Berlin, 9 July 2018. "We must break new ground in housing construction" - this is what 18 mayors of the "Sustainable City" dialogue demand in their Resolution paper "More sustainability of building land and soil policy".. The mayors call for the causes of the housing shortage to be addressed and for sustainable solutions to be developed in the long term. Simply sealing up natural landscapes and agricultural land would be to the detriment of future generations in cities and rural areas. A key role in the sustainable, equitable and inclusive development of local communities would be played by building land and soil policy. The heads of administration want to make affordable housing possible, guarantee a supply of day-care centres and green spaces close to home and protect natural resources. Internal development must take precedence over external development.
"Affordable housing cannot be realised in the long term without a fundamental further development of land policy. Our Basic Law puts it succinctly: property has an obligation," says Marlehn Thieme, Chair of the German Council for Sustainable Development. "In addition, the central importance of local authorities in the implementation of the global and national sustainability goals is repeatedly emphasised. This must then also be reflected in concrete policies and thus in the legal and financial framework conditions for sustainable development in the municipalities," says Marlehn Thieme.
In many places, the housing shortage is also exacerbated by the fact that land ready for construction remains unused for years. In the opinion of the mayors, it should be easier and quicker for the municipalities to mobilise these plots of land for reasons of sustainability. The municipalities should also have a right of access to such plots, which are an obstacle to the creation of inner-city housing or social infrastructure facilities close to residential areas. Specifically, the resolution paper goes on to say: "When granting building rights in accordance with § 34 BauGB, the municipality should be enabled to share in private profits that arise significantly from this."
The municipalities are already doing a lot to make housing affordable. But they could and want to do even more with an active municipal land policy and call on the federal government to improve the legal and financial framework for this. Furthermore, the federal government should specify which federally owned land is to be made available for social housing construction. In addition, the mayors demand that the facilitated designation of land in external areas be withdrawn, as it undermines the effective control of the Building Code, runs counter to the objectives of sustainable urban development - compact, mixed-use, with short distances - and integrated planning, and increases the long-term costs of maintaining the infrastructure.
The joint resolution paper "More sustainability of building land and land policy" is the result of the meeting of the Lord Mayors held on 14 June 2018 as part of the Sustainable City Dialogue. The German Council for Sustainable Development has supported the dialogue since 2010.
Amandus Samsøe Sattler elected new DGNB President | Photo: DGNB
With the architect Amandus Samsøe Sattler, the German Sustainable Building Council - DGNB e.V. has a new president. He succeeds Prof. Alexander Rudolphi, who will continue his work on the association's executive committee. The change was announced today during the DGNB Sustainability Day in Stuttgart. The election was held on the eve of the event by the ten members of the DGNB Executive Committee. Samsøe Sattler will initially take over the office until the next DGNB general meeting in the middle of next year.
"I am very pleased about the trust placed in me," says Amandus Samsøe Sattler, who has been volunteering as part of the DGNB Executive Committee since 2015. Many developments in recent years, such as the launch of the "Phase Sustainability" initiative, have made the new representative function within the DGNB even more interesting for him, says Samsøe Sattler. Therefore, there will be no fundamental change of course with him as president - on the contrary. "I consider the cooperation with the DGNB office to be very valuable and would like to continue the path the DGNB has taken in recent years." He sees a central task for himself in introducing the topics of sustainability even more strongly to architects, engineers and building owners from the real estate industry.
"We work hand in hand as a team on the board of the DGNB," explains the founder and managing director of the Munich office Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten. "This will also be the case in the future, except that I will additionally represent our board even more strongly in the future." He is pleased that Alexander Rudolphi will continue to contribute his extensive experience to the DGNB.
Prof. Alexander Rudolphi remains active in the DGNB Executive Committee
The DGNB Executive Committee (from left to right) 1st row: Barbara Ettinger-Brinckmann (Bundearchitektenkammer), Prof. Anett-Maud Joppien (TU Darmstadt), Amandus Samsøe Sattler (Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten), Prof. Dr.- Ing.Ing. Anke Karmann-Woessner (City of Karlsruhe) 2nd row: Prof. Alexander Rudolphi (Rudolphi + Rudolphi), Prof. Matthias Rudolph (Transsolar), Hermann Horster (BNP Paribas Real Estate), Martin Haas (haascookzemmrich - STUDIO 2050) absent: Dr.-Ing. Peter Mösle (Drees & Sommer), and Prof. Josef Steretzeder (Lindner) to the DGNB Presidium. Photo: DGNB
Prof. Alexander Rudolphi had held the post as DGNB president for a total of eight years - as founding president in the first year of the association in 2007 and in the last seven years since 2013. "The DGNB has been on a very good path for many years. The core requirements of the assessment and certification system are more correct and up-to-date today than ever before," explains Rudolphi. "At the same time, I am increasingly impatient that the necessary progress is not being made fast enough politically and in the market. Here I would like to work even harder for our common goals in the future. For this I would like more freedom - both in terms of time and content. With Amandus Samsøe Sattler, I know that the office is in the very best hands." In the future, the civil engineer wants to work especially in the political arena in Berlin and for a stronger regional spread of the DGNB in the north-east of Germany.
In addition to Amandus Samsøe Sattler and Prof. Alexander Rudolphi (Rudolphi + Rudolphi), other members include Barbara Ettinger-Brinckmann (Bundearchitektenkammer), Martin Haas (haascookzemmrich - STUDIO 2050), Hermann Horster (BNP Paribas Real Estate), Prof. Anett-Maud Joppien (TU Darmstadt), Prof. Dr.- Ing.Ing. Anke Karmann-Woessner (City of Karlsruhe), Dr.-Ing. Peter Mösle (Drees & Sommer), Prof. Matthias Rudolph (Transsolar) and Prof. Josef Steretzeder (Lindner) to the DGNB Executive Committee.
Various key topics are on the DGNB's agenda for the coming months. For example, cooperation with municipalities in the area of sustainability and climate protection will be intensified as part of a new initiative. The topic of digitalisation will also play a central role at the DGNB in the next six months. In addition, the activities already initiated at the beginning of the year concerning climate-positive buildings - not only in new buildings, but also in existing buildings - will be further intensified.
at the Sustainable Procurement Symposium in Dortmund on 26 August 2021
The Sustainable Procurement Day is a platform for exchange for procurers and decision-makers from municipalities, private and public institutions as well as churches and companies. Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze is the patron. The Agency for Renewable Resources e. V. (FNR), project management agency of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, will be represented with a workshop on the topic of "Public building and renovation with wood - the right way to tender for timber construction projects" in addition to the stand "The renewable office".
Climate-friendly construction, renovation and insulation with sustainable materials is becoming more and more common practice in public building projects as well. Sustainable municipal management includes the building sector - keyword climate-neutral municipality/administration. Wood as a building material has become the focus of attention in recent years, and there are many reasons for this: Wood stores CO2Depending on the degree of prefabrication, it can considerably shorten construction times and, due to its low dead weight, is ideal for adding storeys, e.g. in the case of redensification in urban development.
However, in order to successfully launch public timber construction projects, a targeted award procedure is crucial. This is because even during the planning and tendering stages, it is important to take into account the significant differences compared to solid construction, e.g. in terms of timing, the submission of building applications and the timely involvement of timber construction expertise.
Participation in the symposium and the FNR construction contracting workshop is free of charge. Registration is required.
The workshop complements the current FNR seminar series "On course for the future: public building with wood", which is carried out within the framework of the Charter for Wood 2.0 and in cooperation with the municipal umbrella organisations and the Wood Information Service. The offer is free of charge. Further information on the seminar series can be found at: https://veranstaltungen.fnr.de/holzbau.
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