„Das Gemeinsame an Digitalisierungsgesellschaft und Ökoszene? Beide sind unpolitisch, meint Sozialpsychologe Harald Welzer.“ Quelle: Die zeozwei-Kontroverse: Ökos sind unpolitisch
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Electric cars are subsidised by the state, but not e-bikes. The bicycle lobby finds this unfair, as does the Federal Council - an opportunity for a change in transport is being missed, they argue. The government disagrees. Read the article from 2.9.2016 on SPIEGEL ONLINE "Purchase premium for e-bikes: Pedal aid from the Bundesrat".
Electric cars with E-plates will be allowed to park free of charge in municipal parking lots in Bonn in the future. This was decided by the Council in its meeting on Thursday, 22 September. It thus followed a draft resolution of the administration for the implementation of the Electromobility Act. In addition, parking spaces are to be set up at charging stations for e-cars and the charging infrastructure is to be developed in coordination with [...].
After China and the USA, India now also wants to approve the Paris climate treaty. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced 2 October as the date. It is the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. India is the world's third largest producer of greenhouse gases. Read more on heute.de
Cooperatives and building communities promise affordable and sociable living. But what is everyday life like there? Read more on the website of the Süddeutsche Zeitung
17:14 min, Published 12 Sep 2016 The film shows how the pioneering municipalities of Bremen, Aidlingen and Dortmund take fair trade into account in municipal procurement.
22 Kommunen in ganz Deutschland werden mit Förderung des Bundesumweltministeriums einen Klimaschutz-Masterplan entwickeln und umsetzen. Die sogenannten Masterplan-Kommunen vereint das Ziel, ihre Treibhausgasemissionen bis 2050 um 95 Prozent zu senken und ihren Endenergieverbrauch gegenüber 1990 zu halbieren. In Schleswig-Holstein gehören die Region Flensburg und die Landeshauptstadt Kiel zu den geförderten […]
"BISKO" is neither a sausage nor a new chocolate bar, but the new "Municipal Accounting Standard". After four years of development, a methodology paper is now available that provides clear accounting rules for energy and greenhouse gas balances for municipalities in Germany. In a lengthy consultation process, coordinated and technically led by ifeu Heidelberg, [...]
It was to be the first 6-storey wooden building in NRW, now 5 storeys are being realised as student accommodation with 32 units in passive house standard. The building is located not far from Bonn's main railway station and is implemented with a car sharing concept.
The number of sustainably constructed buildings worldwide will double by 2018. This is the conclusion of the study "World Green Building Trends 2016", which was published this week by the market research organization Dodge Data & Analytics. More than 1,000 architects, engineers and building professionals from 69 countries participated in the study [...]
Since 2012, the DGNB certification system has provided local authorities with a tool that helps them to optimise neighbourhoods from a sustainability perspective and to document this through an award. For this system, the DGNB has now specifically further developed the criteria catalogue and significantly reduced the scope through adjustments. This would [...]
The flame retardant HBCD, which was mainly used in polystyrene insulation boards, has been banned since March 2016. But trouble looms from the many millions of cubic metres of HBCD-containing insulation material that have already been installed in Germany. The flame retardant hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) has been largely banned from trade and use in the EU since spring 2016. HBCD was [...]
In the Netherlands, a village is being built that will be completely self-sufficient - from electricity production to food supply. The Utopia website shows what it will look like: Utopia.com
More and more cargo bikes can be rented throughout Germany. For good reason: if you only need a transport bike occasionally or want to test it out in detail first, you don't need to buy one right away. For this case, cargo bike sharing systems or rental offers are particularly attractive.
In Sweden, a residential building is being built that is specially designed for cyclists. Malmö is considered the most bicycle-friendly city in Sweden. 30 percent of the inhabitants here use a bicycle every day, and bike sharing is booming. Soon, however, Malmö will have even more to offer cyclists: In the middle of the city centre, the first house is currently being built that [...]
"With their jointly planned residential building, the two Viennese architectural firms "Berger+Parkkinen" and "querkraft" have ventured a new interpretation of the urban block: despite high density, the broken-up ridge structure allows for small-scale development with varied open spaces." Read the article by Julia Liese from 19.08.2016 on DETAIL.de
The Federal Government has agreed to fund one of four regional "Sustainability Strategies Network Offices" in Bonn. This was announced by Chancellor Merkel and the German Council for Sustainable Development (RNE) at the RNE annual conference in Berlin at the end of May.
Many thanks to Mr Pohlmeyer for the current photos of the small "cube settlement" planned by Peter Hübner (plus+, Neckartenzlingen). To the photo gallery 9/2016
with sociologist Patrick Sachweh "It feels like everything is becoming more and more unequal - but people still don't want more redistribution. Sociologist Patrick Sachweh knows why." in the Süddeutsche Zeitung from 10.9.2016
55 new projects have been added to the web directory in autumn 2016. The sortable table provides an overview:
With the change to WordPress and the update of the individual project representations there were many innovations. In detail, these are: - 55 new settlement projects were added to the web directory - the area for settlement projects that are "in development" was significantly expanded and updated - the previous "comparison of federal states" (the last one was from [...]
The renovation project "Efficiency House Plus in Old Buildings" shows how two dilapidated rows of houses from the 1930s can be brought up to plus energy levels - and in some cases that good architecture can be created in the process. Read more on the DETAIL website
The EEG is supposed to achieve the goals of the Paris climate summit. But at the rate of expansion to date, according to a study by Berlin's HTW, we will have to wait until 2150 for Germany to switch completely to renewable energies.
E-bikes replace conventional delivery bikes and make work easier for letter carriers Deutsche Post operates the largest e-fleet in Germany with 2,500 StreetScooters "Work" and 10,500 pedelecs Local emissions target: 70 percent of last-mile deliveries to be converted to clean solutions by 2025 The number of e-bikes is to be increased in the coming years [...]
In June 2016, the state government adopted a sustainability strategy for NRW. It is the first federal state to commit to implementing the global sustainability goals of the United Nations and has defined a system of targets and indicators for key areas of action.
"Every year, 1.2 million people die in road accidents worldwide. This makes car accidents the ninth most common cause of death overall."
Over the past three years, the City of Munich has purchased 950 apartments from GBW's former holdings through its subsidiaries GWG and Gewofag. This is revealed in the answer to a question by City Council members Cetin Oraner and Brigitte Wolf (Die Linke).
Whether it's financial incentives for moving to smaller apartments, mandatory bicycle parking spaces or public tenders that are based on social and environmental criteria - there are a variety of ways to reduce the consumption of space, energy and materials in municipalities. This is shown by a study of the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy [...].
The gap between knowledge and action is often wide. Michael Kopatz explains at the beginning of his book "Ökoroutine" why we often do not do what we think is right: out of routine. Because the here and now determines our actions. Because it is difficult to escape advertising. Or because sustainable [...]
The area around reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant is unusable for agriculture. Now the exclusion zone of 2,600 square kilometres is to become a solar power plant... Continue reading at utopia.de
The SZ article of 17 May 2016 reports on the effects of the new EU directive on real estate loans, which was transposed into German law on 21 March. It is intended to protect builders and buyers from over-indebtedness. After its introduction, fewer loans will be granted. The German banking industry is sounding the alarm: in many cases, the directive jeopardises [...]
STADTraum54 - Schöner Wohnen für alle The new cooperative for Cologne that reinvents the neighbourhood - A participatory event Schöner Wohnen für alle - 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 put their concept up for debate. Join in [...]
Student ideas competition at colleges, universities and academies in German-speaking countries. 5,000 euros and high-quality non-cash prizes are available. Application deadline: until 30.9.2016
Bruderverlag has completely revised its popular smartphone application Holzbau-Finder for searching the vicinity of wooden buildings. New objects have been added, for the first time the two common operating systems iOS and Android are served and the design and user guidance have also been improved. To the article by Bauen mit Holz: www.bauenmitholz.de/wo-steht-der-naechste-holzbau/150/10803/
