from 24.3.2020 - 43 min.
To date, the "Hoher Weg" eco-settlement in Hamm, with 120 residential units, is the second largest timber housing estate in Germany. This is astonishing because it was already built in the 1990s.
The photos were taken in August 2017:
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The largest German timber housing estate was also built in Hamm:
http://sdg21.eu/db/wohnpark-heinrichstrasse
Further information about the settlement in Hamm-Heessen
http://sdg21.eu/db/oekosiedlung-hoher-weg-in-hamm
Keywords:
Wood construction, News Blog NRW, Settlements, sdg21 news
The planning practice and planning culture of German cities are the focus of a comprehensive handout produced with the cooperation of the German Association of Cities and Towns and the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development. The brochure brings together 55 projects from 34 cities that show how multifaceted municipal planning practice is implemented in Germany. The documentation of successful projects and exemplary Planning Processes offers a rich fund of ideas and is intended to encourage new approaches. It covers a broad spectrum of good practice and innovative solutions on strategic concepts, citizen participation, housing, urban design, urban renewal, neighbourhood management or mobility. The brochure, published in April 2016, is addressed to representatives of local politics, administration and civil society initiatives in cities, but also offers inspiring practical examples for research and teaching.
Download: www.staedtetag.de/...staedtebau-planungspraxis-staedte-2016
Keywords:
DE-News, Media, New books and studies, Quarters, Settlements, City, Housing policy
In Brütten near Zurich in Switzerland, an apartment building with nine rental flats that is not connected to the energy grid has now been inaugurated.
"The rental costs are no higher than elsewhere. The most important energy source is photovoltaic modules. Schmid had an electrolyser installed in the cellar as a long-term storage unit for the solar power. The device uses solar electricity to produce hydrogen from water, which is stored in tanks. From the hydrogen, a fuel cell generates electricity and heat when the sun is not shining."
The cars for the tenants are also largely supplied by the system.
Keywords:
Self-sufficient, Fuel cell, News Blog Switzerland, PlusEnergy house/settlement, Hydrogen
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) promotes highly ambitious and innovative concepts for nearly climate-neutral buildings and neighbourhoods under the funding initiative EnEff.Buildings.2050. The ideas competition is looking for energy concepts that show that almost climate-neutral buildings and neighbourhoods can already be implemented in practice with today's technologies and that are representative of a broad application.
The competition addresses two main topics
Topic 1: Pilot and demonstration concepts
The focus is on ideas and concepts for energy-efficient new buildings, on transformation and modernisation projects in existing buildings, on district concepts for living and working, and on new plus-energy concepts in multi-storey buildings. This part of the competition addresses consortia of planners and developers.
Prize money: 150,000 euros
Deadlines: 15 August 2017
Topic 2: Concepts for an international "energy competition" to further develop the "Solar Decathlon Europe“.
Theme 2 focuses on the international dimension of the task by awarding sophisticated and contemporary concepts for a future international energy efficiency competition that follows the tradition of the "Solar Decathlon Europe" stands. This part is aimed at consortia from city administrations and universities. Details on the two main topics can be found in the competition documents.
Deadline: 15 September 2017
Prize money: 130,000 euros.
The award ceremony with an exhibition of the competition concepts received will take place in November 2017.
The complete competition documents for participants will be available for download on 15.5.2017:
www.ptj.de/eneff-gebaeude-2050/ideenwettbewerb
Keywords:
Funding, Quarters, Settlements
