12:56 min, from 11/5/2020
From building to neighbourhood: The current issue of the specialist journal "Information on Spatial Development" (IzR), published by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), shows how entire urban districts can be developed in a climate-friendly and energy-efficient way.
Based on the KfW programme "Energetic Urban Redevelopment", scientists, urban planners and architects report in this issue on approaches for neighbourhoods that they have tested over six years in initiatives and projects such as TransStadt, Sandy or EnEff:Stadt. The projects focus on integrated concepts, innovative technologies and instruments for energy-efficient refurbishment and owner participation.
The authors show how local governments, redevelopment agencies, municipal housing companies, and individual homeowners in urban districts can save energy and expand renewable energies across buildings, linking topics such as urban development, housing construction, and historic preservation. They look at the relationships between the local players and evaluate the economic viability and acceptance of projects. The focus is also on personnel, money, know-how and the question of how much of this the municipalities need for implementation.
"The articles in this issue illustrate how busy municipalities are working on the energy refurbishment of their neighbourhoods," says BBSR expert Wolfgang Neußer, who provides scientific support for KfW's Programme 432 "Energy-related urban refurbishment". "In order for the energy transition to succeed on the ground, we need to constantly include energy issues in integrated neighbourhood approaches to urban development."
But do the projects actually achieve the intended goals? How can listed buildings be renovated to be energy-efficient? And how can municipalities achieve the heat turnaround? The authors address these and many other questions in analyses, commentaries and interviews.
The booklet can be ordered for 19 Euro plus shipping costs:
service@steiner-verlag.de.
A reading sample and further information on the authors can be found on the BBSR website:
www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/veroeffentlichungen/izr/2017/4/izr-4-2017.html
Keywords:
Stock, DE-News, Renewable, Research, Climate protection, New books and studies, Quarters
Since 17 December 2019, the "Competence Centre for Sustainable Procurement and Awarding" (KNBV) has been supporting municipalities and other public administration bodies in Schleswig-Holstein in taking sustainability into account. The tasks range from paperless procurement processes and PVC-free office supplies to electric service vehicles including a charging station concept or sustainable services such as plastic-free, fair and regional catering. The KNBV provides advice, information and support on all questions relating to these processes, products or committee and public relations work. Interested municipalities and other public administration bodies will find competent answers for concrete projects as well as a wide range of training courses and events.
State Secretary for Finance Dr. Silke Schneider explained: "Especially in public administration, resource protection and sustainability play a central role. In this respect, the Competence Centre is an important partner for the municipalities. In this centre, we bundle expertise and practical support in the challenge of procuring sustainable products economically as well."
State Secretary for the Environment Dr. Dorit Kuhnt said: "The federal and state governments are committed to the Global Sustainability Goals. In this context, the state is creating the best conditions for a more sustainable administration at all levels with this service offer for municipalities. In doing so, the competence centre is intended to make it easier for those responsible to be transparent and thus make better decisions."
In future, the tasks of the KNBV will include a.o.:
Also:
The competence centre, based in Kiel, is initially limited until the end of 2021.
Further information
www.knbv.de
Keywords:
Stakeholders, Building materials / Construction, Greening / climate adaptation, Procurement, Soil & land consumption, DE-News, Renewable, Fair trade, Climate protection, News Blog Schleswig-Holstein, Resource efficiency, SDG 2030, Environmental policy
Title "It can be done differently - self-determined and sustainable living".
Moderation: Jo Hiller
58:45 min Available until 10/28/2024
First broadcast: 28.10.2019. Planet Wissen. ARD, SWR, WDR. UT.
Project Info: http://sdg21.eu/db/oekodorf-sieben-linden
Keywords:
100% EEs, Building Biology, Building materials / Construction, Greening / climate adaptation, Bike-/Velo-City, CO2-neutral, Cohousing, DE-News, Renewable, Movies, Movies > 45 Min, Wood construction, Climate protection, Media, Mobility, NaWaRohs, Sustainable management, Near-natural open space design, PV, Participation, Permaculture, Resource efficiency, Build it yourself, Settlements, Solar thermal, Sufficiency, Transition Town, Wildlife/animal friendly construction, Housing projects, eG, Ecology
For four years now, Tallinn residents have been able to travel by bus and train free of charge. As expected, the utilisation of buses and trams has increased by around 10 percent, but car traffic has barely decreased.
Keywords:
Car Free, Communities, Mobility, News Blog Europe (without DE), Environmental policy
