Five prize winners can look forward to the Lower Austrian Timber Construction Prize 2016, which was awarded for the 15th time on 6.6.2016. Winery Högl, Wachau Prize winner utility building (Copyright Elmar Ludescher) "Planning is becoming more and more creative and every year there are new technical solutions. As a result, wood as a building material is gaining in importance for builders and planners every year [...]
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At the end of March 2016, the UK Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) published new criteria for the international sustainability rating for buildings (BREEAM International New Construction 2016 - NC 2016). These replace the previous rating scheme which had been on the market since 2013. Further information can be found on the website [...].
Hrsg. Wohnbund e.V. Creating sufficient affordable housing - especially in European conurbations - is one of the great challenges of our future and calls for new solutions. In view of demographic change, changing family structures and growing environmental awareness, completely new forms of housing have developed in Europe: shared living for young and [...]
NEW November 2015 | Types and constructions Current timber engineering at a glance Typologically arranged overview with 24 current timber buildings Various typologies and constructions in timber: wide-span halls, light post-compaction and prefabricated building elements
On 12 December 2015, the climate negotiating parties in Paris agreed that global warming should be limited to a maximum of 1.5 to 2 degrees Celsius. This was presented with such confidence that one could almost forget that the Earth's atmosphere has no thermostat. No one can assure, certainly not on the basis [...]
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The film "In Transition 2.0" (OmU; 65 min) shows examples from the Transition world (including Japan, New Zealand, India, England, the USA and many more) about the diversity and positive power of the Transition movement and the projects on the ground.
The largest passive house development in Europe is currently being built on Mühlenweg in Vienna. The total area of the Aspanggründe "Eurogate" site covers approx. 22 ha. Six different architectural firms are planning a total of 740 apartments. In the final stage, approx. 7,000 jobs will be created there. By the end of 2008, around 25% of the planned social housing in Vienna will probably be of passive house standard [...]
To mark the 10th anniversary in 2008, a 35-minute film was made about the GWL-Terrein showcase project in Amsterdam-Westerpark (language: Dutch with English subtitles): More films about the car-free neighbourhood: https://gwl-terrein.nl/bezoekers/gwl-10-jaar-de-geboorte-van-een-eco-wijk/milieuvriendelijk-wonen-midden-in-amsterdam-bouwfilm-uit-1997/
in Angers, Auxerre, Châlon-sur-Saône, Grenoble, Lyon, Narbonne, Rennes" Link ecoquartiers.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/...
The municipal council of the city of Wels has adopted a declaration on passive house construction. In it, the magistrate is instructed to strive for the energy-saving passive house standard in all new buildings and renovations of the city and municipal enterprises. The godfather for this resolution, which was passed unanimously, was apparently the city of Frankfurt a.M., which, according to current political resolutions, will in future [...]
