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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/
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 [...]