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The Schleswig-Holstein State Building Code (LBO-SH) was amended by law on 1 October 2019. The amendments came into force at the end of October 2019. On the one hand, the amendment ends the disadvantage of timber construction in multi-storey construction and continues to create the conditions for additional living space under facilitated conditions.
Keywords:
DE-News, Wood construction, News Blog Schleswig-Holstein, Housing policy
In addition to the well-known ecological footprint, which describes the use of biocapacity by the population (in Germany about 2.5 times the available area), an attempt is currently being made with funds from the Ministry of Education and Research to develop an ecological handprint for positive sustainability effects.
This should enable consumers to orient themselves towards sustainable consumption. The Wuppertal CSCP, a spin-off of the Wuppertal Climate Institute, was commissioned. Three universities are involved: Kassel, Witten Herdecke and Lüneburg. On 5.11.2015 the kick-off workshop took place in Berlin. In June 2016 there was a stakeholder workshop and on 22/23.9.2016 the 3rd workshop will take place in Lüneburg.
In addition to construction, the project is about food and consumer goods. Various players from the economy were invited to the specialist conference.
Further information:
www.handabdruck.org
Keywords:
Procurement, DE-News, Certification & Labels
The BMWi and the BMBF have responded to the Berlin Energy Days 2016 (11-13 April) presented the new interdepartmental funding announcement "Solar Building & Energy Efficient City". Its aim is to network the actors in this field and create synergies. To this end, the Federal Government is providing 150 million euros within the 6th Energy Research Programme. The focus is on cross-technology research projects and interdisciplinary cooperation. The aim is to build and modernise energy-efficient buildings and urban districts together with energy-optimised infrastructure. It therefore also exclusively supports cooperation projects. Industry, small and medium-sized enterprises as well as universities and research institutions can submit their proposals for research and demonstration projects. The funding initiative includes application-oriented research, development and demonstration of energy-optimised buildings (Module I "Solar Building"). On the other hand, the focus is on so-called lighthouse projects in the neighbourhood (Module II "Energy-efficient city"). The concepts developed in this way should be easily transferable to other projects and implement model supply strategies based on renewable energies.
At the same time, the BMWi is launching another funding initiative: "EnEff.Gebäude.2050". Here, application-oriented model projects on the topic of solar building are particularly in demand, which aim to transfer innovative technologies and concepts for broad application. They are being supported with a total of 35 million euros. The aim is to motivate the many players in construction, planning and architecture to take action and overcome obstacles to the realisation of particularly energy-efficient buildings.
Announcement (pdf): .
Press release: http://bmwi.de/…762826.html
Today, Thursday, the European Parliament and the Council of the EU officially announced their agreement on new EU rules for occupational pensions. Thanks to the persistence of Green shadow rapporteur Bas Eickhout, we were able to push through important demands in the final "Directive on the activities and supervision of institutions for occupational retirement provision". Currently, occupational pension funds across Europe manage [...]
Read the whole article on the website of Sven Giegold - Member of the Green Group in the European Parliament
Keywords:
Climate protection, News Blog Europe (without DE), Environmental policy, Economics
