The quality certificate "Quality of Life in Housing Estates" is to develop into an important orientation and control instrument for the housing industry. The first housing estates with TÜV Rheinland certification are part of the THS Group's portfolio and are located in the Ruhr region.
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Is economic growth compatible with sustainability? A new report by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), DNR and the Institute for Sustainable Economies (ZOE) clearly shows: No! Resource consumption, which is responsible for increasing environmental degradation, cannot be decoupled from economic growth. With a comprehensive analysis of scientific data, the report "Decoupling debunked - Evidence and arguments against green growth as a sole strategy for sustainability" dispels the myth of decoupling and shatters the dream of green growth as an engine for prosperity and sustainability.
Prosperity in Europe has so far been achieved through the continuous growth of the economy and consumption. The side effects have been soil erosion, species extinction and climate disruption. In the search for more environmentally friendly alternatives, the idea of green growth, of decoupling the consumption of natural resources and environmental damage from economic growth through technological progress and structural change, is gaining momentum.
In an analysis of more than 100 scientific papers, the report shows that absolute decoupling of economic growth from resource-intensive production has never occurred, nor will it occur in the future. "To actually stop the collapse of the world's ecosystems, decoupling must be absolute, permanent, global and fast enough," the report says. There is "no scientific evidence whatsoever that such decoupling can be expected," it said.
"The findings of the decoupling report shatter the dream of green growth in great detail and with scientific evidence: Absolute decoupling of growth and the use of nature is not possible. A green efficiency economy cannot save the planet. The report thus shakes the foundations of our economy: in future, prosperity can no longer be achieved through growth. What is really needed for the future of prosperity is not a growth-fixated society, but an adult one"
Prof. Dr. Kai Niebert, President of the German Nature Conservation Ring
It was the great acceleration of economic growth after World War 2 that drove us into the climate, plastics, transport and agricultural crises. Now we need to find ways to counteract these crises. The report shows impressively that the growth paradigm is not sustainable.
Climate change and biodiversity loss can only be mitigated if policy makers develop alternatives to green growth and translate them into political action.
The report is available online at: https://www.dnr.de/publikationen/themenhefte/eeb-bericht-entlarvt-entkopplung-als-mythos/
Source: PM of the DNR from 15.07.2019
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KfW is looking for builders who are thinking about tomorrow. The 2017 motto is: "Expand, extend, convert - create and modernise living space efficiently".
Apply now until 1 March 2017 and win prize money worth a total of EUR 30,000.
More info: KfW.de/...Awards/KfW-Award-Bauen-und-Wohnen
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For the fifth time and in keeping with its 120th birthday, Spar- und Bauverein Solingen eG awarded the nationwide Klaus Novy Prize for innovations in cooperative building and living in July. This prize was established by SBV eG as a stimulus for cooperative ideas on the occasion of its 100th anniversary. This year, the prize was awarded to projects that "socially and innovatively" strengthen membership in a cooperative and coexistence in neighborhoods.
"From children's cooperatives to housing projects for refugees: housing cooperatives today are more colourful, dynamic, open-minded and sustainable - innovative and social." SBV Board Chairman Ulrich Bimberg was enthusiastic about the "exciting exchange of knowledge" that took place in the cooperative's own historic washhouse Weegerhof.
Michael Groschek, Chairman of the NRW SPD and former Minister of State, was impressed by the award's namesake: Professor Klaus Novy had imagined the ideal society as a cooperative. The housing market in Germany is a long way from that, he said. "Unless you are lucky enough to live in Solingen, where every tenth apartment is cooperative." During his visit, Michael Groschek paid tribute to the innovative cooperative projects - as former NRW Minister for Construction, he has a special connection to the subject.
Eight cooperatives from all over Germany presented their ideas to the expert audience after a pre-selection from 31 submitted entries. In the end, the new Zurich housing cooperative "Mehr als Wohnen eG" prevailed in the democratic selection process. Their forward-looking and sustainable project was convincing from a social, technical and ecological point of view and received 4000 euros. Second place and 2000 euros went to "Inklusiv Wohnen Köln e.V.", the house project of an association of parents with disabled children. "Bellevue di Monaco eG" from Munich, a housing and social cooperative for refugees, was pleased with third place and 1000 euros. There were no losers in the innovative performances, but a win for all. SBV Chairman Ulrich Bimberg: "Every participating cooperative has something very special." For co-organiser Arno Mersmann, what is typical of a cooperative is: "What one person can't achieve alone, one can achieve together.
Laureate 2017
Klaus Novy Prize
The prize is dedicated to Prof. Klaus Novy (Professor of Building Economics, born 1944 in Vienna; died 1991 in Seattle, USA), who championed the renewal of cooperative housing culture. To mark its centenary in 1997, Spar- und Bauverein Solingen eG launched the nationwide competition. Every five years, current innovations are honored - also as an inspiration for others. Competition theme 2017: "Innovative social cooperative". Contact: Arno Mersmann, telephone 0202/563 20 58, e-mail: amersmann@hotmail.com
Savings and building society Solingen eG
With over 13,600 members, SBV eG is the largest housing cooperative in the Rhineland and one of the largest in Germany; almost one in eight people in Solingen live in an SBV eG house. The claim for 120 years: to offer modern and safe living space at fair conditions to all classes of the population. Contact: SBV Board of Directors, Ulrich Bimberg, Tel. (0212) 20 66-201, e-mail: bimberg@sbv-solingen.de
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