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New Hamburg building regulations with timber construction improvements come into force

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Since 1 May 2018, the amendments to the Hamburg Building Code (HBauO) have come into force. The resolution on this was passed in June 2017.

In the future, wood can be used for construction projects up to 22 metres high - about 6 to 7 storeys.

The changes in the new HBauO also have an effect in the area of accessibility. Previously, it was necessary to build all barrier-free flats in a building on the same floor. In the future, the flats can also be distributed over several floors.

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Keywords: Procurement, DE-News, Wood construction, Climate protection, News Blog Hamburg, Quarters, Settlements, Environmental policy, Housing policy

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On 30.6. the field test started in Herten, North Rhine-Westphalia. For one year, scientists coordinate the operation of three combined heat and power plants with the use of three heat pumps, a PV system, a large lithium-ion storage unit and a private electric storage heating system to balance the PV and wind feed-in.

For this purpose, the combined heat and power plants use the heat storage capacity of the connected consumers: a leisure pool, an indoor swimming pool and a local heating network. Current weather forecasts are used to calculate optimal schedules for the individual plants. These schedules are sent to the plants via the internet and implemented on site. The loads on the electricity grid can also be taken into account, so that the much-discussed expansion of power lines in the electricity grid can be reduced in the long term.

Source: The city as a repository on
(the website was deactivated in February 2021)



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DE-News, Energy storage, Research, Climate protection, News Blog NRW

EEG amendment 2021: Improvements for neighbourhood solutions
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EEG amendment 2021: Improvements for neighbourhood solutions

In the EEG draft The German government plans to make a number of changes in the rooftop PV segment. According to information from pv magazine, an exemption from trade tax is planned and neighbourhood solutions are to become possible.

BSW-Solar concludes: "The German government urgently needs to make improvements, otherwise we will continue to head at high speed towards a climate protection and electricity generation gap. The compromise bill is far too timid, and at the same time too many important points are postponed. Unacceptable are the planned restrictions on the promotion of new larger solar roofs", explained Carsten Körnig, CEO of BSW-Solar.

For other solar associations, too, the EEG amendment does not go far enough, despite minor improvements:
www.pv-magazine.de/2020/12/14/eeg-novelle-2021-spd-verkuendet-durchbruch-enttaeuschung-bei-solarbranche/



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Construction and operating costs, Citizen Energy, DE-News, Renewable, Climate protection, PV, PlusEnergy house/settlement, Environmental policy

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