Federal prizes for timber construction plus awarded
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For the third time, the BMEL honoured innovative and pioneering construction projects that made significant use of wood and other renewable raw materials. A ten-member jury selected eight outstanding construction projects and a further 12 special competition entries from a total of 127 submissions. The eight winners in the new construction and refurbishment categories were each awarded prize money of €6,000 by the BMEL. The builders of the 12 special buildings received an unendowed honourable mention.
The jury's assessment focused on the exemplary function and character of the realised building projects. The winners demonstrate holistic concepts with excellent use of renewable raw materials in construction, insulation and finishing.
All winning projects are listed in the Winner brochure of the BMEL.
The ADFC cycling club is a supporter of the Fridays For Future movement's global climate strike and is calling on all cycling sympathisers, members, supporters and regional groups to take part in the strike from 20 September.
According to the ADFC, the climate goals can only be achieved with a traffic turnaround in favor of car alternatives and a tripling of cycling. Groups of ADFC and Fridays For Future are planning joint actions in numerous cities.
Rebecca Peter's, ADFC deputy federal chairwoman, said: „The transport sector has so far not contributed at all to achieving the climate and sustainability goals. On the contrary, our cities are becoming more and more crowded, stressful, dangerous and dirty. However, climate-friendly mobility does not mean joining forces now to put 47 million e-cars on the roads and continuing to provide every conceivable incentive for people to travel even absurdly short distances by car. We need highly attractive offers for cycling and walking in combination with a top-developed public transport system - and much less car traffic to secure the quality of life in cities and the countryside!"
Request to the Climate Cabinet: investment boost
Specifically, the ADFC is calling for the implementation of the measures drawn up by the transport commission "National Platform for the Future of Mobility" in the spring. In order to increase the cycling mode share from the current meagre eleven per cent to the Dutch level of at least 25 per cent by 2030, nationwide, continuous cycle path networks, fast cycle routes for commuters and freight transport and many millions of bicycle parking spaces at train stations and public facilities must be built. By optimising the expansion of cycling, up to 13.5 million tonnes of CO2 must be saved. The Federal Government's Energy and Climate Fund must provide at least the 900 million euros per year estimated by the Transport Commission for this purpose. Peter's: "Germany can only achieve the climate targets in the transport sector if the potential of cycling is properly utilised. This potential will not unfold by itself, as the infrastructure has so far tended to discourage cycling. We need an immediate federal programme to finance inviting cycling infrastructure for everyone!"
...and more space for your bike
A new distribution of road space is essential for the climate-friendly transformation of transport. Until now, cars have occupied the lion's share of space in cities. The ADFC is calling for half of the road space to be used for mobility without cars. Peter's"It's not enough to put more money into the system. Wide, safe cycle paths first and foremost need space from car traffic. The federal government must give local authorities far-reaching options in traffic law to actually create this space."
Joint campaigns in many cities
In many cities, including Berlin, Bergisch-Gladbach, Bonn, Gelsenkirchen, Hanover and Munich, ADFC groups are taking part in the global climate strike under the slogan #MehrPlatzFürsRad or #CyclistsForFuture. In Bad Kreuznach, Esslingen, Frankfurt, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Mainz and Nuremberg, ADFC groups are temporarily converting car parking spaces into cycle lanes, street cafés or bicycle parking spaces as part of the international ParkingDay.
Out of the iterative planning process for the Benjamin Franklin Village, the office Tegnestuen Vandkunsten from Denmark emerged for urban planning and architecture. In this video, the planners show their ideas and concepts for further development.
Bruderverlag has completely revised its popular smartphone application Holzbau-Finder for searching the vicinity of wooden buildings. New objects have been added, for the first time the two common operating systems iOS and Android are served and the design and user guidance have also been improved.
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
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