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Federal government promotes energy-efficient urban renewal in over 550 neighbourhoods

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To date, over 500 neighbourhoods have applied for funding for energy-related neighbourhood concepts. A new brochure and a travelling exhibition present practical examples and recommendations for implementation.


The KfW Urban Energy Efficiency Programme was launched in autumn 2011. In the meantime, a wide range of experience has been gained in the development and implementation of strategies for energy-efficient neighbourhoods. The Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety invited participants to Berlin in June 2016 to take stock. A report on this and downloads are available under the links:

Left:
www.energetische-stadtsanierung.info

 


Keywords: Stock, DE-News, Funding, Climate protection, New books and studies, Quarters, Settlements, Environmental policy, Housing policy, Thermal insulation, Ecology

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Germanwatch: Climate Protection Index - The global energy transition has begun
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Germanwatch: Climate Protection Index - The global energy transition has begun

The Paris Climate Agreement has given renewable energies and energy efficiency a global tailwind. The Climate Protection Index 2017 presented today by Germanwatch shows a stable upward trend. Overall, however, the global energy transition is still proceeding too slowly to make its contribution to the Paris climate goals, warns the environment and development organisation Germanwatch. The election of Donald Trump as US president could slow down or even slow down the necessary transformation in the USA.

Overall, the twelfth edition of the Climate Protection Index gives cause for cautious optimism: "The conditions for a global energy transition have never been better than at present. This is mainly due to the further decreasing costs of renewable energies and efficiency technologies," says Jan Burck of Germanwatch, lead author of the Index. "Investments in fossil energies are becoming increasingly risky. There are no longer any understandable excuses for governments to hesitate in implementing the Paris climate agreement. Some states have recognised this, others have not yet caught up."

To the Climate Protection Index:
The Climate Protection Index (currently the twelfth edition in a row) was developed as an instrument for more transparency and comparability in international climate policy. Based on standardised criteria, the index evaluates and compares the climate protection performance of 58 countries, which together are responsible for more than 90% of energy-related emissions worldwide. The first three places have remained vacant every year so far, as no country is doing enough to prevent dangerous climate change. Denmark was on the verge of becoming the first country to break into the top 3. This was prevented by the recent shift to a much less ambitious climate policy (More on methods and calculation in the brochure "The Climate Change Performance Index - Background and Methodology").

Climate Protection Index 2017 (in English, summary in German as well as maps and graphics): https://germanwatch.org/ksi



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BBSR-Doku „Quartiere energieeffizient weiterentwickeln“
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BBSR document "Developing neighbourhoods in an energy-efficient way".

From building to neighbourhood: The current issue of the specialist journal "Information on Spatial Development" (IzR), published by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), shows how entire urban districts can be developed in a climate-friendly and energy-efficient way.

Based on the KfW programme "Energetic Urban Redevelopment", scientists, urban planners and architects report in this issue on approaches for neighbourhoods that they have tested over six years in initiatives and projects such as TransStadt, Sandy or EnEff:Stadt. The projects focus on integrated concepts, innovative technologies and instruments for energy-efficient refurbishment and owner participation.

The authors show how local governments, redevelopment agencies, municipal housing companies, and individual homeowners in urban districts can save energy and expand renewable energies across buildings, linking topics such as urban development, housing construction, and historic preservation. They look at the relationships between the local players and evaluate the economic viability and acceptance of projects. The focus is also on personnel, money, know-how and the question of how much of this the municipalities need for implementation.

"The articles in this issue illustrate how busy municipalities are working on the energy refurbishment of their neighbourhoods," says BBSR expert Wolfgang Neußer, who provides scientific support for KfW's Programme 432 "Energy-related urban refurbishment". "In order for the energy transition to succeed on the ground, we need to constantly include energy issues in integrated neighbourhood approaches to urban development."

But do the projects actually achieve the intended goals? How can listed buildings be renovated to be energy-efficient? And how can municipalities achieve the heat turnaround? The authors address these and many other questions in analyses, commentaries and interviews.

The booklet can be ordered for 19 Euro plus shipping costs:
service@steiner-verlag.de.

A reading sample and further information on the authors can be found on the BBSR website:
www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/veroeffentlichungen/izr/2017/4/izr-4-2017.html



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Commentary by Philipp Misselwitz on Habitat III
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Commentary by Philipp Misselwitz on Habitat III

In October, the Habitat III Conference took place in Quito. The "New Urban Agenda" was adopted there. It is intended to help the world community to shape the global urbanisation process in a sustainable way. Why is there so little discussion about this in Germany?

Over 30,000 participants were accredited in Quito. Despite good organisation, there were hours of queuing and security checks to get into the conference area, which was declared a temporary UN exclave, and to attend the numerous lectures, forums, discussions, workshops and stands. But there was little of this euphoria in the German media. Habitat III did not manage to get through with a very big message, as the Paris Agreement managed to do with the two-degree target. So all in vain?

Read the complete article in Bauwelt:
www.bauwelt.de/...Die-ganz-grosse-Botschaft-2688951.html

Prof. Dr. Philipp Misselwitz is Professor of International Urban Studies and Design/ Chair Habitat Unit at the Technische Universität Berlin
http://habitat-unit.de



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