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Law in Paris: public space should become greener

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With a new law, Paris encourages its residents to garden the public space. Wherever possible, vertical and horizontal gardens are to be created, urban agriculture is promoted. There is even a starter kit with planting soil. Among other things, 100 hectares of living facades and roofs are to be created by 2020.

Links for further reading:
http://inhabitat.com/paris-allows-anyone-to-plant-an-urban-garden-anywhere/

 


Keywords: Stakeholders, Greening / climate adaptation, Communities, News Blog Europe (without DE), News Blog France, Quarters, Environmental policy

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The PlusEnergy community of Wüstenrot
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The PlusEnergy community of Wüstenrot

Vision 2020

The municipality of Wüstenrot wants to be energy self-sufficient by 2020. The project "EnVisaGe - Development of a municipal plus-energy concept using the example of the municipality of Wüstenrot" is part of the EnEff:Stadt initiative and describes how, in addition to reducing primary energy use and CO₂ emissions (keyword "decarbonisation"), independence from energy imports can be achieved and local value creation strengthened.

This publication "Vision 2020 - The PlusEnergy Community of Wüstenrot" describes

  • the starting position of the community of around 6,500 inhabitants,
  • the key steps in the conceptualisation and implementation of the goal of energy self-sufficiency and
  • the results obtained by 2015 as part of the research project

As the energy transition will primarily be implemented in the municipalities, this publication is intended to provide valuable information that should inspire people to follow suit.

Bibliographic data:

Vision 2020 - The PlusEnergy community of Wüstenrot
by Dirk Pietruschka
2016, 139 pages, 97 illustrations,
11 tables, cardboard
ISBN 978-3-8167-9545-2

Links
www.envisage-wuestenrot.de
www.eneff-stadt.info/...plusenergiegemeinde-wuestenrot



Keywords:
100% EEs, Self-sufficient, DE-News, Renewable, Climate protection, New books and studies, News Blog Baden-Württemberg, PlusEnergy house/settlement

Studie „Urbane Produktion – eine Strategie für die funktionsgemischte Stadt?“
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Study "Urban production - a strategy for the functionally mixed city?"

The vital, functionally mixed city is the guiding principle of sustainable urban development. Urban production can make an important contribution to the mix of functions. After years of functional segregation, it shows ways in which new city-affine production typologies, manufactories, small businesses and crafts can achieve more functional mixing in the various city quarters and secure or restore supply qualities. Functional mix aims not only at the mixture of living and working, but also at the coexistence of different types of businesses, production sectors and services. Urban production promises smaller series through, among other things, digital control, decentralised production, a more economical use of space, minimised transport routes and fewer emissions. Technical innovations such as 3D printing and the emergence of FabLabs or open workshops also support city-based production and repair, which can promote the circular economy and bring sustainable products into focus.

In the research report "Produktion zurück ins Quartier? New Places of Work in the Mixed City", which was prepared by the Institute for Work and Technology and StadtRaumKonzept on behalf of the Ministry for Home Affairs, Municipal Affairs, Building and Equality of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, discusses possibilities for stabilising and revitalising mixed structures through Urban Production. In particular, the question is also posed as to whether current planning instruments are suitable for enabling mixing and counteracting the further displacement of commercial uses in the production sector.

The following questions were at the heart of the report:
- Is urban production a step towards a "city of short distances"?
- What are the chances for a significant amount of new production in the cities of North Rhine-Westphalia and what are the possibilities for establishing new functional mixes in urban quarters?
- What are the planning law challenges and conflicts of use?
- What influence do planning and property policy, real estate and subsidy mechanisms have on the location decisions of manufacturing companies?
- What instruments must be given to cities to enable the preservation of production and its return to the neighbourhoods?

On the one hand, a telephone survey of all 29 major cities in North Rhine-Westphalia was conducted in order to identify trends and challenges on the part of urban planning and economic development with regard to the topic of urban production. On the other hand, case studies in three categories were examined: urban producing companies, neighbourhoods and a city-wide strategy. In addition, strategic recommendations for the promotion of Urban Production are explained as well as concrete municipal implementation possibilities and development paths are presented.

Inst. Arbeit und Technik / StadtRaumKonzept Brandt, Martina et al. (2017): Production back to the neighbourhood? New places of work in a mixed city. Final report commissioned by the Ministry for Home Affairs, Municipal Affairs, Building and Equality of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Gelsenkirchen / Dortmund
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Keywords:
Stakeholders, New books and studies, News Blog NRW, Quarters, Resource efficiency, SDG 2030, Environmental policy

Roof cooperative initiative for Cologne
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Roof cooperative initiative for Cologne

STADTraum54 - Beautiful living for everyone

The new cooperative for Cologne that is reinventing the neighbourhood - a participatory event

Beautiful living for all - the rooftop cooperative initiative STADTraum54 is initiating the largest new cooperative project in Cologne - and you are helping to plan it? The initiators of STADTraum54 are putting their concept up for debate. Taking part is part of the programme!

Who owns the city? To all of us! Housing is a basic right, social coexistence is the foundation of our society, ecology is our responsibility and community is our desire. Many people looking for a housing project would subscribe to this guiding principle. And although there are many interested parties and some nice projects, there has been a lack of effectiveness on a larger scale in Cologne so far.

This initiative aims to push forward into a new dimension of housing projects in Cologne and everyone can contribute to this as a source of ideas, supporter or comrade. Even the first project should be larger than the usual housing projects, guarantee a long-term social commitment and also be of benefit to the neighbourhood. What has been realised in Berlin, Munich and Zurich should also be possible in Cologne. However, it should not just be a project for a small group of lucky people, but the start of a new urban culture. How we get there and which things are important and which are luxuries will be worked out together on this evening.

The event is the start of a participatory process that will result in a city that is kept alive by its citizens through active use, that belongs to them and in which they feel at home - but it starts with a project and then some!

Tuesday, 25.08.2016, 19:00 to 21:00 | Haus der Architektur Köln, Josef-Haubrich-Hof, 50676 Köln | Organiser: Netzwerk für gemeinschaftliches Bauen und Wohnen, a project of hdak | Admission free, please register by e-mail to anmeldung@hda-koeln.de

http://baugemeinschaften.hda-koeln.de/160825_themenabend/



Keywords:
Stakeholders, Cologne, News Blog NRW, Quarters, Social / Culture, Housing policy, Housing projects, eG

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