Haselhorst Associates and H&Z are growing even closer. In August 2026, Haselhorst Associates GmbH was legally merged into H&Z Unternehmensberatung GmbH. The merger does not affect ongoing projects and clients. The people behind our projects and our long-standing client relationships, as well as our expertise, remain unchanged.
However, we are expanding the expertise available to you with our new business unit H&Z Performance & Restructuring.
![[Translate to English:] Deutschlandkarte mit ausgewählten Staedten](/fileadmin/Bilder_HAC/Aktuelle_Beitraege/Aktuelle_Beitraege_Smart-City-Ranking-2022_848x365.jpg "[Translate to English:] Smart-City-Ranking-2022")
Germany’s cities are failing to live up to the role which is required of them in relation to the climate transformation issue! This is one finding of our current Smart City Study, which is the largest survey of its kind in Germany. We list every municipality with a population of more than 30,000…
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Is Smart City only for large cities and metropolitan areas? On the contrary—many small and medium-sized municipalities in particular can benefit just as much from the smart transformation, even though many of them still have a lot of catching up to do in terms of developing into Smart Cities. Our…
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In view of the climate transformation issue, municipal utilities’ traditional energy business will no longer be viable on a long-term basis – our Managing Partner Jürgen Germies is sure of this. There is thus an urgent need for new business models and a clear strategy in order to achieve a…
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What role can data platforms play in the municipal development of smart cities? And to what extent is it advantageous for platform software to be available as open source?
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The strategy has now been agreed and the first few project ideas defined: Everything is now set for Norderstedt’s Smart City vision to come to life.