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E-bike overtakes e-car

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"While cars are getting heavier and heavier and the farewell to the diesel engine is not succeeding, electric vehicles on two and three wheels have moved into the fast lane. The Zweirad-Industrie-Verband (ZIV) published a market estimate for electrically powered cargo bikes for the first time in addition to its sales figures for 2016 presented in March. The Berlin-based cargo bike expert Arne Behrensen has published this on his portal "Cargobike jetzt". Drawn attention. According to the figures, more than 15,000 e-bikes were sold nationwide last year - significantly more than the 11,400 newly registered electric cars."

Read the whole article from 27.3.2017: www.klimaretter.info/mobilitaet/nachricht/22881-e-lastenrad-ueberholt-e-auto

In 2016, a total of 605,000 e-bikes were sold in Germany. By model group, the total market for e-bikes breaks down into the following categories (source cargobike.now/...):
45% E-City/-Urban
35,5% E-Trekking
15% E-MTB
2.5% E-load wheels
1% fast e-bikes
1% Other

The DLR writes: "The use of electric cargo bikes in inner-city freight transport holds great potential in terms of climate protection and the economic viability of courier and express services - this is the conclusion reached by scientists at the Institute for Transport Research of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The project "I replace a car" tested the use of electric cargo bikes in courier and express services. There were 98% savings in consumption costs for car courier services.

Source: www.dlr.de/dlr/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-10122/333_read-10155/#/gallery/7197


Keywords: Bike-/Velo-City, DE-News, Bicycle, Mobility, eMobility

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Presentation of the results of the study "Large-volume housing construction in timber construction in Germany and Europe - players, costs, motives

Prinz-Eugen-Park wooden housing estate in Munich. Photo: Johann Hartl

There is a shortage of housing in Europe's conurbations; Germany alone lacks about 1.5 million residential units (WE). For this reason, the federal government has decided to build 400,000 WE annually. At the same time, the federal government's climate protection plan foresees a significant decrease in building emissions from 209 million to 67 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents by 2030, which would correspond to an emission reduction of 68 % since 1990. Other European countries have also committed to implementing far-reaching climate protection targets. Against this background, many of those involved in construction are increasingly relying on wood as a renewable building material, in addition to energy-efficient construction and the use of renewable energies.

The Construction cost study on large timber housing estates and quarters in Europe (short Wooden housing study), financed from funds of the funding programme FUTURE CONSTRUCTION of the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMWSB) and based at the Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences (HFR), systematically researches and records those projects in timber and timber hybrid construction that have already been realised or are currently in planning. In the process, the construction costs of the buildings are analysed as well as the motives of the investors and clients to build with wood. Another goal is to show how timber construction methods can be further established in the segment of housing estates and urban districts in order to expand the range of large-volume housing projects with an environmentally and climate-friendly variant.

The first results of the study will be presented at the 15th Congress Efficient Building with Wood in Urban Areas on 19 October 2022 in Cologne presented. So far, 118 large-scale housing projects with more than 100 units have been identified across Europe by the HFR researchers, 47 of which are located in Germany. Final results will be presented at the beginning of December at the 26th International Timber Construction Forum in Innsbruck presented on 30 November 2022 and also published in a brochure by the Information service wood published.

Supported by funds from the "Zukunft Bau" funding programme



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Construction and operating costs, Building materials / Construction, DE-News, Research, Wood construction, New books and studies, News Blog Europe (without DE), Quarters, Settlements, Housing, XXL settlements

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Post-Corona Study: Green Marshall Plan for Germany

A study by the Forum for an Ecological-Social Market Economy on behalf of Greenpeace (Published in March 2020)

Green Marshall Plan for Germany. 13 pages | 655 kB

As a result of the Corona crisis, the state will implement emergency aid and far-reaching stimulus measures of historic proportions. While the focus is on health and short-term support for workers and businesses, the mistakes of past economic crises must not be repeated. The planned aid for an economic reboot can set the course for the necessary transformation. A number of examples illustrate how short-term economic support can be reconciled with long-term social priorities.



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DE-News, Research, Sustainable management, New books and studies, Environmental policy

Federal Environment Ministry promotes 22 municipalities throughout Germany as climate protection pioneers
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Federal Environment Ministry promotes 22 municipalities throughout Germany as climate protection pioneers

22 municipalities across Germany will develop and implement a climate protection master plan with funding from the Federal Environment Ministry. The so-called master plan municipalities unite the goal of reducing their greenhouse gas emissions by 95 percent by 2050 and halving their final energy consumption compared to 1990. In Schleswig-Holstein, the region of Flensburg and the state capital Kiel are among the funded regions.


Federal Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks: "The pioneer municipalities are strong partners for us in the fight against climate change. They prove that long-term development towards 100 percent climate protection is feasible. To achieve this, the municipalities must involve their citizens and local businesses and pull together with them."

Commenting on the projects in Schleswig-Holstein, Hendricks said: "For us, the Flensburg region is the prototype for the transformation of a rural region. Its proximity to the city of Flensburg, which is also a Masterplan municipality, can show important examples of ambitious climate protection in an urban-rural relationship.

The Masterplan municipality of Kiel will play an important role in municipal climate protection, as it can lead the way ambitiously, especially in climate protection in ferry and cruise ship traffic. Its activities and goals so far suggest that we can expect a lot from Kiel."

The 22 new master plan municipalities will be supported and intensively monitored over a period of four years with funding totalling 12 million euros as part of the National Climate Protection Initiative of the Federal Environment Ministry. With their ambitious climate protection goals, they have a great impact as beacons of municipal climate protection.

In their first year of the project, the Masterplan municipalities will create a Masterplan that will show them the way to decarbonise the local economy and society by 2050 and set out measures for short-, medium- and long-term implementation. With their funding application, the Masterplan municipalities have submitted a resolution from their highest body that affirms the Masterplan goals.

At the heart of the project are the master plan managers, who ensure that structures are created both within and outside the administration during the project period that establish climate protection in the municipality.

The 22 new Masterplan municipalities are: Region Flensburg/Amt Eggebek, State Capital Kiel, University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald, Administrative Districts Hameln-Pyrmont with Schaumburg and Holzminden, Flecken Steyerberg, City of Emden, Administrative District Lüchow-Dannenberg, Zweckverband Großraum Braunschweig, State Capital Potsdam, State Capital Magdeburg, District of Lippe, City of Rietberg, City of Beckum, City of Münster, District of Gießen, Municipality of Sprendlingen-Gensingen, State Capital Mainz, District of Cochem-Zell, City of Kaiserslautern, Municipality of Birkenfeld, State Capital Stuttgart and District of Oberallgäu.

BMUB PM from 14.07.2016



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DE-News, Climate protection, Environmental policy

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