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Conference of Construction Ministers promotes timber construction

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Nationwide, construction with wood for buildings up to the high-rise limit is to be made easier and the Model Building Code (MBO) adapted accordingly. This was adopted by the Construction Ministers' Conference (BMK) at the end of the two-day conference in Norderstedt. In addition to climate-friendly construction with a focus on wood, the topic of "affordable housing" was also on the agenda.

Four and a half years after the legal equality of timber construction in the LBO Baden-Württemberg and almost half a year after Bremen, the sixth federal state to break out of the broad phalanx of "timber construction obstructionists", the realisation is now maturing throughout Germany that timber is a particularly environmentally friendly and climate-compatible building material that can be used to solve a wide range of construction tasks well and cost-effectively.

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Conclusion of the Construction Ministers' Conference: Wooden houses for more climate friendliness
27 September 2019
www.sat1regional.de/abschluss-der-bauministerkonferenz-holzhaeuser-fuer-mehr-klimafreundlichkeit/

Conference of Building Ministers decides on more climate protection (4.10.2019):
www.bfsb-online.de/bauministerkonferenz-beschliesst-mehr-klimaschutz/

 


Keywords: Building materials / Construction, DE-News, Wood construction, Communities, News Blog Baden-Württemberg, News Blog Berlin, News Blog Bremen, News Blog Hamburg, News Blog NRW, News Blog RLP, City, Housing, Housing policy, Ecology

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Cluster Forst und Holz in Bayern: Xaver Haas und Hubert Röder folgen Gerd Wegener
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Forestry and Wood Cluster in Bavaria: Xaver Haas and Hubert Röder succeed Gerd Wegener

On 23 November, Prof. Dr. Dr. habil. Gerd Wegener passed on his office as spokesman for the Forestry and Wood Cluster in Bavaria. The handover of office took place at the Bavarian Ministry of Agriculture as part of a ceremony held to mark the 10th anniversary of the cluster initiative and the 5th anniversary of proHolz Bayern.

Forestry Minister Helmut Brunner expressly thanked Wegener for his outstanding services to the Bavarian forestry and timber industry and awarded him the Bavarian State Medal in Gold on his farewell as cluster spokesman. Wegener's successor is a dual leadership that simultaneously stands for science and practice as well as for the forestry and timber industry.

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www.cluster-forstholzbayern.de/...xaver-haas-und-hubert-roeder-folgen-gerd-wegener



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Bundesbauministerin Geywitz unterzeichnet Verwaltungsvereinbarung zum klimagerechten sozialen Wohnungsbau
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Federal Minister for Building Geywitz signs administrative agreement on climate-friendly social housing construction

Administrative agreement regulates the use of federal financial assistance in the amount of 1 billion euros

It was only on 16 March 2022 that the Federal Cabinet approved the 2022 budget, the key figures until 2026 and thus also the record sum of 14.5 billion euros for social housing construction until 2026. On 18 March 2022, Federal Minister for Building Klara Geywitz signed the administrative agreement on climate-friendly social housing in the programme year 2022. This must now be countersigned by the Länder.

Federal Minister for Building Geywitz: "The creation of affordable housing is a task for the entire state. That is why the federal government supports the Länder with substantial funds." For their part, the Länder undertake to provide Land funds amounting to at least 30 per cent of the federal funds used.
Federal Minister for Building Geywitz emphasises: "With the signing of the administrative agreement on climate-friendly social housing, the necessary foundations for the promotion of social housing in the 2022 programme year are now fully in place. Immediately after the entry into force of the 2022 federal budget, the Länder can dispose of the funds in the amount of 2 billion euros and issue approvals by the end of next year."

The administrative agreement that has now been signed regulates the use of federal financial assistance amounting to 1 billion euros, which the federal government grants to the Länder in implementation of the 2022 Emergency Climate Protection Programme adopted on 23 June 2021 for the energy-efficient construction of new buildings and the energy-efficient refurbishment of social housing. This means that the efficiency house standard 55 must be complied with for new construction and the efficiency house standard 85 for modernisations.

The administrative agreement supplements the administrative agreement on classic social housing already signed by Construction Minister Geywitz in December 2022. Here, in contrast to climate-friendly social housing, no energy requirements are imposed that go beyond the regulatory law. Federal funding of 1 billion euros is also available for classic social housing in the 2022 programme year.

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