Demand Paper of the Alliance of Young Cooperatives Berlin of March 9, 2018 In order to advance the construction of affordable housing, an Alliance of Young Cooperatives was founded in Berlin in 2017. "Housing cooperatives have been a cornerstone of the socially responsible and affordable housing market in Berlin for well over 100 years," notes the cooperative board of Bremer Höhe and [...]
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The new website was implemented by the German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) as part of the project "Resource Policy at Municipal and Regional Level" (kommRess) on behalf of the Federal Environment Agency. Resource protection is becoming increasingly important in environmental policy. Against this background, the Federal Environment Ministry wants to provide greater support to municipalities in matters of resource efficiency. The [...]
Incentive for less "grey energy" in the construction of non-residential buildings The City of Hamburg promotes the use of wood in the construction of new non-residential buildings with a floor area of 100 m² or more. The use of wood in the construction of new buildings is subsidised with € 800 per tonne of wood product.
The vital, functionally mixed city is the guiding principle of sustainable urban development. Urban production can make an important contribution to the mix of functions. After years of functional segregation, it shows ways in which new city-affine production typologies, manufactories, small businesses and crafts can achieve more functional mixing in the various city quarters and secure or restore supply qualities.
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.
BN - Is the roof of my house or company building suitable for a photovoltaic system or a solar thermal system? This question can now be answered quickly and conveniently online with the help of the new solar roof cadastre of the city of Bonn. In a building-specific map display, a colored marking indicates whether and to what extent [...]
The energy turnaround in the building sector has stalled. Less and less is being invested in energy refurbishment, and the climate protection targets set in Paris are in jeopardy. The reason for this is to be found in inadequate advice and the uncertainty of many consumers on the one hand, and in insufficient government regulations and poorly managed funding on the other. […]
In its August issue, ÖKO-TEST magazine evaluated 15 different roof insulation materials, including 5 with the natureplus seal of approval. The products are mainly suitable for insulation between rafters. The good performance of conventional products made of glass and rock wool, which all achieved "good", was striking. Of the natureplus-certified products, 2 insulation materials made of wood fibres - "Gutex Thermoflex" [...]
To date, the "Hoher Weg" eco estate in Hamm is the second largest timber housing estate in Germany with 120 residential units. This is astonishing because it was built back in the 1990s. The photos were taken in August 2017: The largest German timber housing estate was also built in Hamm: http://sdg21.eu/db/wohnpark-heinrichstrasse More information about the estate in [...]
Symposium of the Heidelberg International Building Exhibition takes place in Berlin for the first time On 27 September 2017, the IBA_LAB, the symposium of the International Building Exhibition (IBA) Heidelberg, will take place for the fifth time in a row. This year, for the first time, discussants and guests will meet in the German capital Berlin to broaden their perspective and discuss the question of the "knowledge city of tomorrow" [...]
Issue 3 of the journal IzR on sustainable urban development Four days, more than 30,000 participants, 167 states, numerous lectures, workshops and exhibitions: Habitat III, the World Summit on Human Settlements hosted by the United Nations in autumn 2016, was a major event. The result is the New Urban Agenda, a new global action programme for urban development. But how [...]
Permakultur-Siedlung „Eva Lanxmeer“ in Culemborg Mit 240 Häusern ist es die größte Permakultur-Siedlung weltweit. Bauzeit: 1994 bis 2009. E.V.A. steht für den Namen der Gruppe „Ecologisch Centrum voor Educatie, Voorlichting en Advies“. Infos: http://sdg21.eu/db/eva-lanxmeer-in-culemborg Fotogalerie: https://siedlungen.eu/galerien/fotogalerie-culemborg „Stad van de Zon“ in Heerhugowaard Die Siedlung ist mit 2.900 Wohnungen auf 123 […]
DERIX Group invites you to the study day "Modern timber construction in historic Amsterdam" on 26.10.2017. The event will take place in the new ABN AMRO Pavilion in Amsterdam, in the construction of which DERIX Group was involved.
"To create truly livable urban neighborhoods, it takes more than just creating housing." SZ article by Gerhard Matzig from August 16, 2017 http://sz.de/1.3628161
Between 31 August and 2 September, the planners' workshop embedded in the participation process for the Viktoriakarree will take place. During these three days, four teams of planners will develop an independent planning concept on site, taking into account the results of the previous participation processes. The planner workshop kick-off event will be held on Thursday, 31 August 2017, at [...]
On Monday, 17 July 2017, a symbolic ground-breaking ceremony took place for the IBA's flagship project on the Stadtwerke Heidelberg site in Pfaffengrund. Heidelberg's Lord Mayor Prof. Dr. Eckart Würzner, Heidelberg's First Mayor Jürgen Odszuck, Dr. Rudolf Irmscher, Managing Director of Stadtwerke Heidelberg, Michael Teigeler, Managing Director of Stadtwerke Heidelberg Energie and project partners [...]
Making life in the neighborhood more ecologically, socially, economically, and culturally sustainable together with the residents; this is the goal of the "Real Lab 131: KIT Finds City" of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). In Karlsruhe's Oststadt district, researchers are using this laboratory to look for ways to reduce [...]
With the funding announcement "Solar Construction / Energy-Efficient City", the BMBF together with the BMWi will provide up to 100 million euros over the next five years for research, development and innovation in the field of sustainable urban development. In the first round of calls for proposals, more than 60 consortia from city administrations, research institutes and [...]
The current issue of the timber construction magazine "Mikado" presents the design of the first construction site of Germany's largest timber construction estate: https://www.mikado-online.de/wp-content//uploads/2017/05/2017_06_Geschosswohnungsbau_Muenchen.pdf According to the Mikado article, all the plots in the model development, which is up to seven storeys high, have already been allocated.
Stadtwerke Herne is planning to build a climate-friendly and car-free housing estate with an innovative energy concept in Sodingen: seven detached single-family homes are being built in Baueracker, which will be largely self-sufficient in terms of energy. The building permit is expected before the end of this year. The groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for early 2018. The first families are expected to move in in February 2019.
BaunetzWoche#494: Cooperatives are currently experiencing a true renaissance in Zurich. The "Mehr als Wohnen" neighbourhood and the "Zwicky Süd" project are now trying to bring urban qualities to the agglomeration. Can these two projects facilitate new lifestyles beyond private housing? Link: www.baunetz.de/...baunetzwoche_ausgabe_5108639.html
"The planning for the Kreuzberg site is beginning. The initiatives that fought against privatization for a long time are allowed to have a say." Read the article from 17.7.2017: www.taz.de/Dragoner-Areal-in-Kreuzberg/!5427116
Senate passes new building code The Hamburg Senate passed a new building code on June 13. Hamburg is one of the first federal states to create new possibilities for diverse and innovative construction with wood: In future, wood may also be used for building projects with a height of up to 22 metres - this corresponds [...]
Eco-neighborhoods are experimental laboratories in which the future of urban development is being tested. In a hybrid of fiction and documentary, the series presents eco-neighborhoods in Germany, France and Switzerland. In 12 episodes, the neighbourhoods enter into a dialogue with each other and present their objectives with regard to sustainable urban development.
The city of Frankfurt is initiating the largest urban development project of recent decades: In the northwest, 550 hectares of current agricultural land between the Frankfurt districts of Niederursel and Praunheim and the neighboring towns of Steinbach and Oberursel are to be turned into a neighborhood with up to 11,400 apartments.
The ForschungsVerbund Erneuerbare Energien (FVEE) is today publishing its latest conference volume entitled "Research for the energy transition - shaping the energy system". The papers collected here from the last annual conference present current research findings and instruments for a successful energy transition. The spectrum of contributions ranges from scenarios for the transformation of the [...]
On 26 April 2017, the Agency for Renewable Energies in Berlin honoured the Saxon-Anhalt town of Burg for its commitment as Energy Municipality of the Month. A local tenant power project ensures that 230 rental apartments can obtain solar power to cover part of their electricity needs directly from the roof of their apartments. "Tenant power projects are ideal [...]
Now available! Old building districts have a reputation for lively urbanity, which is why they are extremely popular with residents. But new buildings can also develop this charm, as the large number of successful projects in this volume of the best of DETAIL series shows. In the end, it is a question of the mixture of residential and [...]
Publisher: Sennestadt GmbH Publisher: Fraunhofer IRB Verlag 2017, 150 pages At the specialist conference week "Gutes Klima im Quartier" (Good Climate in the Neighbourhood), 250 experts from all over Germany discussed issues of sustainable and climate-friendly neighbourhood development. The seven symposia in September 2016 brought important insights, many new ideas and innovative concepts for transformation processes in the neighbourhood. [...]
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is promoting highly ambitious and innovative concepts for nearly climate-neutral buildings and neighbourhoods under the EnEff.Gebäude.2050 funding initiative. The ideas competition is looking for energy concepts that show that nearly climate-neutral buildings and neighbourhoods can already be implemented in practice using today's technologies and [...].
TU Dortmund University conducted an excursion to Paris from 27 to 31 March 2017 as part of the research project "Co-Housing Initiatives in Europe". There, the researchers met French colleagues Anne Labit (Orléans University), Sabrina Bresson (ENSA Paris Val-de-Seine) and Claire Carriou (Paris Nanterre University)."
The mayor of Paris Anne Hidalgo is creating more space for cyclists and pedestrians - and wants to push cars out of the city in the long term. Everything else is "old-fashioned". Read what is planned in the article from 9.1.2017: www.faz.net/...paris-buergermeisterin-anne-hidalgo-sagt-autos-den-kampf-an-14611364.html
City as a pioneer of mobility change Wuppertal is making a name for itself in terms of sustainable and modern transport systems. It is not only the 100-year-old suspension railway that has long stood for the city as a symbol of innovative modes of transport. The new Nordbahn route for cyclists and pedestrians above the roofs of the city has brought great recognition nationwide. A modern [...]
On the costs of modernisation measures for tenants The Working Group on Tenancy Law in the RAV published the brochure "Modernisation as a price driver" in November 2016. It describes in detail the problematic effects of modernisation measures on tenants. In addition, the authors criticise the legal situation and call for fundamental new regulations under tenancy law.
In a team with the architects Dietrich|Untertrifaller, the office Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl won the multiple commission from Freiburger Stadtbau GmbH for the Metzgergrün quarter. The settlement is to change significantly over the next ten years and develop into a contemporary quarter with around 500 apartments, without losing its original character. [...]
