Housing cooperatives and housing group projects can apply until the end of February 2017
20 years Klaus Novy Prize
In 2017, Spar- und Bauverein Solingen eG is awarding the prize named after Klaus Novy for innovations in cooperative building and housing for the fifth time.
The fifth competition starts on 1 September 2016, from which date housing cooperatives and housing group projects have until the end of February 2017 to submit their competition entries.
Further information such as details of the competition theme and the decision-making process can be found at here can be regarded as a "good thing".
Germanwatch now urgently expects political signals following the conclusion of the interim technical negotiations / Special challenge on the issue of damage and loss recognised, now it is a matter of concrete financing proposals
Bonn (16 June 2022). The results of the ten-day interim negotiations that ended today in preparation for the World Climate Conference in November do not do justice to the urgency of the climate crisis, criticises the environment and development organisation Germanwatch. "The interim negotiations were a technical process of small steps. This does not fit the crisis situation the world is in. It is now up to political decision-makers to translate the preliminary work into big steps," says David Ryfisch, Team Leader for International Climate Policy. "Trust is the foundation of a successful negotiation process. However, this has eroded due to past implementation and financing promises that have been broken. If the new negotiation processes are to be successful, there now needs to be a clear vision from the Egyptian Presidency of the upcoming climate summit on where the journey should go," Ryfisch continues.
Insufficient progress on climate protection endangers 1.5 degree limit
The new climate change work programme is intended to help close the gap in implementing the 1.5 degree limit in this crucial decade. Considerable resistance to clearer steps came from China, Saudi Arabia, India and Brazil. "The major emitters among the emerging economies are resisting being forced to act on climate protection. This is also a reaction to the fact that many of the rich countries of the Global North have not kept their climate protection and financing promises for years," says Ryfisch. In the US, for example, the government is failing to back up its internationally pledged targets with legislation and budgetary resources. The EU, on the other hand, has today issued a declaration on the promotion of fossil gas with Egypt and Israel, after Chancellor Scholz has already been to Africa with the same goal.
"The ambiguity in the European response to the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine makes international partners question the seriousness of the energy transition. The EU and the German government must not sow any doubts globally - this also means not driving African states into a dependence on fossil energy sources whose expiry date is known. This would be a breach of promises made at the last climate summit in Glasgow and at the G7," Ryfisch explains.
Funding to support the most vulnerable
Financial support for the poorest and most vulnerable to deal with damage and loss from climate change has been blocked for years. "There is small progress here. For the first time, all negotiating parties have accepted without ifs and buts that the need for support is real," says Ryfisch. However, due to the lengthiness of the process and past experience, this does little to change the great frustration on the part of the developing countries.
"With the ministerial declarations of the past weeks, the German G7 Presidency has contributed to the fact that industrialised countries are now finally willing to talk about financing for damage and losses. But talking is not enough, concrete pledges of support are now needed. It is up to Chancellor Scholz to put money for a global umbrella for the most vulnerable on the table at the G7 summit at the end of June and then to form a coalition of the willing at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in July to finally get concrete aid underway," Ryfisch demands.
21.01.2020 Everyone is talking about sustainability - including the construction industry. A prize that the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) and the Federal Environment Agency (UBA) have been organising since today provides the perfect talking point: With the new "Federal Environment and Building Prize", which will be awarded for the first time in 2020, the initiators want to recognise projects that are exemplary in terms of sustainability - not only in the classic areas of existing and new buildings, but also in five other categories. All players in the construction sector can apply. The closing date for entries is 15 April 2020 and the patron of the competition is the Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Svenja Schulze.
The desire of more and more building owners and planners to combine high utility value and architectural quality with Climate - and environmental protection has resulted in many exciting projects. They demonstrate by practical example that sustainable construction offers many advantages over the life cycle - also in terms of costs.
Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze: "This is precisely where the Federal Environment and Building Award comes in. On the one hand, the prize is intended to illustrate the spectrum of what is already structurally and technically possible today. On the other hand, it is intended to raise awareness of the outstanding examples through the award and thus invite imitation."
Professor Dirk Messner, President of the Federal Environment Agency: "It's about holistic solutions that incorporate the technology, the design of the building and its surroundings. Individual 'greenfield' projects are expressly not supported. In no other competition is the interplay between the environment and building assessed in such a way as in the Federal Environment & Building Award."
About the Federal AwardIn order to show the breadth of sustainable building, the Federal Award comprises the categories "Residential buildings", "Non-residential buildings", "Neighbourhoods" and "Sustainability and innovations". The first two categories focus in particular on the energy-efficient refurbishment of existing buildings, as this is where the greatest need for action exists from a climate protection perspective.
In addition to these competition categories, the BMU and UBA also award three special prizes for particularly innovative approaches. Under the headings "Resilience" and "Sufficiency", the focus is on adaptation to climate change and strategies for reducing the use of resources. Building projects that take particular account of aspects of biodiversity and thus make a substantial contribution to the protection and implementation of "urban nature" are also to be honoured. The third field "Building envelope & building product" is intended for novel solutions with innovative materials and building constructions.
Conditions of participationDue to the thematic breadth, all players in the construction sector are invited to apply: from clients and property developers to architecture, building services, urban and landscape planning offices, manufacturers and research institutions. The competition is aimed at buildings or neighbourhoods completed in Germany that are at an advanced stage of planning; multiple applications in different categories are possible.
What awaits the winnersThe award winners can look forward to public recognition on several levels. The award ceremony will take place on 29 September at a congress on sustainable building at the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in Berlin, where the award-winning projects will be presented to experts and the media. The award-winning projects and their plus points will also be presented on the websites of the UBA and the Federal Ministry for the Environment - including in the form of videos: This is because the UBA is having films made about the award-winning sustainability examples, which the winners can then use for their own public relations work. In addition, all award-winning projects will be documented in a book.
Interested parties can find more information on the conditions of participation in the Federal Environment & Building Award and the selection procedure on the UBA website: www.umweltbundesamt.de/bundespreis-umwelt-bauen-start
On 14 December 2016, the North Rhine-Westphalia state parliament passed the amendment to the state building code. The main parts of the new version will come into force one year after publication in the NRW Ministerial Gazette, i.e. in all probability at the beginning of 2018.
You can find the full article and a summary of the most important new features here: www.aknw.de/...novelle-der-landesbauordnung
Energiedienst receives production approval for hydrogen from green electricity
Domestic industry will be the first customer
Energiedienst's power-to-gas plant in Grenzach-Wyhlen is allowed to produce emission-free hydrogen from green electricity as of today. Photo: energiedienst.de
Grenzach-Wyhlen, December 5, 2019. Hydrogen production in Grenzach-Wyhlen in Baden-Württemberg (not far from Basel) can start. Energiedienst today received approval for the operation of the power-to-gas plant. All technical verifications and official clarifications have now been fulfilled.
In the state-of-the-art plant, Energiedienst produces hydrogen from self-generated green electricity using electrolysis. The electricity comes from the company's own hydroelectric power plant on the same site. The environmentally friendly hydrogen will initially be used in nearby industry. It is also planned to use it in local public transport. A comprehensive concept also envisages that the waste heat generated during electrolysis will be used to heat a new residential area. By linking electricity, mobility and heat supply in this way - keyword: sector coupling - the plant should help to reduce CO2 emissions and support the energy transition.
A year ago, Energiedienst officially inaugurated the power-to-gas plant together with the State Minister of Economics, Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut (CDU).
The plant has an output of one megawatt. In addition, there is 0.3 megawatts from an affiliated research facility of the ZSW (Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research). The state of Baden-Württemberg has funded this as part of a lighthouse project.
At the end of October, Energiedienst also submitted a concept for hydrogen for consideration in the "Reallabore der Energiewende" ideas competition run by the German Federal Ministry of Economics. The Federal Government attaches a key role to hydrogen, especially for the mobility of the future. The funding commitment from Berlin is still pending.
Company information
The Energiedienst Group is a German-Swiss public limited company with a regional and ecological focus. It generates green electricity from hydropower and sells electricity and gas. Its own grid companies supply customers with electricity. Another focus is on intelligently networked products and services for the decentralised renewable and digital energy world of the future, such as photovoltaic systems, heat pumps, electricity storage systems and e-car sharing.
The Energiedienst Group supplies over 270,000 customers with electricity. It employs just under 1,000 people, including around 50 trainees. The group includes Energiedienst Holding AG, Energiedienst AG, ED Netze GmbH, Messerschmid Energiesysteme GmbH, EnAlpin AG in Valais as well as Tritec AG and winsun AG. Energiedienst Holding AG is an associated company of EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG (Karlsruhe).
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