Additional Loan of NRW.BANK for Building with Wood
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Housing construction has great potential to contribute to resource conservation. For this reason, NRW.BANK supports developers with a new additional loan under the state's housing promotion programme.
Wood as a building material already contributes to climate protection during the construction of a building. This is why the Ministry of Home Affairs, Municipal Affairs, Building and Equality has introduced a new additional loan for construction projects with a high wood content in the context of its housing promotion programme. Regardless of whether the project involves the construction of a new building or the modernisation of existing properties, NRW.BANK offers attractive development loans under the state's housing promotion programme to create affordable and modern housing.
Attractive low interest rates with high redemption discounts of 15 to 25 percent, and partial crediting against equity, as well as a long fixed interest rate.
"Housing developers and investors who opt for a 30-year commitment period are now rewarded by the development bank for North Rhine-Westphalia with an even higher redemption discount of an additional 5 percentage points. For special aspects - such as building with wood - the repayment discount is even 50 percent. In addition, the initial interest rate on the development loans is now uniformly 0.0 percent in NRW for a period of 15 years. In modernisation promotion, building owners can now benefit from a repayment discount of up to 30 percent (regularly 20 percent) if they use certified ecological insulation materials or achieve an above-average energy standard."
An official delegation of the COP23 visits the student dormitory "42!" not far from Bonn University during the UN Climate Conference in Bonn. The house in passive house standard in wood hybrid construction offers its residents energy-efficient and at the same time ecological living space. This includes a photovoltaic system, rainwater harvesting for flushing toilets and a building automation system that also sends mails to the students.
The SOLAR.shell research project clarifies how the yields of photovoltaic components on building facades can be increased by up to 50 percent compared to vertically installed PV elements by tilting and turning the elements.
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.
Impressed by the award's namesake: SPD State Chairman NRW Michael Groschek in front of the picture of the cooperative theorist Professor Klaus Novy. Photo: SBV/Kastner
"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.
The winners of the Klaus Novy Award 2017 with SBV Supervisory Board Chairman Hans-Werner Bertl and SBV Board Chairman Ulrich Bimberg (r.). From left to right: Antje Günther (3rd prize Munich), Claudia Thiesen (1st prize Zurich), Christiane Strohecker, Michaela Mucke, Pascal Schumacher (2nd prize Cologne), Beatrix Novy, Photo: SBV/Kastner
Laureate 2017
Prize "Mehr als Wohnen eG", Zurich
new cooperative, supported by 55 Zurich housing cooperatives, is testing the future of living with 380 residential units. Their project was convincing in social, technical and ecological terms. www.mehralswohnen.ch
Prize "Inklusiv Wohnen Köln e.V." (Inclusive Living Cologne)
House project of an association of parents with disabled children. The building owner is the Cologne municipal housing company GAG, and the association has the right of use and occupancy. www.inklusiv-wohnen-koeln.de
Prize "Bellevue di Monaco eG", Munich
Housing and social cooperative for refugees, who are prepared for an independent life through a concept of care and co-responsibility. www.bellevuedimonaco.de
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
Method for the holistic analysis of planning concepts by Stephan Anders
39,- Euro | ISBN 978-3-946319-02-3, 310 pages with numerous colour illustrations, 19 x 25,5 cm, softcover - May 2016
Melting glaciers, floods and smog in cities are just a few visible signs of the need for sustainable development. Sustainable neighbourhoods can make a decisive contribution to this.
However, planning sustainable neighbourhoods is complex and requires a holistic view. For example, changing an urban planning parameter such as building density may have far-reaching consequences on other areas such as the efficiency of energy and transport systems, the utilisation of social infrastructure, the water balance, the urban climate and the well-being of residents. Suitable methods and tools are lacking for the holistic analysis of these interactions, especially in early planning phases, when essential decisions - such as the necessity or location of a project - are made.
The present work aims to close this gap. Based on the systematic analysis of the complex interactions of sustainable neighbourhood development, a method was developed that makes it possible to analyse the effects of different planning concepts at an early stage, to discuss them within the planning team and to arrive at more sustainable solutions in dialogue with all those involved.
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Housing construction has great potential to contribute to resource conservation. For this reason, NRW.BANK supports developers with a new additional loan under the state's housing promotion programme.
