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Hotel Jakarta in Amsterdam
Together with Ursem Modulaire Bouwsystemen, the DERIX Group is building a hotel made of wooden modules - 9 storeys high, in the middle of Amsterdam. Here, 2,100 m³ of wood will be used, 550 m³ of which is silver fir, with which the visible surfaces of the modules will be finished. The hotel is currently being assembled from 176 wooden modules, which are transported to the construction site completely prefabricated. 12 modules are assembled per day, and the hotel will open at the end of 2017.
Hotel Jakarta is the first energy-neutral hotel in Amsterdam and will feature 200 luxurious hotel rooms and suites, in addition to a wellness centre with swimming pool and gym, a skybar, various restaurants, an espresso bar, underground parking and a tropical garden.
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Stakeholders, Building materials / Construction, Movies, Movies 4 to 10 Min, Wood construction, Hotel, News Blog Europe (without DE), News Blog Netherlands
A regenerative heat supply and an innovative rainwater management system are being designed for the "ecoSquare" neighbourhood in Bamberg. Michael Richter and Wolfgang Dickhaut are in charge of the project.
The neighbourhood is to be supplied with heating and cooling via a cold local heating ring. At the same time, the local heating ring serves to balance out heating and cooling needs that arise at the same time. The goal is the additional use of two rainwater cisterns with a total capacity of 126 m³ for heating and cooling purposes in the neighbourhood.
For this purpose, an AI-based predictive control technology is being developed. A further goal of the control strategy is a rainwater balance without runoff into the canal and the use of rainwater to irrigate the greenery. In addition, the project is investigating questions regarding the treatment of rainwater and the changed biodiversity, as well as analysing building permit processes. The completion of construction will be followed by monitoring and operational optimisation.
Background
Against the background of the political targets of net greenhouse gas neutrality by 2045, there is an increasing demand for renewable energy sources in the building sector. At the same time, advancing climate change is causing increasing phenomena such as heat islands and heavy rainfall events.
The project is an example of how climate protection and climate impact adaptation measures can be combined at neighbourhood level and integrated into building and planning practice in the future.
Involved
Bavarian Centre for Applied Energy Research e. V. (project management), Technical University of Dresden, Technical University of Munich, Weihenstephan-Triesdorfeco eco AG University of Applied Sciences, HafenCity Uni Hamburg, ecoSquare Regnitztal GmbH & Co. KG, enisyst GmbH, Fränkische Rohrwerke Gebr. Kirchner GmbH & Co. KG, NATURSTROM AG, optigrün internaional AG
Link
www.ecoeco.de/nachhaltiges-bauen/ecosquare-bamberg/
Source: PM from 15.03.2022 of HafenCity Uni Hamburg
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Greening / climate adaptation, Research, News Blog Bavaria, Quarters, Water
The district of Paderborn has achieved a climate target that can currently only be dreamed of nationwide. It has a green electricity supply of more than 100 per cent. This year, with the help of wind, sun, biomass and water, for the first time as much renewable electricity is being generated as is being consumed. Since the end of June, it has been exactly 112 per cent.
Annual consumption: 2.3 billion kilowatt hours
This is what the State Association for Renewable Energies in OWL determined. The association used figures from the State Agency for Nature, Environment and Consumer Protection (LANUV) as well as current data from the district of Paderborn. According to these figures, the more than 500 wind turbines, 11,500 photovoltaic systems and 53 biomass power plants generate slightly more electricity on an annual average than private individuals, trade and industry in the district of Paderborn require over the year: Almost 2.3 billion kilowatt hours.
Second place for Höxter district with 63 per cent green electricity
This puts the Paderborn district in the Champions League nationwide: "There are very few regions that already fulfil the 100 per cent green electricity quota - in NRW, we are the first and so far the only one," says Kerstin Haarmann (Paderborn), Managing Director of LEE OWL. This is particularly remarkable because the district of Paderborn has a national average electricity consumption due to its share of industry. Smaller districts with little industry and commerce would naturally find it easier to reach 100 per cent. In a comparison of East Westphalia, the district of Paderborn is the lone leader: the district of Höxter is in second place with 63 per cent green electricity, followed by the district of Lippe with 23.5 per cent, Gütersloh with 20.8 per cent, Minden-Lübbecke with 17 per cent and Herford with 6.5 per cent. Bringing up the rear is the city of Bielefeld with a 4.5 per cent share of green electricity in electricity consumption.
Renewables account for 27 per cent of total energy demand
The district of Paderborn has even achieved its climate target, which was unanimously approved by the district council in 2011, ahead of schedule. The plan was for electricity consumption to be completely renewable by 2020. "However, we don't have time to rest on our laurels in the fight against climate change," explains Jürgen Wrona (Delbrück) from the LEE OWL board. Measured in terms of total energy demand (electricity, heat and transport), the proportion of renewables in the Paderborn district is currently only around 27 per cent. "There is room for improvement, especially in the areas of heating and transport," says Wrona.
Source: Press release from the NRW Energy Agency dated 8 August 2018
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100% EEs, Stakeholders, Citizen Energy, DE-News, Renewable, Climate protection, Communities, News Blog NRW, PV, Environmental policy
Now that almost all of the 570 apartments in Germany's largest timber housing estate in Prinz-Eugen-Park have been occupied, the Munich planning committee has recommended the implementation of the follow-up timber construction project "Kreativquartier" with 370 units.
Here are the key data:
http://sdg21.eu/db/kreativquartier
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DE-News, Wood construction, Communities, News Blog Bavaria, Mix of uses, Quarters
