DIFU practical guide to climate-friendly construction
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Extreme weather events such as heat waves, heavy rain, floods and storms do not stop at property boundaries. That is why adapting to the consequences of climate change is an issue for everyone - for politicians and administrators who are responsible for protecting public space, as well as for every private owner and tenant. It is also the task of cities, municipalities and districts to inform their citizens about possible dangers in this context and to point out solutions. The "Practical Guide to Climate-Friendly Building" provides support in this regard.
The Agency for Renewable Resources (Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e. V. - FNR) provides guidelines for submitting outlines and applications for projects within the scope of the Forest Climate Fund. (FNR) supports potentially interested parties in applying for funding. The guidelines are available in printed form and for Download before.
The 58-page brochure in A5 format provides concise information on the funding procedure and quickly explains how to use the easy-Online internet portal to submit a project outline and project application. Fact sheets and explanations on state aid law supplement the funding guidelines.
The "Guidelines for the submission of outlines and applications under the joint BMEL and BMU Forest Climate Fund funding line" are aimed not only at research institutions and research associations, but also at state forestry institutions, municipalities, forestry associations and other associations, as well as private individuals whose projects fall under one of the five priority areas of the Forest Climate Fund funding guideline.
Funding from the Forest Climate Fund, which is jointly financed by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), can be applied for for projects with a maximum duration of 5 years.
Background:
The Forest Climate Fund funding guideline was launched jointly by BMEL and BMU in 2013 as part of the Energy and Climate Fund.
Forestry and landscaping projects to adapt forests to climate change and to ensure carbon storage and increase CO2-The following projects are aimed at increasing the storage of wood products and the CO2-reduction and substitution by wood products, projects on research and monitoring, and projects on information and communication. The funding procedure is two-stage, i.e. applicants first submit a project outline and after successful review by the project management agency FNR and coordination with the ministries BMU and BMEL, a project application is invited.
The FNR has been active as the BMEL's project management agency for the Renewable Resources funding programme since 1993. It also supports research topics in the fields of sustainable forestry and innovative wood use. Since 1 January 2019, it has also been the project management agency for the Forest Climate Fund funding guideline. The Competence and Information Centre for Forests and Wood (KIWUH) is a department of the FNR.
"The raw material wood is precious. It is therefore important to use it responsibly and in a way that conserves resources," warns Peter Aicher, Chairman of Holzbau Deutschland. Even if wood is affected by environmental influences or the bark beetle, it does not represent an inferior raw material, but has almost identical properties to conventional construction timber. "If the so-called 'calamity wood' has the same structural quality in terms of load-bearing capacity as conventional sawn timber, it can be used without restrictions," explains Aicher. In addition, the wood retains its important function as a CO2 sink, regardless of external impairments.
"If the wood is used as a building material, the carbon bound in the wood remains stored there in the long term, thereby significantly reducing the burden on the environment."
The goal must be an economically and ecologically sensible and efficient use of the domestic resource. In the interests of sustainability and climate protection, regional wood resources should therefore be used optimally.
Calamity wood is of high quality and can be used without restrictions
In most cases, bark beetle infestation is irrelevant for the use of the wood as a building material. The bark beetle lays its burrows in the bast, i.e. the area between the bark (bark) and the trunk, but not in the load-bearing wood itself. In addition, the sawn timber is technically dried during further processing. During this process at the latest, any remaining populations of insect pests are reliably killed off, so that beetle-free timber processed into sawn timber is guaranteed to be beetle-free. Every piece of sawn timber - regardless of its origin - must meet the criteria of DIN standard 4074 in order to be used as load-bearing timber in a building. In some cases, the wood turns a slightly bluish colour after a bark beetle infestation. It can then be used in the non-visible area.
Environmental factors and the effects of climate change have further facilitated the mass spread of the bark beetle in the past year. In most cases, rapid felling of the affected trees is the only alternative to stop the further spread of the pest. The logs are immediately removed from the forest and stored. This results in an oversupply of so-called 'beetle wood'. The prompt further processing of the calamity wood into sawn timber is an active contribution to climate protection.
Holzbau Deutschland appeals to the public sector as well as to architects and builders to make greater use of regional calamity wood and to specify this in tenders. The use of domestic calamity wood not only supports regional value creation, but is also a sign of solidarity with regional forest owners.
The ForschungsVerbund Erneuerbare Energien (FVEE) is today publishing its latest conference volume entitled "Research for the energy transition - shaping the energy system". The presentations collected here from the last annual conference present current research results and instruments for a successful energy transition.
The spectrum of contributions ranges from scenarios for the transformation of the energy system to the importance of sector coupling, grids and storage systems to the specific roles of the various renewable technologies such as photovoltaics, wind energy and bioenergy in a sustainable energy system.
The conference proceedings "Research for the Energy Transition - Shaping the Energy System" are available to all interested parties on the internet and can also be ordered there as a printed booklet free of charge.
About the Research Association for Renewable Energies
The Renewable Energies Research Alliance is a nationwide cooperation of research institutions. The members research and develop technologies for renewable energies, energy efficiency, energy storage and the optimised technical and socio-economic interaction of all system components. The common goal is to transform the energy supply into a sustainable energy system.
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