In 2025, the energy caravan will travel through Hilden for the first time. The "Energy Caravan" project will start on May 15, 2025 with a kick-off event in the community center at 6 pm.
Owners of houses in the area around Salzmannweg / Oerkhaushof and south of Lehmkuhler Weg are cordially invited to find out more about the free advice offered by the city of Hilden: From May 26 to July 12, 2025, energy consultants will offer individual consultations directly at the building on behalf of the city. The city will cover the fees for an estimated 100 initial consultations. If the offer is well received, the energy caravan will move on to other parts of Hilden.
Author: TIM-online, State of North Rhine-Westphalia
On behalf of the city, energy consultants offer homeowners free energy advice directly at the building.
Free energy advice for existing buildings
What is important when renovating a building? What savings potential does energy-efficient refurbishment offer? And what funding options are available? The city of Hilden supports its citizens with these questions with a special advisory service: As part of the energy caravan, qualified consultants will initially come to the south of Hilden. The city will pay the consultation fees for an estimated 100 consultations in this area of the city. If the offer is well received, the energy caravan will move to other parts of Hilden.
Find out all about energy saving - free of charge and directly on the building.
Independent and certified energy consultants assess your building as part of the energy caravan - individually and free of charge. The consultation covers the following points:
Information on energy-related weak points in the area of thermal insulation and building services
Identifying potential savings through energy-efficient refurbishment
Use of renewable energy technologies
Overview of all available funding options
The supplier- and product-neutral energy consultation lasts approximately one hour and takes place directly on site - in your own four walls. All recommendations are recorded in a brief report.
All owners of detached and semi-detached houses in the neighborhood will receive a personal invitation to the kick-off event by post during the campaign period, as well as information about the project and opportunities to register. We will also provide information on the progress of the campaign via our homepage, Instagram and Facebook channel and the local press. You can registerusing the reply slip sent to you or digitally.
Please note the information on "What happens after my registration".
Once you have successfully registered via the online form, you will receive an automatically generated e-mail confirming your registration. We will then assign your registration to an energy consultant and send them your contact details. The energy consultant will contact you directly within a short time and arrange a personal appointment within the campaign period (May 26 to July 12, 2025). During this period, the energy consultants will have sufficient time available for the consultations. Please understand that it may take some time to make contact.
The aim of the service is to provide guidance and highlight possible courses of action to increase the renovation rate and reduce energy requirements in private households. With the recommended measures, homeowners can not only save energy and heating costs, but also make an active contribution to climate protection.
As a rule, energy consumption per household is highest in private detached and semi-detached houses. This is why these buildings, which were mostly built before 1979 and in some cases have not yet undergone energy-efficient refurbishment, have the greatest potential for savings.
The local greenhouse gas emissions balance for 2021 shows that 71% of final energy consumption in the city of Hilden was used for electricity (17%) and heating (54%). Energy consumption in the "private households" sector amounted to 7,407.4 kWh/inhabitant in the reporting year. In total, this means that almost a third of the total final energy consumption in the city (408 GWh) was consumed by residents.
In order to reduce the final energy consumption of private households and the resulting greenhouse gas emissions, the targeted activation of owners of private buildings with high energy consumption (generally detached and semi-detached houses that were built before 1979 and have not yet undergone energy-efficient refurbishment) is required.
