Six to ten gigawatts of photovoltaic capacity could be installed on Berlin buildings. More than enough to cover 25 percent of Berlin's electricity supply with solar energy, as envisaged in the plan for Berlin. But the current pace of expansion is decidedly too slow. The Solarcity Berlin master plan envisions producing a quarter of Berlin's electricity consumption with photovoltaics. This goal is to be achieved by 2030. Currently, Berlin's solar systems generate just under half a percent of the energy required in the city. Scientists at the Berlin University of Applied Sciences (HTW Berlin) have now conducted a solar potential study to show for the first time which buildings are suitable for solar installations and what restrictions must be expected.
"Solar energy is a fundamental pillar of the energy transition. In order to further support this and to achieve our goal - a complete power supply from renewable energies by 2030 - we are further expanding our successful solar offensive: In addition to expanding the solar storage programme, which is in high demand, we are currently developing a solar register for Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition, we will also promote solar carports, balcony plug-in modules, wall boxes or agro-PV projects in the future," announced Environment and Energy Minister Ulrike Höfken during the event under the motto "Solar Offensive Rhineland-Palatinate: Investments for Climate and Economy" as part of the series "Wednesdays in the MUEEF" in Mainz today.
Together with guests from the solar industry, nature conservation and citizen energy, she discussed the opportunities of solar energy for the country, for example through the economic factor of the Solar Offensive or cooperative PV projects.
Rhineland-Palatinate is investing an additional 14 million euros alone in climate-friendly solar energy from the Corona-related second supplementary budget. Because energy from the sun not only protects the climate, but also stimulates the economy and generates added value and jobs in Rhineland-Palatinate, Höfken continued.
Solar storage programme: more than 3,250 applications submitted
Solar storage enables solar energy to be used even when it is cloudy or dark. "In order to cover more of their own needs from renewable energy sources, we support private households, schools, municipal properties, charitable institutions and companies in investing in a solar storage system in addition to a PV system. With success: more than 3,250 applications have already been received by the Energy Agency. And with the additional funds we can support many more projects", explained the Minister. The trades in particular benefit enormously from these investments: 1,000 new PV roof systems with solar storage bring around 19 million euros of investment to Rhineland-Palatinate, Höfken concluded.
Background:
By 2030, the electricity supply in the state is to be generated entirely from renewable energies. Every second kilowatt hour of electricity generated in Rhineland-Palatinate already consists of energy from wind, sun, biomass or water.
The solar offensive will contribute to further expanding the share of solar energy in the state. At the federal level, Rhineland-Palatinate is also campaigning within the offensive for the removal of obstacles and better legal requirements. For example, the Ministry of the Environment has lobbied in the Bundesrat for the abolition of the cap on installed PV capacity of 52 gigawatts without replacement.
In addition, the Solar Offensive includes the guideline on electric mobility in the state administration, an open space ordinance for the installation of PV systems on low-yield and species-poor grassland, as well as comprehensive advice and information from many partners.
Amandus Samsøe Sattler elected new DGNB President | Photo: DGNB
With the architect Amandus Samsøe Sattler, the German Sustainable Building Council - DGNB e.V. has a new president. He succeeds Prof. Alexander Rudolphi, who will continue his work on the association's executive committee. The change was announced today during the DGNB Sustainability Day in Stuttgart. The election was held on the eve of the event by the ten members of the DGNB Executive Committee. Samsøe Sattler will initially take over the office until the next DGNB general meeting in the middle of next year.
"I am very pleased about the trust placed in me," says Amandus Samsøe Sattler, who has been volunteering as part of the DGNB Executive Committee since 2015. Many developments in recent years, such as the launch of the "Phase Sustainability" initiative, have made the new representative function within the DGNB even more interesting for him, says Samsøe Sattler. Therefore, there will be no fundamental change of course with him as president - on the contrary. "I consider the cooperation with the DGNB office to be very valuable and would like to continue the path the DGNB has taken in recent years." He sees a central task for himself in introducing the topics of sustainability even more strongly to architects, engineers and building owners from the real estate industry.
"We work hand in hand as a team on the board of the DGNB," explains the founder and managing director of the Munich office Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten. "This will also be the case in the future, except that I will additionally represent our board even more strongly in the future." He is pleased that Alexander Rudolphi will continue to contribute his extensive experience to the DGNB.
Prof. Alexander Rudolphi remains active in the DGNB Executive Committee
The DGNB Executive Committee (from left to right) 1st row: Barbara Ettinger-Brinckmann (Bundearchitektenkammer), Prof. Anett-Maud Joppien (TU Darmstadt), Amandus Samsøe Sattler (Allmann Sattler Wappner Architekten), Prof. Dr.- Ing.Ing. Anke Karmann-Woessner (City of Karlsruhe) 2nd row: Prof. Alexander Rudolphi (Rudolphi + Rudolphi), Prof. Matthias Rudolph (Transsolar), Hermann Horster (BNP Paribas Real Estate), Martin Haas (haascookzemmrich - STUDIO 2050) absent: Dr.-Ing. Peter Mösle (Drees & Sommer), and Prof. Josef Steretzeder (Lindner) to the DGNB Presidium. Photo: DGNB
Prof. Alexander Rudolphi had held the post as DGNB president for a total of eight years - as founding president in the first year of the association in 2007 and in the last seven years since 2013. "The DGNB has been on a very good path for many years. The core requirements of the assessment and certification system are more correct and up-to-date today than ever before," explains Rudolphi. "At the same time, I am increasingly impatient that the necessary progress is not being made fast enough politically and in the market. Here I would like to work even harder for our common goals in the future. For this I would like more freedom - both in terms of time and content. With Amandus Samsøe Sattler, I know that the office is in the very best hands." In the future, the civil engineer wants to work especially in the political arena in Berlin and for a stronger regional spread of the DGNB in the north-east of Germany.
In addition to Amandus Samsøe Sattler and Prof. Alexander Rudolphi (Rudolphi + Rudolphi), other members include Barbara Ettinger-Brinckmann (Bundearchitektenkammer), Martin Haas (haascookzemmrich - STUDIO 2050), Hermann Horster (BNP Paribas Real Estate), Prof. Anett-Maud Joppien (TU Darmstadt), Prof. Dr.- Ing.Ing. Anke Karmann-Woessner (City of Karlsruhe), Dr.-Ing. Peter Mösle (Drees & Sommer), Prof. Matthias Rudolph (Transsolar) and Prof. Josef Steretzeder (Lindner) to the DGNB Executive Committee.
Various key topics are on the DGNB's agenda for the coming months. For example, cooperation with municipalities in the area of sustainability and climate protection will be intensified as part of a new initiative. The topic of digitalisation will also play a central role at the DGNB in the next six months. In addition, the activities already initiated at the beginning of the year concerning climate-positive buildings - not only in new buildings, but also in existing buildings - will be further intensified.
Administrative agreement regulates the use of federal financial assistance in the amount of 1 billion euros
It was only on 16 March 2022 that the Federal Cabinet approved the 2022 budget, the key figures until 2026 and thus also the record sum of 14.5 billion euros for social housing construction until 2026. On 18 March 2022, Federal Minister for Building Klara Geywitz signed the administrative agreement on climate-friendly social housing in the programme year 2022. This must now be countersigned by the Länder.
Federal Minister for Building Geywitz: "The creation of affordable housing is a task for the entire state. That is why the federal government supports the Länder with substantial funds." For their part, the Länder undertake to provide Land funds amounting to at least 30 per cent of the federal funds used.
Federal Minister for Building Geywitz emphasises: "With the signing of the administrative agreement on climate-friendly social housing, the necessary foundations for the promotion of social housing in the 2022 programme year are now fully in place. Immediately after the entry into force of the 2022 federal budget, the Länder can dispose of the funds in the amount of 2 billion euros and issue approvals by the end of next year."
The administrative agreement that has now been signed regulates the use of federal financial assistance amounting to 1 billion euros, which the federal government grants to the Länder in implementation of the 2022 Emergency Climate Protection Programme adopted on 23 June 2021 for the energy-efficient construction of new buildings and the energy-efficient refurbishment of social housing. This means that the efficiency house standard 55 must be complied with for new construction and the efficiency house standard 85 for modernisations.
The administrative agreement supplements the administrative agreement on classic social housing already signed by Construction Minister Geywitz in December 2022. Here, in contrast to climate-friendly social housing, no energy requirements are imposed that go beyond the regulatory law. Federal funding of 1 billion euros is also available for classic social housing in the 2022 programme year.
For the programme year 2023, 2.5 billion euros are earmarked for social housing in the Federal Government's decision on the benchmark. The funds will increase to 3 billion euros in the programme year 2024. For the programme years 2025 and 2026, 3.5 billion euros are earmarked in each case.
The Agency for Renewable Resources (Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e. V. - FNR) provides guidelines for submitting outlines and applications for projects within the scope of the Forest Climate Fund. (FNR) supports potentially interested parties in applying for funding. The guidelines are available in printed form and for Download before.
The 58-page brochure in A5 format provides concise information on the funding procedure and quickly explains how to use the easy-Online internet portal to submit a project outline and project application. Fact sheets and explanations on state aid law supplement the funding guidelines.
The "Guidelines for the submission of outlines and applications under the joint BMEL and BMU Forest Climate Fund funding line" are aimed not only at research institutions and research associations, but also at state forestry institutions, municipalities, forestry associations and other associations, as well as private individuals whose projects fall under one of the five priority areas of the Forest Climate Fund funding guideline.
Funding from the Forest Climate Fund, which is jointly financed by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) and the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), can be applied for for projects with a maximum duration of 5 years.
Background:
The Forest Climate Fund funding guideline was launched jointly by BMEL and BMU in 2013 as part of the Energy and Climate Fund.
Forestry and landscaping projects to adapt forests to climate change and to ensure carbon storage and increase CO2-The following projects are aimed at increasing the storage of wood products and the CO2-reduction and substitution by wood products, projects on research and monitoring, and projects on information and communication. The funding procedure is two-stage, i.e. applicants first submit a project outline and after successful review by the project management agency FNR and coordination with the ministries BMU and BMEL, a project application is invited.
The FNR has been active as the BMEL's project management agency for the Renewable Resources funding programme since 1993. It also supports research topics in the fields of sustainable forestry and innovative wood use. Since 1 January 2019, it has also been the project management agency for the Forest Climate Fund funding guideline. The Competence and Information Centre for Forests and Wood (KIWUH) is a department of the FNR.
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"Solar energy is a fundamental pillar of the energy transition. In order to further support this and to achieve our goal - a complete power supply from renewable energies by 2030 - we are further expanding our successful solar offensive: In addition to expanding the solar storage programme, which is in high demand, we are currently developing a solar register for Rhineland-Palatinate. In addition, we will also promote solar carports, balcony plug-in modules, wall boxes or agro-PV projects in the future," announced Environment and Energy Minister Ulrike Höfken during the event under the motto "Solar Offensive Rhineland-Palatinate: Investments for Climate and Economy" as part of the series "Wednesdays in the MUEEF" in Mainz today.
