After
his
election
in
1997
to
the
post
of
mayor,
Arno
Zengerle
launched
a
community-powered
sustainability
scheme
called
the
Wildpoldsried
Innovative
Leadership
plan.
WIR-2020,
as
it
is
known,
was
a
blueprint
to
reinvent
the
town
and
local
area
based
on
renewable
energy,
ecological
construction
practices
and
protection
of
water
resources.
WIR-2020
spurred
a
green
revolution
that
has
led
to
the
privately
funded
construction
of
a
small
wind
farm,
development
of
a
biomass
boiler
system
that
heats
42
local
buildings,
and
installation
of
PV
panels
on
200
private
homes
and
municipal
facilities.
In…
