Reduce energy consumption & CO2 emissions in Thuringia: State Energy Agency ThEGA supports with knowledge transfer

ThEGA trains energy guides in municipal companies. This helps them save energy, costs, and CO2 emissions, and utilize all potential for energy savings and climate protection.

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17.10.2025

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Olivia Großmann

The challenge: Identifying and leveraging potential savings

Municipal buildings such as town halls, schools, or sports halls often consume more energy than necessary. By regularly checking building technology and consumption data, up to 15% of these costs can be saved without investing in new technology or renovations. Modern mobility concepts and optimized street lighting can further reduce these costs.

These potentials are often not used, often due to a lack of time, knowledge and human resources. ThEGA supports municipalities in saving energy, costs and CO2 emissions as well as building up knowledge and structures for energy management.

The goals for effective climate protection in municipalities

Utilizing potential for effective climate protection in Thuringian municipalities
Reduce energy costs and energy consumption in Thuringian municipalities
Conveying (specialist) knowledge and building structures for municipal climate protection
Enable knowledge transfer and exchange of experience between municipalities

“Energy management helps the environment and the municipal budget.“

Professor Dieter Sell ThEGA Managing Director

"Thuringian cities, municipalities and districts are key players in climate protection and energy efficiency. As the state energy agency, we work to ensure that climate-friendly energy use becomes a natural part of daily operations for public administrations. In more than 50 districts and municipalities, we have already trained energy managers and demonstrated that energy management pays off for both the municipal budget and the environment.“

Tools, workshops and e-guides for climate protection

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Energy managers trained by ThEGA and the online tool "KomEMS" support saving energy in municipal buildings and setting up their own energy management.

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ThEGA's advisory services and workshops support municipalities in the energy-efficient conversion of street lighting.

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The ThEGA trains municipal employees to become e-guides to make mobility in municipalities environmentally friendly and future-oriented.

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The municipal climate protection network supports the work and exchange of municipal climate protection managers in Thuringia and initiates joint projects.

Results: Knowledge transfer drives innovation in energy management

ThEGA has trained more than 70 energy managers who apply their new knowledge on a daily basis and take care of energy management in their municipality. The online portal "KomEMS“ supports them in this. It has been awarded the German Innovation Prize for Climate and Environment and is now in use in ten federal states.

In addition, ThEGA has participated in the renewal of more than 50,000 street lights in Thuringia and has trained over 30 e-advisors who shape the transport transition in their municipalities and plan the mobility of the future. The ThEGA network for municipal climate protection unites more than 20 Thuringian climate protection managers, enables professional exchange, and initiates joint projects and actions.