Wood Construction Award NRW
www.holzbaupreis-nrw.de
Timber construction award Eifel
https://hkzr.de/projekte/der-holzbaupreis-eifel/
Wood construction award Bergisches Land
www.wald-und-holz.nrw.de/...moderne-langlebige-architektur-in-holzbauweise
Support programs
More than 50 projects with slightly more than 1,800 housing units were developed within the framework of the programme "50 Solar Housing Estates NRW". The funded projects are described in brochures, in a conference volume and on the website. www.50-solarsiedlungen.de documented. According to a Press release of the EnergyAgency.NRW of 12.11.2015, 15,000 people live in solar and climate protection settlements in NRW. Through the funding programmes "50 Solar Settlements in NRW", 49 projects have been initiated and through "100 Climate Protection Settlements in NRW", 24 climate protection settlements have been initiated. That is a total of more than 110 settlement projects.
Further information on the funding programme "100 climate protection settlements in NRW":
www.energieagentur.nrw/gebaeude/klimaschutzsiedlungen
Network for energy-efficient and solar construction
At the regular network meetings, new and further developments from the new construction or refurbishment sector, for residential and non-residential buildings, are presented and discussed. The last two network meetings took place on 19 October 2015 in Cologne and on 12 May 2016 in Leverkusen. Projects from the funding programmes "100 climate protection settlements in NRW" and "100 energy-efficient non-residential buildings" were presented:
www.energieagentur.nrw/...energieeffizientes-und-solares-bauen
Doctoral Programme "Energy Efficiency in the Neighbourhood with a total of 13 doctoral students. Duration: October 2014 to December 2018. In addition to the TU Dortmund University, the college involves the University of Duisburg-Essen, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum University of Applied Sciences, the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy and the EBZ Business School in Bochum. Funding is provided by the Ministry for Innovation, Science and Research of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Mercator Foundation, among others:
www.rin-eer.et.tu-dortmund.de
International Building Exhibition Emscher Park
The IBA Emscher Park was designed as a future programme of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from 1989 to 1999. The entire region of heavy industry between Duisburg and Dortmund, with many brownfield sites often contaminated with toxic substances, was transformed into a modern residential, cultural and leisure landscape with ecological aspirations. In ten years of the IBA Emscher Park, around 120 projects have been developed and realised. The managing director was the urban planner Karl Ganser. A number of high-quality housing estates and residential complexes were built as part of the IBA. One of the focal points of the work was the topic of water in general and, in particular, the renaturation of the Emscher to the greatest possible extent.
Brochures
Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy, Building, Housing and Transport of the State of NRW (ed.), Simbriger, Willen (2010): Baugruppen und Wohngruppenprojekte - ein Handbuch für Kommunen. Düsseldorf
Ministry of Building and Transport of North Rhine-Westphalia (2009): "Neues Wohnen mit Nachbarschaft - Wohnprojekte von Baugruppen, Genossenschaften und Investoren". The brochure presents a large number of current and long-standing community housing projects in North Rhine-Westphalia.
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Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs NRW (2005): Neue Wohnprojekte für ältere Menschen. Gemeinschaftliches Wohnen in Nordrhein-Westfalen Beispiele und Wege zur Umsetzung. Düsseldorf
Contact points
Consumer advice centre NRW
There are 61 consumer advice centres offering advice on various sustainability topics:
www.verbraucherzentrale.nrw/energie
A special offer is the Project MehrWert NRW. It aims to highlight the benefits and trends of climate-friendly lifestyles and thus motivate consumers to contribute to climate protection in the areas of nutrition, mobility behaviour and resource-conserving consumption:
www.mehrwert.nrw
The EcoBuild NRW is the umbrella organisation for healthy building and living in North Rhine-Westphalia. 135 companies from the three regional associations Niederrhein, Rheinland, Ruhrgebiet and the associated member ÖkoBau Münsterland have joined forces in this umbrella association.
www.oekobaunrw.de
Ko-Operativ eG NRW
Cooperative for housing and neighbourhood projects in NRW
www.kooperativ-eg-nrw.de
Housing Association Advice NRW
Housing project days, funding and project advice and moderation, NRW project exchange
www.wohnbund-beratung-nrw.de
