While two large providers are planning a merger, another company is entering the market in Munich with Oply. But it is still open when the city can actively promote the rental system.
How can people be helped to leave their cars behind more often for short journeys? Answers to this question are to be provided by a new project funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment. The project "Living Leads Mobility" aims to create new opportunities and offers for climate-friendly mobility in the residential environment.
In up to five metropolitan regions, it aims to show tenants in particular attractive options for leaving their cars at home more often, switching to alternatives and thus doing something for climate protection and their own health.
Do I take the bike key or the car key? Mobility decisions for short journeys in the neighbourhood usually follow habit. With the new project "Living leads mobility", the project partners want to develop practicable and climate-friendly alternatives. By providing various mobility options directly at the place of residence, the aim is to increase choice and significantly reduce CO2 emissions. The offers include, for example, the installation of secure parking facilities for bicycles, walking frames and pushchairs, the establishment of a car-sharing station in the residential area or the simple posting of a bus timetable on the notice board of the residential complex. In practice, this means close cooperation between housing companies, local authorities and mobility service providers. Decision-makers receive information on suitable measures and advice on implementation issues. In a comprehensive guide, housing companies learn how to implement measures to promote mobility.
realise sustainable mobility. And tenants receive information and tips on climate-friendly mobility behaviour.
The joint project will be funded over the next three years with a total of around 1.1 million euros from the National Climate Initiative (NKI). The project partners are the German Ecological Transport Association (VCD) as project coordinator, the Öko-Institut and the German Tenants' Association (DMB). Companies and local authorities interested in taking part can contact us by email at Rainer.Hauck@vcd.org.
Further information on the NKI at www.klimaschutz.de
Source: BMUB press release, 01/02/2017
Keywords:
Mobility, New books and studies, Environmental policy
39,- Euro | ISBN 978-3-946319-02-3, 310 pages with numerous colour illustrations, 19 x 25,5 cm, softcover - May 2016
Melting glaciers, floods and smog in cities are just a few visible signs of the need for sustainable development. Sustainable neighbourhoods can make a decisive contribution to this.
However, planning sustainable neighbourhoods is complex and requires a holistic view. For example, changing an urban planning parameter such as building density may have far-reaching consequences on other areas such as the efficiency of energy and transport systems, the utilisation of social infrastructure, the water balance, the urban climate and the well-being of residents. Suitable methods and tools are lacking for the holistic analysis of these interactions, especially in early planning phases, when essential decisions - such as the necessity or location of a project - are made.
The present work aims to close this gap. Based on the systematic analysis of the complex interactions of sustainable neighbourhood development, a method was developed that makes it possible to analyse the effects of different planning concepts at an early stage, to discuss them within the planning team and to arrive at more sustainable solutions in dialogue with all those involved.
Order: www.rohn-verlag.de/102.html
Keywords:
DE-News, Media, New books and studies, Quarters, Resource efficiency, Settlements, Tools, Life cycle assessment
The current developments through the 2016 US elections reminded me of a serious but overall visionary lecture by Ernest Callenbach in Freiburg in 2005, which is still available on YouTube. His talk is more relevant than ever. 11 years later, one can say he was right on many points... But he does not lose sight of a positive, desirable, more sustainable world.
Back in 2005, Ernest Callenbach described how America has passed the peak of its world power, what forces have weakened it, and what would be needed to build a more sustainable world.
On Youtube his novel "Ökotopia" is available as an audio book (9 parts):
Part 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwmd96jvuqQ
Keywords:
DE-News, Movies, Movies 11 to 45 Min, Social / Culture, Transition Town, Environmental policy
The DGNB blog highlights sustainable building in all its facets. Leading experts from the construction and real estate industry discuss topics that move the industry. Pioneers of sustainability provide impulses that encourage people to rethink.
Click here to go to the DGNB blog:
http://blog.dgnb.de
Keywords:
Stakeholders, Blogs & Portals, DGNB, Quarters, Settlements, Environmental policy, Housing policy, Certification & Labels
