When the economy is in a bad way, SMEs are often the first to suffer. They can hardly get any more money. This was very extreme during the economic crisis of the 1930s. And that's why some companies founded the WIR Bank in 1934.
Here is a video (3:30 min) about the Swiss WIR-Bank or Wir-Currency:
www.facebook.com/neuewegefinden/videos/1820558081543464/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED
Danish architect and urban planner Jan Gehl is in demand worldwide as a source of inspiration for urban redevelopment. He explains what Stuttgart can do in the face of increasing traffic and environmental problems and why he thinks nothing of self-driving cars.
Link to the article from 22.3.2017:
www.stuttgarter-zeitung.de/...jan-gehl-die-stadt-war-von-autos-ueberschwemmt...
Keywords:
Bike-/Velo-City, Mobility, News Blog Baden-Württemberg, News Blog Europe (without DE), City, Environmental policy, eMobility
In 2015, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy approved 939 new projects totalling 548 million euros. In the previous year, the figure was 695 projects with 373 million euros in funding. The majority of the funds were channelled into wind energy, photovoltaics, energy efficiency in buildings and cities, energy storage and grid infrastructure. The EnArgus information system and the BMWi's research portals (see column on the right) provide a detailed insight into the projects and the funds utilised. For energy efficiency in buildings and cities, the volume of funding for newly approved projects in 2015 totalled 73.48 million euros (13% ).
Source: www.bmwi.de/...publikationen,did=763804.html
Keywords:
Renewable, Funding, Building, Climate protection, City
State aid for housing construction drives up prices, but does not bring more housing. This is how an assessment by the DIW (German Institute for Economic Research), Berlin, can be interpreted.
Read the article from 11.1.2017:
www.immobilien-zeitung.de/...diw-will-keine-wohnungsbaufoerderung
Keywords:
Funding, Quarters, Settlements, Housing policy
The city of Frankfurt is initiating the largest urban development project of recent decades: In the northwest, 550 hectares of current agricultural land between the Frankfurt districts of Niederursel and Praunheim and the neighboring towns of Steinbach and Oberursel are to be turned into a neighborhood with up to 11,400 apartments.
It will be interesting to see whether sustainability criteria will play a role in the new district. Frankfurt is well positioned in the energy sector, but in the other areas I see a need to catch up compared to other municipalities.
Further information on the construction site:
www.immobilien-zeitung.de/1000043938/frankfurt-will-neuen-stadtteil-auf-550-ha-bauen
Keywords:
News Blog Hesse, Quarters, Settlements, XXL settlements
