1:32 min., video from 15.01.2021
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1:32 min., video from 15.01.2021
In Vienna, as a rule, no residential building may be erected without a solar system in the future. This is stipulated in an amendment to the building code, which is currently being evaluated, the red-green city government informed on Monday. Currently, such a photovoltaic obligation applies only to industrial buildings.
With the upcoming amendment, the requirement will now be extended to educational buildings on the one hand and to residential buildings on the other, informed Kathrin Gaal (SPÖ), city councillor for housing, and Peter Kraus, spokesperson for the Green Party on planning, in a joint statement.
"The amount of the obligation for residential buildings is calculated in such a way that the electricity produced can be consumed directly in the house (e.g. in the common parts of the house)," the press release explained. Thanks to subsidy incentives, however, the city hall hopes that many building applicants will not only comply with the minimum requirements, but will also install larger systems for converting solar energy into electricity, if this makes sense.
If it is not possible to install a solar system in a new building for legal, technical or economic reasons, the developer must offer replacement areas in order to meet the obligation. However, residential buildings are exempt from this requirement.
With the amendment of the Vienna Building Code, the city also wants to take a step towards digitalisation. The amendment creates a legal basis for the electronic processing of all official steps such as the submission of the building notification, the application for a building permit, the notification of the start of construction or the notification of completion. However, the authority has the possibility to demand the submission of a copy of the building plans in the electronic approval procedure, if this is necessary for the implementation of the procedure.
Gaal saw the announced reform as a way "to optimally prepare Vienna for the opportunities and challenges of climate change and digitalisation". "Solar systems on Vienna's roofs will become the standard and accelerate the phase-out of fossil energy," added Kraus.
APA PM of 27.4.2020
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Renewable, Climate protection, Communities, News Blog Europe (without DE), News Blog Austria, PV, City, Environmental policy, Vienna
On 15 March, the Mayors' Dialogue "Sustainable City" developed impulses for the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in German municipalities. The mayors focused on the contributions of municipalities to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 11 "Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable".
The mayors of Augsburg, Bonn, Bottrop, Darmstadt, Delitzsch, Düsseldorf, Erfurt, Essen, Frankfurt am Main, Freiburg, Friedrichshafen, Hanover, Heidelberg, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Constance, Leipzig, Lörrach, Ludwigsburg, Lüneburg, Munich, Münster, Norderstedt, Nuremberg, Osnabrück, Ravensburg, Rheine, Tübingen and Wernigerode have signed the statement so far.
Resolution of the Lord Mayor's Sustainable City Dialogue of 15 March 2017:
https://www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/20170330_Positionspapier_OB-Dialog-1.pdf
Link
https://www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de/projekte/dialog-nachhaltige-stadt/
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DE-News, Communities, SDG 2030, City, Environmental policy
Further decreasing investment costs for PV, wind and electric storage expected: In this regard, the Agency for Renewable Energies (AEE) publishes a new meta-analysis today. It compares the investment costs reported in 15 studies for a total of 11 energy technologies, including offshore and onshore wind energy, photovoltaics and solar thermal energy. It also presents statements on the investment costs of storage technologies and heat pumps. "The meta-analysis shows that specific costs for wind energy and photovoltaics are expected to continue to fall despite the cost reductions already achieved.
Another piece of good news for the energy transition is that investment costs for storage technologies can also be expected to fall drastically in some cases," says AEE Managing Director Philipp Vohrer, summarising the key findings of the meta-analysis.
PM AEE's costs for PV and wind continue to fall from 22 December 2016
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Construction and operating costs, DE-News, Energy storage, Renewable, Media, New books and studies, PV, PlusEnergy house/settlement, Electricity storage, Ecology, Economics
The Agency for Renewable Resources (Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e. V. - FNR) provides guidelines for submitting outlines and applications for projects within the scope of the Forest Climate Fund. (FNR) supports potentially interested parties in applying for funding. The guidelines are available in printed form and for Download before.
The 58-page brochure in A5 format provides concise information on the funding procedure and quickly explains how to use the easy-Online internet portal to submit a project outline and project application. Fact sheets and explanations on state aid law supplement the funding guidelines.
The "Guidelines for the submission of outlines and applications under the joint BMEL and BMU Forest Climate Fund funding line" are aimed not only at research institutions and research associations, but also at state forestry institutions, municipalities, forestry associations and other associations, as well as private individuals whose projects fall under one of the five priority areas of the Forest Climate Fund funding guideline.
Funding from the Forest Climate Fund, which is jointly financed by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), can be applied for for projects with a maximum duration of 5 years.
Further information: www.waldklimafonds.de
Background:
The Forest Climate Fund funding guideline was launched jointly by BMEL and BMU in 2013 as part of the Energy and Climate Fund.
Forestry and landscaping projects to adapt forests to climate change and to ensure carbon storage and increase CO2-The following projects are aimed at increasing the storage of wood products and the CO2-reduction and substitution by wood products, projects on research and monitoring, and projects on information and communication. The funding procedure is two-stage, i.e. applicants first submit a project outline and after successful review by the project management agency FNR and coordination with the ministries BMU and BMEL, a project application is invited.
The FNR has been active as the BMEL's project management agency for the Renewable Resources funding programme since 1993. It also supports research topics in the fields of sustainable forestry and innovative wood use. Since 1 January 2019, it has also been the project management agency for the Forest Climate Fund funding guideline. The Competence and Information Centre for Forests and Wood (KIWUH) is a department of the FNR.
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Building materials / Construction, DE-News, Research, Funding, Wood construction, Climate protection, NaWaRohs, New books and studies, Environmental policy, Thermal insulation, Ecology