. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 91-97
Winker, Martina/Jörg Felmeden/Bernhard Michel/Danijela Milosevic/Thomas Werner/Thomas Giese (2017): Identifikation von Transformationsräumen am Beispiel von Frankfurt am Main und Hamburg.In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 71-79
Winker, Martina/Jörg Felmeden/Thomas Werner/Arash Davoudi/Ralf Ott (2017): Technische Systemvarianten einer sich differenzierenden Wasserinfrastruktur. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 45-56
Winker, Martina/Thomas Giese/Jens Libbe/Jörg Londong/Martin Oldenburg/Engelbert Schramm (2017): Probleme und Stolpersteine beim Umsetzen neuartiger Wasserinfrastrukturen:Diskrepanzen zwischen Theorie und Praxis. In: Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik Difu (Ed.): Wasserinfrastrukturen für die zukunftsfähige Stadt. Beiträge aus der INIS-Forschung. Berlin, 134-139
Winker, Martina/Jens Libbe/Jörg Felmeden/Thomas Giese/Sabine Kunkel (2017): Dependenzen und Interdependenzen von Siedlungs- und Baustruktur mit der Wasser- und Energieinfrastruktur. In: Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik Difu (Ed.): Wasserinfrastrukturen für die zukunftsfähige Stadt. Beiträge aus der INIS-Forschung. Berlin, 140-143
Winker, Martina/Jens Libbe/Bernhard Michel/Engelbert Schramm/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Martin Zimmermann (2017): Fazit und Ausblick. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 259-266
Winker, Martina/Jens Libbe/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Engelbert Schramm/Ralf Ott (2017): Differenzierung der Wasserinfrastruktur auf kommunaler Ebene. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 37-43
Winker, Martina/Danijela Milosevic (2017): Transformationsräume in der Stadt - erkennen und nutzen. In: Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik Difu (Ed.): Wasserinfrastrukturen für die zukunftsfähige Stadt. Beiträge aus der INIS-Forschung. Berlin, 266-267
Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp (2017): Summary. Water infrastructure: Shaping change - Technological variations, spatial potential, institutional leeway. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 19-25
Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp (2017): Zusammenfassung. Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten - Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. In: Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu, 11-18
Winker, Martina/Jan Hendrik Trapp/Jens Libbe/Engelbert Schramm (Ed.) (2017): Wasserinfrastruktur: Den Wandel gestalten. Technische Varianten, räumliche Potenziale, institutionelle Spielräume. Edition Difu - Stadt Forschung Praxis, 16. Berlin: Difu
Davoudi, Arash/Danijela Milosevic/Ruth Scheidegger/Engelbert Schramm/Martina Winker (2016): Stoffstromanalyse zu verschiedenen Wasserinfrastruktursystemen in Frankfurter und Hamburger Quartieren.netWORKS-Papers, 30. Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik Difu
Kerber, Heide/Engelbert Schramm/Martina Winker (2016): Transformationsrisiken bearbeiten: Umsetzung differenzierter Wasserinfrastruktursysteme durch Kooperation. netWORKS-Papers, 28. Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik Difu
Winker, Martina/Engelbert Schramm/Oliver Schulz/Martin Zimmermann/Stefan Liehr (2016): Integrated water research and how it can help address the challenges faced by Germany's water sector. Environ Earth Sci 75:1226
Hefter, Tomas/Barbara Birzle-Harder/Jutta Deffner (2015): Akzeptanz von Grauwasserbehandlung und Wärmerückgewinnung im Wohnungsbau. Ergebnisse einer qualitativen Bewohnerbefragung. netWORKS-Papers, 27. Berlin: Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik Difu
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