KLIMAready: Rethinking the business park
How does a business park become climate-ready? The Cross Innovation Lab x KLIMAready uses the example of Allermöhe to show how CO₂-neutral solutions are created across sectors.
The challenge
How can a business park be designed to be future-proof and sustainable? The Cross Innovation Lab x KLIMAready focussed on these questions. The cross-cluster project KLIMAready supports Hamburg companies in their energy transformation and adaptation to climate-related challenges.
In the first round of the project, the focus was on the Allermöhe business park in the Hamburg district of Bergedorf and the logistics and renewable energy sectors represented there. Together with selected local companies, creative minds and project partners, specific challenges were identified and innovative solutions for climate adaptation and resilience were developed. The starting point for the development of ideas was the question of how economically viable and scalableCO₂reduction solutions can be created by networking resources.
Output
The result: a vision for 2040 in which the Allermöhe business park becomes climate-neutral through a joint model for energy generation and utilisation. An initial pilot project on energy sharing is now being tested with the companies Gebr. Heinemann SE & Co KG, Buderus von Bosch Thermothechnik GmbH, Dachser SE and Marx GmbH - as a starting point for a new form of cross-company cooperation with ecological and economic added value.
The kick-off in November 2025 marked the official start of the feasibility study on energy sharing at the Allermöhe business park. Bürgerenergie Bille eG is currently examining how energy can be generated locally in future, used jointly in the business park and shared - for example through PV systems on the roof areas, coupled battery storage and the supply of e-charging stations. The initial company data has already been analysed and the analysis phase is currently underway. On-site inspections will follow in order to identify specific potential and examine how a cooperative prosumer model can work in the commercial sector.
Format & method
In the Cross Innovation Lab, companies come together in changing constellations over a period of around six weeks to work together on product developments in a stimulating environment. Experts from the creative industries are specifically involved in the process.
- Field research: At the beginning, the challenges of the companies are analysed in a new kind of depth in collaboration with creative professionals - and their fresh perspective from outside.
- Workshop phase: On several workshop/lab days, the companies develop new solutions together with selected creatives.
- Feedback loops: Between the labs, a concept review takes place with all participating companies in order to further improve the products through joint feedback and exchange.In the iterative work process, companies develop new products or product adaptations in a significantly reduced amount of time.
Creatives involved
Our partner: Project KLIMAready (Cluster Bridge: Logistics and Renewable Energies)
The cross-cluster project KLIMAready aims to strengthen Hamburg's innovation ecosystem in the context of climate change through data-based analyses, innovative development of measures and effective communication and to promote sustainable solutions for overcoming climate-related challenges.
Contact persons
- Patrick Scheckelhoff
- Programme Manager Cross Innovation Hub
- 040 2372435-86 Kurzbiografie
Patrick Scheckelhoff is responsible for the conception and realisation of innovation-promoting formats at cross-industry interfaces at the Cross Innovation Hub.
He studied Cultural Studies (B.A.) at Leuphana University Lüneburg and Hong Kong Baptist University with a focus on cultural organisation and urban sociology. Prior to his studies, he completed vocational training as a media designer and gained experience in project management and event organisation in various non-profit associations and at festivals. Most recently, he worked at the Social Change Hub at Leuphana University Lüneburg.
- Nicole Wittek
- Partner Manager Cross Innovation Hub
- 040 2372435-85 Kurzbiografie
Nicole Wittek is responsible for cooperation and partner management at the Cross Innovation Hub and is the point of contact for all companies and organisations that want to find out more about the potential of cross innovation with creative experts and are interested in working together.
She studied Cultural Studies, Media Studies and Business Administration at the University of Regensburg. There she played a key role in the development and management of the inner-city creative centre and helped to establish the area of cultural and creative industries promotion. Most recently, she worked in an interdisciplinary office for urban development, where she designed co-creative formats and implemented them in projects for city centre development and mobility.
Nicole has been voluntarily organising projects at the interface of culture, (creative) economy and urban development for over ten years and is a founding and board member of the association obenstadt e.V., which promotes multifunctional roof uses, and is co-initiator of the Hamburg Roof Days.