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Model project: GBB PlusEnergy house in social housing in Bottrop

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The six 72-square-meter apartments of the GBB Plusenergiehaus on Südring are intended for tenants who have a certificate of eligibility for housing. Demand was high. Even before completion, all of the apartments, which were ready for occupancy from May 2015, were already occupied.

The fact that tenants in social housing can now also benefit from the PlusEnergy level and thus from low energy costs is another important step.

Project participants: Gesellschaft für Bauen und Wohnen Bottrop mbH (GBB); architectural firm Strelzig und Klump, energy concept by engineering firm Jung

Source: GBB PlusEnergyHouse


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Four days, more than 30,000 participants, 167 states, numerous lectures, workshops and exhibitions: Habitat III, the World Summit on Human Settlements hosted by the United Nations in autumn 2016, was a major event. The result is the New Urban Agenda, a new global action programme for urban development. But where does it go from here? The current issue of the journal "Information on Spatial Development" (IzR), published by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), answers this question.

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