Gold, silver and bronze" becomes "platinum, gold and silver": this is how you could summarise what the DGNB officially announced today. The DGNB is thus changing its labelling logic for the certification of buildings and urban districts.
Read in the DGNB article from 11 September 2015 what exactly is changing.
Vienna (OTS) – The BIG minimum standard goes beyond the legal requirements and ensures that all projects of BIG and its subsidiary ARE achieve the klimaaktiv SILVER standard in any case.
The sustainable minimum standard of the Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft (BIG) is a catalogue of criteria that must already be taken into account in the planning process of buildings. This makes the implementation of 43 measures of the BIG Holistic Building Program (HBP)* and the achievement of at least 750 klimaaktiv points mandatory for all new construction and general refurbishment projects for which a plan invention procedure will be carried out from 2020.
By implementing the minimum standard, CO2 emission levels will be significantly reduced, climate-damaging building materials will be avoided and the phase-out of fossil fuels will be accelerated.
„The sustainable development of real estate is rapidly gaining in importance both nationally and internationally. As a federal real estate company, we see it as our responsibility to set special standards in this area. The implementation of the sustainable minimum standard is a significant milestone on the way to improved resource and energy efficiency", says BIG Managing Director Hans-Peter Weiss.
Other points covered by the minimum sustainable standard are an overall ecological assessment of the buildings (according to OI3) and a mandatory life cycle cost analysis. The inclusion of future follow-up costs allows a long-term economic consideration of the sustainability measures.
In order to achieve the phase-out of fossil fuels and to be almost emission-free by 2025, BIG is also launching the Austria-wide photovoltaic initiative this year. PV systems will be installed on around 20 hectares of BIG and ARE rooftops by 2023. In this way, the efficient use of solar power will significantly increase the share of renewable energy.
For more information on the sustainable minimum standard and the HBP, please visit our website: https://nachhaltigkeit.big.at/node/16
With the Holistic Building Program (HBP), BIG, together with e7 and Pulswerk GmbH, has developed the most comprehensive digital building configurator in Austria. It accompanies users through all phases of sustainable building projects - from planning to construction to operation - and thus becomes an individual online checklist for all relevant topics. In total, the HBP guides users through 7 thematic areas with a total of 73 criteria that cover essential aspects of holistic construction and thus serve as a clear project guide. The focus is on economic and resource-saving factors as well as ecological and socio-cultural factors. The real-time display of the project data entered in the online catalogue also contributes to the high user-friendliness of the HBP. Each entry of individual measures is immediately converted into points. The maximum total number of points that can be achieved per project is 1,000.
With 2,060 properties, the BIG Group is one of the largest real estate owners in Austria. The portfolio consists of around 7.1 million square metres of lettable space with an enterprise value (fair value) of around EUR 12.0 billion. It is divided into the corporate divisions of schools, universities and special real estate. Office and residential properties are bundled in the subsidiary ARE Austrian Real Estate GmbH. The ARE portfolio comprises 558 properties with around 1.7 million square metres of lettable space. While BIG focuses primarily on public institutions, ARE's offering is also intended to increasingly address non-public tenants. As a developer, the BIG Group represents an important economic factor in Austria. Economic efficiency and architectural quality go hand in hand, as is constantly demonstrated. Every project aims to meet the needs of its future users in terms of ecological, economic and socio-cultural sustainability. The BIG Group has won several awards for its architectural commitment and has received eleven building owner awards to date.
(Group Report 2018/BIG Group in accordance with IFRS)
*) New construction/general renovations; incl. Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, without project companies + maintenance
Link
www.big.at
Source: PM from 10.2.2020
Keywords:
Stock, Climate protection, Sustainable management, News Blog Europe (without DE), News Blog Austria, Resource efficiency, Tools, Housing
The master thesis "Living without a car - niche concept or future model for sustainable urban development? Planning and implementation of car-free and car-reduced urban development projects in comparison" by Andreas Blechschmidt (2016; 104 pages) is now available online.
Link: publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/opus4/frontdoor/index/index/docId/38429
Keywords:
Car Free, Bike-/Velo-City, DE-News, New books and studies, Transition Town
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.
Whether heating, electricity or hot water - the houses are to produce almost all the energy they need themselves from renewable sources. A large photovoltaic system on each roof and a battery storage system are the basis for this. Geothermal and air-source heat pumps are combined with these. The result is a variety of energy concepts developed by Smart-Tec, the municipal utility's heating service. Smart-Tec also supplies the technology and ensures smooth operation.
At the heart of the project is a new type of electricity storage, the so-called redox flow battery. It has extremely low energy losses and can be recharged almost indefinitely. "This concept is unique in Germany," knows Stephan Becker, who is responsible for the project at the municipal utility. This is why the construction project also successfully qualified for the "EnergyEnvironmentEconomy.NRW" lead market competition organized by the state and the EU. Fraunhofer UMSICHT is providing scientific support.
In addition to the energy concept, car-free living is also a special feature in Herne. Cars are parked outside the settlement in a solar garage. "This makes the settlement safe and child-friendly, and there is also nothing to prevent the purchase of an electric car," Becker continues.
Construction/building materials: heated full basement, timber frame construction, 100 % styrofoam-free
Architect's office AGIS
The detached single-family homes have a living area of around 120 square meters. The plot size starts at 215 square meters. Building-willing can announce themselves already now under telephone 02323/592-315 or autark-wohnen@stadtwerke-herne.de apply, as a large response is expected. Detailed information will be available after the summer holidays.
Link with photo:
https://klimaviertel.stadtwerke-herne.de/
Keywords:
Energy storage, News Blog NRW, PV, PlusEnergy house/settlement, Settlements
Federal Minister Müller and Federal Minister Schulze will take stock of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda at the joint conference "Accelerating change - for a sustainable development worldwide and in Germany" on 5 November in Berlin. Together with Hajia Alima Mahama, Ghana's Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, and high-ranking representatives from civil society, business and academia, they will discuss how change can be significantly accelerated in Germany and worldwide.
Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze: "Sustainable development is not an elite project. Quite the opposite: people and nature should be better off in 2030, which benefits everyone. The shift towards an emission-free economy produces value added and jobs and can help innovations to make a breakthrough that are in demand worldwide. Ambitious sustainability policy is therefore our great common project for progress, and the 2030 Agenda is our compass for this."
Federal Development Minister Gerd Müller: "The world is looking to us when it comes to implementing the 2030 Agenda: as rich countries, we ourselves must set a good example - because people in developing countries are suffering from our way of consuming and from our lifestyle. One consequence is climate change, for which the industrialised countries are primarily responsible: We emit an average of ten tons of CO2 per capita. In Somalia, the figure is just 100 kilos. But the people in Africa, Bangladesh and many other developing countries are the main ones affected. We must and can make globalization just, change our consumption and our economy in a sustainable way, and thus preserve creation for future generations."
Despite positive trends and global efforts, progress towards achieving the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has been insufficient in many cases: for example, the proportion of the world's absolute poor has fallen from 26.9 per cent in 2000 to 9.2 per cent today, and child mortality in developing countries has been halved since 2000. At the same time, however, the number of people suffering from hunger has risen again in the last three years, especially in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.
The likelihood of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is diminishing, and over eight million tonnes of plastic waste continue to enter the oceans every year. At the next UN Sustainable Development Summit in New York in September 2019, heads of state and government will meet for the first time to take stock of the implementation of the 2030 Agenda. This summit has a crucial role to play; it should send the strongest possible political signal from heads of state and government for accelerated economic and social change.
With the new edition of the German Sustainability Strategy adopted in 2017, the Federal Government has taken a first important step towards SDG implementation in Germany and in the context of international cooperation with its partner countries. The Federal Government is currently updating this strategy in order to further strengthen the idea of sustainability in all policy areas. In the process, the suggestions of civil society, business and science are being actively taken up.
BMU and BMZ are flanking this with additional measures: BMZ supports developing countries and emerging economies in implementing the 2030 Agenda, BMU contributes with its International Climate Initiative. Both ministries are also striving to achieve climate neutrality for their buildings by 2020.
In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. This showed that it is possible for the international community to join forces worldwide to tackle key challenges. These 17 closely interrelated goals have ensured worldwide that environmental, social and economic issues are thought of together and driven forward by all parts of society.
Source: Press release BMZ / BMU, 05.11.2018
Keywords:
SDG 2030, Environmental policy
