On the costs of modernisation measures for tenants
In November 2016, the Working Group on Tenancy Law in the RAV published the brochure "Price Driver Modernization" was published. It describes in detail the problematic effects of modernisation measures on tenants. In addition, the authors criticise the legal situation and call for fundamental new regulations under tenancy law.
With the successful implementation of the state program "Area-wide Safety Charging Network for Electric Vehicles" (SAFE), Baden-Württemberg is the first state to have an area-wide charging network for electric cars in a 10-kilometer grid. The SAFE charging network consists of more than 450 charging stations.
While the construction of public charging infrastructure for electric cars is still being discussed elsewhere, Baden-Württemberg has built up a comprehensive charging network in recent months. A reliable charging infrastructure with more than 450 charging points now covers the entire state in a 10-kilometre grid. A consortium of 77 municipal utilities and suppliers as well as three municipalities had joined forces under the leadership of EnBW and successfully implemented the state programme "Area-wide Safety Charging Network for Electric Vehicles" (SAFE). The final event was held today (04.11.2019) in Stuttgart to take stock.
"I am extremely pleased that we have taken electric mobility in Baden-Württemberg an important step forward with the SAFE project. Because with the nationwide expansion of the charging infrastructure, we are showing: Electromobility is not only suitable for the big city! I was able to see this for myself during my charging stop in Bad Urach today. SAFE, which was realised within the framework of Baden-Württemberg's strategy dialogue on the automotive industry, thus illustrates that electric mobility in the state is not only a clean and efficient, but also a reliable form of mobility," said Minister President Kretschmann. A consortium led by EnBW had been awarded the contract for the project in May 2018. "The parties involved have managed to set up a nationwide network of charging stations in one and a half years. I would like to thank EnBW as the project leader and its many project partners for this remarkable achievement. Together we are showing that we are pushing ahead: We are stepping on the gas and advancing electromobility in Baden-Württemberg step by step," Kretschmann continued.
Transport Minister Winfried Hermann explained: "E-charging must be as safe as it is simple. Above all, the charging points must work. With the nationwide SAFE charging network, we are creating the basis for the electrification of passenger car traffic in cities and rural areas. In this way, we are facilitating the switch to climate-friendly e-mobility."
The SAFE charging network consists of more than 450 charging stations and will be operated by the project partners for at least six years. More than 250 already existing normal charging stations and more than 60 fast charging stations could be included in the network. But the consortium also built around 40 new fast charging stations and 88 normal charging stations. In addition, twelve existing charging stations were upgraded.
"This is how the mobility revolution must be managed," says EnBW CEO Dr. Frank Mastiaux, summing up the cooperation in the project. "With clout and teamwork, 81 partners have built up a powerful and reliable charging network within just 18 months. Complex infrastructure projects not only need a reliable framework, but also a planned and coordinated interaction between different players. SAFE is an example of how this can be achieved: through a high level of prioritisation by each project partner on site, as well as with the state of Baden-Württemberg as the key driver and funding provider."
The central requirement of the SAFE programme was: In a grid of ten by ten kilometres, there is at least one charging station with 22 kilowatts of power. In a second grid of 20 by 20 kilometres, there is also at least one fast charging station with 50 kilowatts of power. SAFE thus provides an area-wide charging network for drivers of electric cars: On average, there is a charging station every ten kilometres throughout the province - even in rural areas. All e-car drivers have easy access to the SAFE charging stations via the connected electromobility providers.
SAFE has laid another foundation stone for the expansion of the charging infrastructure in Baden-Württemberg. In order to drive this forward, the Charging Infrastructure Network BW will bundle the exchange in the state even more strongly. Current challenges will be discussed and solutions developed via this open platform. The state agency for new mobility solutions and automotive Baden-Württemberg e-mobil BW GmbH is coordinating the new network, in which the experiences and findings of SAFE will be taken up and continued. In addition to its own commitment to the rapid expansion of charging infrastructure, EnBW will also remain closely associated with the new network as a partner. The state of Baden-Württemberg is thus directly taking the next step to prepare the charging infrastructure in the southwest of the republic for the ramp-up of e-cars. To this end, it had also launched the Charge@BW funding programme for non-public charging points launched.
Project SAFE - An electric charging network for the whole country
On the SAFE website you will also find a Map overview of all SAFE charging stations between Wertheim in the north and Constance in the south, and Kehl in the west and Giengen an der Brenz in the east of Baden-Württemberg.
Source: PM Land Baden-Württemberg 4.11.2019
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100% EEs, DE-News, Renewable, Research, Climate protection, Media, Sustainable management, New books and studies, News Blog Baden-Württemberg, Environmental policy
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.
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Stakeholders, Construction and operating costs, Soil & land consumption, Communities, SDG 2030, Housing policy, Economics
Publisher: Sennestadt GmbH
Publisher: Fraunhofer IRB Verlag
2017, 150 pages
At the "Good Climate in Neighbourhoods" conference week, 250 experts from all over Germany discussed issues relating to sustainable and climate-friendly neighbourhood development. The seven conferences in September 2016 provided important insights, many new ideas and innovative concepts for transformation processes in neighbourhoods. This book presents the contributions and results on the topics of energy supply in times of energy transition, new construction, energy-efficient refurbishment, mobility and identity, supplemented by expert interviews, checklists and a glossary to create a compact reference work. Both planning and conservation aspects of sustainable and climate-friendly neighbourhood development are highlighted. There is a consensus that climate protection must begin in the neighbourhood.
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New books and studies, Quarters, Settlements
To date, the "Hoher Weg" eco-settlement in Hamm, with 120 residential units, is the second largest timber housing estate in Germany. This is astonishing because it was already built in the 1990s.
The photos were taken in August 2017:
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The largest German timber housing estate was also built in Hamm:
http://sdg21.eu/db/wohnpark-heinrichstrasse
Further information about the settlement in Hamm-Heessen
http://sdg21.eu/db/oekosiedlung-hoher-weg-in-hamm
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Wood construction, News Blog NRW, Settlements, sdg21 news
