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The expansion of environmentally friendly district heating is the essential building block of the future heat supply for cities, municipalities and areas. The municipality of Gräfelfing is prepared for the current political demands and is already implementing them! As the Münchner Merkur reported on 07.09.2023, the first pipes for the municipality of Gräfelfing's comprehensive district heating network have long since been laid on the construction site. The team from Gammel Engineering GmbH, which specializes in highly efficient energy systems, was awarded the planning contract in the EU-wide tender competition together with our local cooperation partner IB Krombach (civil engineering). This allows us to contribute more than 35 years of district heating experience and a great deal of passion to this complex future energy project. We are already looking forward to the first district heating supply through the Gräfelfing municipal network.

This was the motto of this year's summer party in the Gammel Engineering garden on September 9th. The entire team and their partners were cordially invited to an unforgettable day. We started at 9.30 a.m. with a get-together and plenty of time for coffee, cake or a hearty snack. Many of us hadn't seen each other for a long time and were really looking forward to seeing each other.

The Most Reverend Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer, Pastor Georg Birner and Pastor Thomas Stummer visited our office and the work of the GE team in Abensberg as part of the deanery visit. Thanks to the wonderful weather, we started with lunch in the garden. Of course, the table conversations were already about our passion - the future of energy. Afterwards, our Head of Project Development, Dr. Stefanie Reil, gave a presentation on the topic of "Laudato si - Preserving Creation", in which she presented the energy engineers' view of the greatest challenge facing humanity as an introduction to the discussion. Based on 35 years of experience and our numerous concrete customer-specific project examples, we were also able to develop good solutions for church facilities. We would have liked to discuss further, but the schedule was tight at 2 1/2 hours....

We are looking forward to the visit of Bishop Rudolf Voderholzer from Regensburg to our headquarters in Abensberg next Thursday, 21.09.2023 as part of his "Hinein ins Bistum" deanery visit. Dr. Stefanie Reil will speak on the topic of "The Creation Encyclical "Laudato Si" - Solutions from the Perspective of Technology and Science" and will also shed light on the challenges of preserving creation from this perspective. We are looking forward to the bishop's visit and exciting discussions.

These are the words used by Mr. Cetin Yasasin, Head of Heat Generation and Systems, to describe the Kelheim biomass cogeneration plant. It has now been operating successfully for 11 years and Gammel Engineering looks back with pride on this, one of our many successful projects not only in the district of Kelheim. The city council and the Kelheim public utility company had the foresight to decide that the concept was strategically correct and decided to build, plan and operate the energy system and to develop and expand the district heating system. Municipal heating planning in our district town began with foresight and a forward-looking approach long before the commitment that has now been agreed. A successful example of how heat and electricity can be produced sustainably from natural waste wood! Our team is pleased about the many years of advisory cooperation in the strategic development and planning of future energy in Kelheim.

Great joy! After a multi-stage analysis process, the Gammel Engineering team has received the "Employer of the Future" award. The award was made by the business magazine DUP Unternehmer and DIND, the German Innovation Institute for Sustainability and Digitization. We were informed that this makes us one of the "figureheads of German SMEs".

In 2023, Box 1 in the Kuchlbauer marquee of the Gammel Engineering family will once again be part of the long-standing tradition of Gillamoos Friday. During the snack - for seasoned planners usually a hearty pork knuckle and, depending on their drinking strength, a few to several liters of festival beer... - there was a lot of talking and even more laughter. As always, the atmosphere was excellent and everyone was happy to be able to chat and celebrate with their relatives again. Quite a few people went into "extra time" at the eggnog bar at the Hofbräu and in the wine tent until sunrise. It was wonderful again this time with the "Gammel family" at the Gillamoos - next year again of course, we'll stay in training!

Last Friday, 25.08.2023, RegaWatt GmbH invited us to a small farewell snack time in our beautiful garden. Reason enough: the former "subsidiary" was moving out of the Gammel Engineering headquarters in Abensberg.

In the 02/2023 issue, r.energy reports on the very positive operating experience of the brewery G. Schneider & Sohn GmbH, Kelheim, since the commissioning of the energy center and the biomass heating plant. There is a detailed report on the success factors of trust on the part of the Schneider brewery and the sound expertise of our engineers in individual, sustainable energy systems.

"Leadership without an interest in people is like swimming without water. You're quickly left high and dry." Our employees are like our family. We work "with" each other, we feel "with" them, we rejoice and suffer "with" them. And so it goes without saying that we also pay the necessary attention to the health of our employees. This year, we therefore once again held our Health Days at Gammel in Abensberg. The majority of employees were allowed to choose 2 topics in advance.

Our Managing Director and Head of Human Resources, Max Oblinger, took the opportunity to celebrate his 30th anniversary with the employees. And so on Friday lunchtime - as a cozy end to the week - there was pizza and drinks in the beautiful Gammel garden in glorious weather. We should do this every Friday, dear Max! Another team event at its best!

Since August 16, 1993, our Managing Director Max Oblinger has been an integral part of our engineering team. Max has played a key role in shaping the values in our company and consistently exemplifies them. Over the years, he has managed our engineering company with loyalty and commitment in good times and in lean times. The engineer "with heart and soul" is a role model and shines through his sound technical know-how, but also in personnel management and controlling. And so the Gammel Engineering family took the opportunity to celebrate "our Max" with champagne and pastries. In his tribute, Michael Gammel gave a rousing and emotional account of the highs and lows of the last 30 years. He repeatedly emphasized the necessity of our motto "Decide - Implement - Enforce", as energetic as Max Oblinger. The bonds that have grown over the years between the Gammel and Oblinger families and the Gammel Engineering team, both professionally and privately, were and are one of the key foundations for the company's successful development.