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Video (6 min., 2012) Margrit and Declan Kennedy explain permaculture

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Permaculture
In this video from October 2012, the two pioneers of new ways of economy and life Margrit (who died in 2011) and her husband Declan Kennedy, explain in 6 minutes the basic principles of permaculture. The recordings were made at Margrit and Declan Kennedy's home in the Lebensgarten Steyerberg:

6:45 min, 2012


Keywords: Self-sufficient, Greening / climate adaptation, Cohousing, DE-News, Movies, Movies 4 to 10 Min, Lifestyle / Consumption, Near-natural open space design, News Blog Lower Saxony, Mix of uses, Permaculture, Resource efficiency, Settlements, Social diversity, Sufficiency, Transition Town, urban gardening, Wildlife/animal friendly construction, Residential, Housing projects

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Austauschprämie zum Wechsel auf Ökoheizung nutzen
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Use exchange premium to switch to eco-heating

The Climate Action Programme 2030 presented by the Climate Cabinet on 20 September 2019 also includes new rules for the heating supply of buildings. One measure is the replacement premium for old oil and gas heating systems. According to the information programme sponsored by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment, this is the state's way of The future of old buildings will cover up to 40 % of the costs if a more climate-friendly system with a proportion of renewable energy is used when a boiler is replaced. The installation of oil-only heating systems is to be completely banned from 2026.

More info:
www.geb-info.de/gentner.dll/PL_105363_890161

 



Keywords:
Construction and operating costs, DE-News, Renewable, Funding, Climate protection, News Blog Baden-Württemberg, Environmental policy, Ecology

Gute Prognosen für Erneuerbare: billiger als fossile Energie
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Good forecasts for renewables: cheaper than fossil energy

Electricity from the sun and wind is too expensive? Wrong: according to new studies, green electricity is cheaper than fossil energy worldwide and in Germany.

Since 2009, prices for wind power have fallen by a third, for solar power by 80 per cent and in the next decade, solar power is set to become a further 60 per cent cheaper. 170 countries now have targets for renewables, and large financial investors are looking for these secure plants. Electricity storage systems are also expected to be 65 per cent cheaper by 2020 and their capacity is set to multiply from 1 to 250 gigawatts. And the rival authority IEA, the International Energy Agency of the OECD, which for years tried to talk down renewables, now sees similarly rapid growth and falling prices.

Read the full article from 17.1.2017 on taz.de



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DE-News, Renewable, New books and studies, News Blog Europe (without DE), Environmental policy, Economics

Landesbauordnung in Schleswig-Holstein ist holzbaufreundlicher geworden
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State building regulations in Schleswig-Holstein have become more wood-friendly

Discrimination in multi-storey construction is abolished

The Schleswig-Holstein State Building Code (LBO-SH) was amended by law on 1 October 2019. The amendments came into force at the end of October 2019. On the one hand, the amendment ends the disadvantage of timber construction in multi-storey construction and continues to create the conditions for additional living space under facilitated conditions.

https://informationsdienst-holz.de/aktuelles/details/landesbauordnung-in-schleswig-holstein-ist-holzbaufreundlicher-geworden/



Keywords:
DE-News, Wood construction, News Blog Schleswig-Holstein, Housing policy

5. Klaus Novy Preis
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5th Klaus Novy Prize

Housing cooperatives and housing group projects can apply until the end of February 2017

20 years Klaus Novy Prize

In 2017, Spar- und Bauverein Solingen eG is awarding the prize named after Klaus Novy for innovations in cooperative building and housing for the fifth time.
The fifth competition starts on 1 September 2016, from which date housing cooperatives and housing group projects have until the end of February 2017 to submit their competition entries.

Further information such as details of the competition theme and the decision-making process can be found at  here   can be regarded as a "good thing".



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Awards

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