Published 7/2/2021 Length: 1 h 10 min.
UmweltBank has acquired the former GfK site on Nuremberg's Nordwestring. The company is planning an ecologically and socially sustainable urban quarter with housing, a daycare center, commercial space and public green areas. The new headquarters of the green bank will also be part of the quarter. The previous owner, a joint venture of Pegasus Capital Partners and Art-Invest Real Estate, had already developed an urban development concept in recent years and coordinated it with the City of Nuremberg. UmweltBank would like to further develop this concept in line with its own requirements in close cooperation with the city.
Having already acquired part of the site at the corner of Nordwestring and Bielefelder Straße last year for the construction of its new headquarters, UmweltBank has now purchased the entire former GfK site in a second step. "We deliberately chose this location for our headquarters because it has excellent public transport links and, with the site already developed, we are avoiding further land consumption," explains UmweltBank Board Member Goran Bašić. "It is a real stroke of luck that we now get the opportunity to also design the area around our building as a green piece of Nuremberg."
Dr. Matthias Hubert, Managing Partner of Pegasus Capital Partners adds: "The Nuremberg metropolitan region is and remains one of the strongest economic areas in the entire Federal Republic. Through the urban development concept developed together with Art-Invest Real Estate at the former GfK site, we have created excellent foundations for the development of a modern ecological urban quarter."
Liveable living and working environments for the north of Nuremberg
The planning for the new quarter is still in its infancy: UmweltBank is currently reviewing and evaluating the status of the plans to date for opportunities for further development. The aim is to build a sustainable and liveable urban quarter in accordance with high ecological and social standards. Plans include social and affordable housing as well as housing for students, a daycare centre, commercial space and public play and green areas.
"We are looking forward to the future development of the quarter and are excited to see how UmweltBank will shape the district in the long term with its corporate philosophy and focus on innovation and sustainability," said Tobias Wilhelm, branch manager of Art-Invest Real Estate in Munich.
A Europe-wide architectural competition is currently underway for the new UmweltBank building. The results will be published at the beginning of October. Ecological aspects in particular play an important role in the awarding of prizes, such as the use of renewable raw materials and renewable energies as well as the recyclability of the building materials used. The best designs and the winning model will be on display in the UmweltBank foyer on Laufertorgraben from mid-October.
About Art-Invest Real Estate
Art-Invest Real Estate is a long-term oriented investor, asset manager and project developer of real estate in good locations with value creation potential. The focus is on metropolitan regions in Germany, Austria and Great Britain. Art-Invest Real Estate pursues a "Manage to Core" investment strategy with institutional investors, selected joint venture partners as well as with its own capital. The range of investments spans the entire return and risk spectrum in the office, city centre retail, hotel, residential and data centre sectors. In total, Art-Invest Real Estate currently manages real estate assets of around €6 billion.
About Pegasus Capital Partners GmbH
Pegasus Capital Partners is a real estate investment specialist based in Erlangen. In addition to providing equity or equity-replacing funds (mezzanine capital), Pegasus supports projects in new construction and portfolio development. To date, Pegasus has more than 40 project investments with a total volume of around two billion euros. The focus is on project and portfolio developments in the German metropolitan regions, economically prosperous B-regions, southern Germany and the Austrian capital Vienna.
About UmweltBank AG
UmweltBank is an independent private bank owned by around 12,000 shareholders. For more than 20 years, it has combined finance with ecological and social responsibility. It has committed itself to environmental protection not only with its name, but also in its articles of association. At no other bank can investors put their money to work in such a consistently environmentally friendly way. Germany's greenest bank has already financed over 23,500 environmental projects with low-interest development loans.
At UmweltBank, relieving the burden on nature and financial success are equally important goals. This is why it regularly publishes its results in an integrated sustainability and annual report. The company measures its success not only in terms of key economic figures, but also in terms of the CO2 emissions saved by financing innovative environmental projects.
Source: PM of UmweltBank Nuremberg from 22.9.2020
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DE-News, News Blog Bavaria, Mix of uses, Quarters
With only a few weeks left until the Habitat III conference, DDD #18 on "Cities" has now published 22 insightful articles around the topic of urbanisation. Authors from all over the world have told us about urban life in Africa, Asia, Middle East and the Americas. With a close eye on the conference's outcome, they directed the attention towards inspiring initiatives that aim for a positive change.
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Source: Nofitication GIZ, 05.09.2016
Keywords:
SDG 2030, UN (United Nations), Environmental policy, Housing policy
The city is to become cleaner and quieter: Under the heading "blue_village_Franklin", important future topics such as new mobility, energy efficiency, climate-optimised living or smart grids are being tested with the conversion of the former military area FRANKLIN. The SQUARE project, two model houses renovated according to the latest energy standards, and the electromobile bus lines 66 and 67 are part of this master plan. Franz Untersteller MdL, State Minister for the Environment, Climate and Energy Management, visited the two model projects in the new urban quarter on Tuesday, 4 August, as part of his summer tour "Environmental Future".
"With SQUARE, the city of Mannheim and the Mannheim housing association are showing a way to design climate- and energy-optimised living in existing buildings," said the Environment Minister during his visit. "It is impressive to see what has been implemented here in terms of building refurbishment, electromobility and smart grids. And it will be exciting to evaluate the results of this model project and make them usable for other projects."
Lord Mayor Dr. Peter Kurz explains: "With Franklin, an ecological urban quarter for over 9,000 people is being created that will set new standards. Our goal is to consume as little energy as possible throughout the district, to generate as much renewable energy locally as possible and to cause as few emissions as possible. In this context, the SQUARE model project presents two interesting approaches to solutions."
Back in 2014, the model project for energy-efficient building refurbishment SQUARE (smart quarter and urban area reducing emissions) was awarded a prize in the "Klimaschutz mit System" (Climate Protection with a System) competition run by the Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment. The SQUARE project application was prepared by the City of Mannheim's Economic Development Department in cooperation with the Climate Protection Control Centre. Thanks to the award, SQUARE was able to be included in the ERDF funding programme at the time and supported with three million euros. "SQUARE stands for one of the most ambitious projects in the field of GreenTech and climate protection in the city of Mannheim in the past decade. It is one of the pioneering projects developed from the "Blue City Mannheim" strategy concept of the Economic Development Department. The green tech innovation strategy from 2013 is still highly topical and sets the course for climate-neutral mobility and smart grids," emphasizes Mayor Michael Grötsch.
GBG - Mannheimer Wohnungsbaugesellschaft finally successfully implemented the model project on FRANKLIN. The first tenants moved in at the end of 2019. The two almost identical buildings were renovated according to different standards, one building according to the EnEV standard (SQUARE now), the second building with passive house elements according to an EnerPhIT standard (SQUARE next). Technologies such as smart grids, seasonal heat storage using ice storage and intelligent mobility concepts are being tested. The total of 48 rental apartments are spread across 3- to 5-room apartments between 84 and 109 sqm. "We are very excited about the insights we will gain through SQUARE. According to the calculations and simulations, we can achieve a CO2 saving of more than 50 percent in the comparison of the two buildings. In order to be able to save even more CO2, we are relying on the generation of regenerative energies. The ENEV building therefore received a photovoltaic system, the EnerPhIT building a solar thermal system," explains Karl-Heinz Frings, Managing Director of GBG.
"This is where the city of the future with the energy system of the future is being created," explains Bernhard Schumacher, head of the Smart Cities business unit at Mannheim-based energy company MVV. To this end, MVV is using smart technologies and the new possibilities of digitalisation on Franklin and is linking the various sectors intelligently and efficiently with each other - "not only to bring electricity, water, heat and mobility to the district, but also to make the new district the beacon of a necessary energy turnaround at the same time". MVV is also demonstrating what is already possible today in terms of electromobility on Franklin. In addition to environmentally friendly car-sharing solutions, such as FRANKLIN mobil, publicly accessible charging points are being set up, which will be networked with the energy management system and made more flexible. At the same time, the heating sector also plays an indispensable role. MVV has therefore built an innovative low-temperature heating grid here, which also enables the efficient integration of renewable energies.
Another item on the agenda of the visit is the three electric buses of the type E-Citaro, which have been in operation in Franklin on line 67 since April 2019. One of the buses was also funded under SQUARE. The environmentally friendly buses run every 20 minutes between the conversion areas on Franklin and the Käfertal Bahnhof stop. This will give people who already live, work or go to school in Franklin a direct connection to the rnv public transport network. "We are delighted to have EvoBus as a strong partner for this forward-looking project right on the spot," says Martin in der Beek, Technical Managing Director of rnv. "Over the past year, we have gained a lot of valuable knowledge in the operation of conventional electric buses and at the same time proved that the technology can stand up to the rigours of everyday public transport." In the future, however, other forms of propulsion will also be examined, he added. "We are currently looking intensively at the use of hydrogen buses in public transport and will soon be testing this technology at the rnv," reveals in der Beek. "Traveling by public transport is already more environmentally friendly per se than traveling by car, but we want to do even more for climate protection and therefore also convert our vehicle fleet to emission-free drives as far as possible."
Source: PM from 4.8.2020
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Stock, News Blog Baden-Württemberg
5.3.2020 Munich: City Planning Councillor Professor Dr. (l) Elisabeth Merk has now symbolically handed over the key to the members of the building association "Der Kleine Prinz" in Prinz Eugen Park. Their new building ensemble of atrium and point houses on Jörg-Hube-Straße is part of the ecological model settlement there. In addition to flats, two guest flats, an ice cream café and a bicycle repair workshop were built.
"The ecological model housing estate is a kind of initial spark for further timber construction projects in the city, and with the 'Kleiner Prinzen' project, an outstanding showcase project for high-quality timber construction has been created - beyond the city's borders. This is due not least to the great commitment of all those involved and the successful cooperation as and with the building consortium," Merk emphasised at the handover of the keys, which was attended not only by the members of the building consortium but also by the architects involved from the architectural firm Dressler Mayerhofer Rössler.
Around 1,800 flats as well as a primary school, kindergartens and other facilities are being built in the new Prinz-Eugen-Park urban quarter. Among the developers are a total of six cooperatives and five joint building ventures. The ecological model settlement is made up of eight individual projects. Approximately 570 flats are being built here in timber construction, 407 of which are rental flats, and various community facilities.
Further information on the ecological model settlement in Prinz-Eugen-Park is available at:
http://sdg21.eu/db/oekologische-siedlung-im-prinz-eugen-park
Source: PM of the City of Munich from 5.3.2020
Keywords:
Wood construction, Communities, News Blog Bavaria
