Stadtwerke Gießen is continuously optimising the efficiency and security of supply of its district heating network and is therefore connecting two important lines of the existing heat supply in the lower part of Grünberger Strasse from 1 July: One runs in Pestalozzistraße - it connects the residential neighbourhood between Schwanenteich and Grünberger Straße - and the second is in Licher Straße. The planners have chosen the shortest route for the so-called ring closure of these two hot water pipes: the lower part of Grünberger Strasse close to the city centre up to house number 27.
Traffic diverted until the beginning of August
This area will have to be fully closed for the duration of the construction work, which is due to start on 1 July and be completed on 8 August. For this reason, Stadtwerke Gießen was unable to complete the ring closure during the renovation work on Licher Straße. This is because Grünberger Straße was one of the main diversion routes into and out of the city at the time. "We deliberately chose the date from 1 July, as experience has shown that there is less traffic during the summer holidays," explains Ina Weller, company spokesperson for SWG.
Road users travelling into and out of the city can use the diversion via Licher Straße and Georg-Philipp-Gail-Straße for the duration of the full closure. Bus route 1 of the Stadtwerke Gießen subsidiary MIT.BUS and routes 110 and 600 of Verkehrsgesellschaft Oberhessen will also take this route for the duration of the construction work. The diversion route also applies to the Saturn night bus travelling in the direction of Berliner Platz. Instead of the Wolfstraße stop in Grünberger Straße, the buses will stop at the Nahrungsberg stop in Licher Straße.
Expansion for efficiency and security of supply
With the continuous expansion of its district heating network, Stadtwerke Giessen is consistently pursuing its strategy of increasing the efficiency of energy supply in the region. District heating is one of the most efficient ways to heat buildings. There are simple reasons for this: Firstly, the centralised production of heat saves a lot of energy compared to individual generation in your own basement. Secondly, the vast majority of district heating in Giessen is generated in combined heat and power plants. This means that SWG converts the energy source used into heat and electricity at the same time. The tighter the meshes of the district heating network, the more efficient the energy supply and the greater the security of supply. This is because if there are more opportunities to feed in the heat and the network can absorb more heat, the experts at the municipal utilities are able to control their power plants better. The construction project in Grünberger Strasse is therefore making a decisive contribution to further improving energy efficiency and security of supply in Giessen.
22.06.2012