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LowTEMP project’s District Heating Knowledge Platform now online!
http://www.dhknowledge.eu/ The District Heating (DH) Knowledge Platform provides essential information and data on the status quo of existing district heating systems and already implemented advanced technologies like smart thermal grids and low-temperature solutions...
Epic project: Successful completion of virtual student projects
Problem-based learning in an international, interdisciplinary and digital context prepares students for the job market. In the past three months nine student groups have worked on real-life problems provided by companies - in interdisciplinary and...
Latest figures on broadband availability in Germany published
Clear upward trend: Almost half of all German private households have gigabit connections The Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) has published the latest long report on the availability of broadband in Germany. This presents the results of...
New regulations on funding conditions as part of the federal broadband funding program
The BMVI specifies individual funding conditions as part of the federal funding program. The specifications relate to the practical implementation of the following points: - (In-house) co-location in subsidized areas- Shared use- Use of existing infrastructure-...
Bad Dürkheim: Three groundbreaking ceremonies for the district’s digital future
Photo: Dr. Ulrich Nitschke (aconium), Tobias Meyer (First Alderman of Haßloch), Manfred Kirr (Mayor of Lambrecht Local Authority), Malu Dreyer (Minister President), Anja Genetsch (Inexio), District Administrator Hans-Ulrich Ihlenfeld, Reiner Koch (Mayor of Lindenberg)...
Corona-Schlaglicht 04 | Current information as well as advice and tips on the federal broadband funding program
Despite all the easing of restrictions and the almost complete reopening of borders in Europe, the coronavirus pandemic is likely to remain one of the dominant issues for some time to come. We are therefore all the more pleased that everyone involved is looking ahead...
WiFi4EU: Winners of the Fourth Call Published
As part of the European WiFi4EU funding initiative, the European Commission wants to encourage European municipalities to develop and promote their own digital services. The initiative's fourth and final call for applications took place from June 3 to 4, 2020. With a...
District of Fulda: Dedicated broadband expansion enters the home straight
The palace garden and orangery in FuldaPhoto: City of Fulda Numerous schools are to be supplied with high-performance fiber optic connections by the end of 2020 and additional connections in mid-2021 District praises cooperation with project sponsor aconium Those...
Ground-breaking ceremony for gigabit internet in Gangkofen market
Photo credit: aconium GmbH: from left to right: MP Max Straubinger, MP Martin Wagle, Tim Brauckmüller (front aconium Managing Director), Andreas Scheuer (front Federal Minister of Transport and Digital Infrastructure), Mayor Matthäus Mandl (front), District...
Futures By Design – Digitisation More Important Than Ever for SMEs
In times when the coronavirus pandemic is turning the business processes of many companies upside down, the need for new, digital solutions is greater than ever before. However, even without the current circumstances, digital change is a development that is...
Concentrated District Heating Expertise Available until the End of 2020
Photo credits: Thermopolis Oy, 2020 As part of a three-day online partner meeting from June 8 to 10, 2020, the LowTEMP consortium continued the testing of the training material that began at the start of the year. The focus is on innovative strategies and tools for...
GigaMaP: aconium Supplies the Centerpiece for the Hessian Digital Portal for Gigabit Expansion
aconium Managing Director Tim Brauckmüller at the signing of the contract; Photo: aconiumaconium is providing the federal state of Hesse with its leading and proven geodata platform for the development of a forward-looking digital information, planning and monitoring...