From building to neighbourhood: The current issue of the specialist journal "Information on Spatial Development" (IzR), published by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR), shows how entire urban districts can be developed in a climate-friendly and energy-efficient way.
Based on the KfW programme "Energetic Urban Redevelopment", scientists, urban planners and architects report in this issue on approaches for neighbourhoods that they have tested over six years in initiatives and projects such as TransStadt, Sandy or EnEff:Stadt. The projects focus on integrated concepts, innovative technologies and instruments for energy-efficient refurbishment and owner participation.
The authors show how local governments, redevelopment agencies, municipal housing companies, and individual homeowners in urban districts can save energy and expand renewable energies across buildings, linking topics such as urban development, housing construction, and historic preservation. They look at the relationships between the local players and evaluate the economic viability and acceptance of projects. The focus is also on personnel, money, know-how and the question of how much of this the municipalities need for implementation.
"The articles in this issue illustrate how busy municipalities are working on the energy refurbishment of their neighbourhoods," says BBSR expert Wolfgang Neußer, who provides scientific support for KfW's Programme 432 "Energy-related urban refurbishment". "In order for the energy transition to succeed on the ground, we need to constantly include energy issues in integrated neighbourhood approaches to urban development."
But do the projects actually achieve the intended goals? How can listed buildings be renovated to be energy-efficient? And how can municipalities achieve the heat turnaround? The authors address these and many other questions in analyses, commentaries and interviews.
The booklet can be ordered for 19 Euro plus shipping costs:
service@steiner-verlag.de.
A reading sample and further information on the authors can be found on the BBSR website:
www.bbsr.bund.de/BBSR/DE/veroeffentlichungen/izr/2017/4/izr-4-2017.html
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