The tenants' electricity campaign financed by the Hessian Ministry of Economics is entering its second round until 2020.
Info:
www.solarserver.de/...mieterstrom-in-hessen...
(42 min.) from November 2015:
www.spiegel.tv/filme/intelligente-haeuser
Keywords:
IBA, News Blog Hamburg, Quarters, Settlements
"nWert", GLS Gemeinschaftsbank eG's sustainability rating tool for real estate, has been recognised by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) as a sustainability rating. At the same time, GLS Bank recognises the DGNB certificate as proof when granting financing. This was announced by Dr. Christine Lemaitre of the DGNB and Dr. Matthias Morgenstern, GLS ImmoWert, on the occasion of Expo Real 2021 in Munich.
"The recognition of nValue by the DGNB is a nice confirmation of our way of thinking about sustainability in a really comprehensive way and developing a robust but also valid assessment system for it," says Dr Matthias Morgenstern from GLS ImmoWert GmbH. The net value of a building reflects sustainability at a high level of aggregation and contributes to the decision on financing. It also provides the bank's customers with an objective assessment of the building at a glance. They receive a report on the nValue with a presentation of the strengths and potentials of the building and thus have a roadmap to achieve even better sustainability. In total, the Bank's colleagues have already audited over 800 projects.
"As the largest social-ecological bank in Germany, we aim to value real estate not only in monetary terms. We also want to know what social and ecological impact the properties we lend to have," says Jan Köpper, Head of Impact Transparency at GLS Bank. That is why GLS Bank has developed the tool "nWert". With this tool, a transparent, measurable and comparable sustainability rating can be calculated specifically for real estate and the lending process.
"With the recognition of its sustainability rating by the DGNB, GLS Bank is building an important bridge towards greater uniformity in the assessment of sustainable building projects as a basis for their financing," says Dr Christine Lemaitre, Executive Director of the DGNB. "With almost 8000 award-winning building and neighbourhood projects, DGNB certification has established itself as the central sustainability standard in the construction sector in Germany and beyond in recent years. The recognition of GLS Bank's sustainability rating is a valuable building block here that ultimately benefits customers."
The recognition is reciprocal. If a customer approaches GLS Bank with a DGNB certificate and a request for financing, this certificate is equally proof for GLS Bank of the sustainable properties of the building.
For about four years now, GLS Bank has been determining the nValue for real estate in addition to the market value and the mortgage lending value. The degree to which the building complies with a sustainable model is determined by analysing documents, interviewing people with knowledge of the property and visiting the site. Around 50 indicators are collected and converted into a score from 0 to 100 %.
You can find more information on the GLS Bank's nWert audit here:
gls.co.uk/corporate-institutions/industries/housing/sustainable-property/
Source: PM from DGNB and GLS dated 28.10.2021
Keywords:
DE-News, DGNB, Sustainable management
Environmental crises endanger health. At the same time, an ecological change of course offers many opportunities to create healthier living conditions. This is the core message of the special report that the Environment Council is handing over to Environment Minister Steffi Lemke and Health Minister Prof. Karl Lauterbach in Berlin today.
15 % of deaths in Europe are due to environmental risks, the WHO estimates. Health hazards arise, for example, from air pollutants, noise, chemicals and the spread of antibiotic resistance. New burdens, such as those caused by climate change and biodiversity loss, are also emerging.
"We have known about some of these problems for many years, and policy-makers should now tackle them consistently," says Prof. Claudia Hornberg, Chair of the Environmental Council. "For example, the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry must be more limited in order to reduce the risk of resistance. In addition, chemical regulation should focus on inherently safe chemicals as far as possible."
Only if the federal, state and local governments consistently think together about environment and health can healthy living conditions be created for all. Established instruments such as monitoring, limit values and environmental assessments must be adapted to new challenges. The report provides numerous suggestions for this.
There is also a need for action in urban design: "We need more nature in cities, also to cushion the effects of climate change," says Council member Prof. Wolfgang Köck. "Socially disadvantaged neighbourhoods are often subject to multiple stresses, especially noise and air pollution. Municipalities should specifically relieve these neighbourhoods. Health-related environmental protection in urban planning needs more active involvement of public health departments and greater public participation, as well as financial support from the federal and state governments."
"How important nature is for our health is often underestimated," adds Council member Prof. Josef Settele. "It helps to reduce stress, motivates us to exercise and strengthens the immune system, to name just a few examples. To preserve all these functions, we need to protect it better and give it more space."
Special report of the SRU
2023, 282 pages, 35 illustrations, 6 table(s), ISBN 978-3-947370-25-2
The German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) has been advising the German government on environmental policy issues for over 50 years. The Council's composition of seven professors from different disciplines ensures a scientifically independent and comprehensive assessment, both from a scientific-technical and a social science perspective.
The Council currently consists of the following members:
Prof. Dr Claudia Hornberg (Chair), Bielefeld University
Prof. Dr Claudia Kemfert (Deputy Chair), Leuphana University Lüneburg and German Institute for Economic Research Berlin
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christina Dornack, Dresden University of Technology
Prof. Dr Wolfgang Köck, University of Leipzig and Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Prof. Dr Wolfgang Lucht, Humboldt University Berlin and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Prof. Dr Josef Settele, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Prof. Dr Annette Elisabeth Töller, Open University in Hagen
German Advisory Council on the Environment
Luisenstraße 46, 10117 Berlin, + 49 30 263696-0
www.umweltrat.de
Keywords:
DE-News, New books and studies, Environmental policy
Frankfurt/Main (dpa) - The Frankfurt "Rent Decision Alliance submitted around 25,000 signatures to the electoral office on Tuesday. The participants want to achieve a referendum on the preservation and expansion of subsidized housing, as spokespersons for the alliance said before the handover.
The administration must now check whether the necessary quorum - the required number of signatures - has been reached and whether a citizens' petition is admissible. According to its own information, 42 organisations belong to the alliance, including the district association of the Left Party, the Asta of the Goethe University, Attac and several housing and urban policy initiatives.
They have three demands: The city-owned housing company ABG should only create subsidized housing; all tenants entitled to social housing should pay a maximum of 6.50 euros per square meter; prices per square meter of a maximum of 6.50 euros should apply in two-thirds of all ABG apartments that become vacant.
Link:
https://mietentscheid-frankfurt.de
Keywords:
Stakeholders, Communities, News Blog Hesse, Quarters, SDG 2030, Environmental policy, Housing policy
