Unanimously, on March 21, 2019, members of Berlin's state parliament voted in favor of promoting urban timber construction.
Following in the footsteps of Baden-Württemberg, the state of Berlin has now also decided to focus on wooden buildings in the future with its application "Sustainability in construction: Berlin builds with wood". As part of the Berlin Energy and Climate Protection Programme (BEK), wood as a building material is to be used to a much greater extent from now on and, as a carbon dioxide reservoir, is to make a contribution to climate protection and resource efficiency.
As the largest builder in the city-state, the Berlin Senate is to lead the way in the future and increasingly use wood in state buildings such as schools, kindergartens and residential buildings. In addition, subsidy programs such as those in Baden-Württemberg, Hamburg and Munich should create incentives for private builders. A timber construction cluster is to develop and bundle competencies along the value chain in the long term.
Since April 2018, an amendment to Berlin's state building code has facilitated timber construction for private and public buildings. Load-bearing components of multi-storey buildings can now be made of the natural material without the need for a time-consuming case-by-case assessment.
For new buildings and complete modernisation projects, Berlin will in future apply the Sustainable Building Rating System (NBB) with its defined, transparent standards for sustainability.
Source: DeSH-PM from 25.03.2019
https://informationsdienst-holz.de/…berlin-will-mit-holz-bauen
Further information:
Adopted resolution on:
www.parlament-berlin.de in PDF format
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