8:21 min - posted on 2019-09-18
The Timber Construction Award 2020 Building with wood in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg is awarded to buildings that have been constructed predominantly from wood and wood-based materials as well as other renewable raw materials. The primary objective is to promote the use and further development of this resource-saving, environmentally friendly and sustainable building material. The buildings to be submitted should be of high design quality, exemplary in their implementation and comply with the principles of social and ecological sustainability. Ecology, energy efficiency and economic efficiency in operation and maintenance up to recyclability are included in the evaluation.
Deadline is Monday, the 9 December 2019 (date of postmark).
The Wood Construction Prize is awarded by the State Advisory Council for Forestry and the Timber Industry of the State of Schleswig-Holstein and the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg as well as the Ministry for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment, Nature and Digitalisation of the State of Schleswig-Holstein in cooperation with numerous partners, including the Chambers of Architects and Engineers and the Informationsverein Holz from Düsseldorf.
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https://informationsdienst-holz.de/details/bauen-mit-holz-in-schleswig-holstein-und-hamburg/
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At SZ article from 17.5.2016 will report on the effects of the new EU directive on property loans, which will come into force on 21. March was transposed into German law. It is intended to protect builders and buyers from over-indebtedness. Since its introduction, fewer loans have been granted. The German Banking Industry is sounding the alarm: the directive is jeopardising the granting of property loans in many cases.
Deutschlandfunk also reported on the topic in detail on 15 August 2016: www.deutschlandfunk.de/eu-richtlinie-chancen-auf-immobilienkredite-gesunken...
The article in Wirtschaftswoche from 15 June 2016 shows how financing can still be achieved: www.wiwo.de/...immobilienkredite-der-weg-zum-eigenen-haus-wird-verbaut...
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WIESBADEN - At the start of the heating season, private households had to pay around % more to fill their heating oil tanks in October 2018 than a year earlier. According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), consumer prices for light heating oil have risen almost continuously since March 2016 following sharp price declines in 2014 and 2015. The last time light heating oil was more expensive than in October 2018 was at the end of 2013.
The rise in heating oil prices is mainly due to the fact that crude oil also became significantly more expensive on the global market until the beginning of October 2018. Currency effects due to the strong US dollar also had a price-increasing effect in 2018, influencing the price trend for German crude oil imports (+42.8 % in October 2018 compared to the same month of the previous year), producer prices for light heating oil (+37.7 %) and, as a result, the prices for light heating oil that consumers had to pay (+39.9 %).
According to preliminary figures, the annual inflation rate for light heating oil at the consumer level remained high in November 2018 (+40.7 %), although crude oil prices on the global market have been falling since the beginning of October. Compared to the previous month, prices for light heating oil rose by 5.9 %. There were significant regional differences: While the fuel became cheaper again in some parts of northern Germany in November 2018 compared to the previous month, it became more expensive, especially in southern and western Germany. This could indicate a low water effect: Transport costs rose due to the ongoing restrictions on inland shipping on the Rhine, which in turn may have had a regional impact on the price of light heating oil.
Source: Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), 11/12/2018
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