On 2nd and 3rd May 2024 the 56th meeting of the committee for industrial furnaces and heat technology of the ASMET (The Austrian Society for Metallurgy and Materials) took place. The meeting was focused on decarbonization and reduction of emissions at reheat and heat treatment plants. Dr. Oertel has been invited to present a lecture on "Electrically heated furnaces - a functional concept towards decarbonization?".