"Vienna has never squandered its housing stock, which is why a quarter of all flats are now owned by the city. That sounds good, but it also has disadvantages."
Read the whole Report in the Süddeutsche newspaper from 13 November 2016
at the Sustainable Procurement Symposium in Dortmund on 26 August 2021
The Sustainable Procurement Day is a platform for exchange for procurers and decision-makers from municipalities, private and public institutions as well as churches and companies. Federal Environment Minister Svenja Schulze is the patron. The Agency for Renewable Resources e. V. (FNR), project management agency of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture, will be represented with a workshop on the topic of "Public building and renovation with wood - the right way to tender for timber construction projects" in addition to the stand "The renewable office".
Climate-friendly construction, renovation and insulation with sustainable materials is becoming more and more common practice in public building projects as well. Sustainable municipal management includes the building sector - keyword climate-neutral municipality/administration. Wood as a building material has become the focus of attention in recent years, and there are many reasons for this: Wood stores CO2Depending on the degree of prefabrication, it can considerably shorten construction times and, due to its low dead weight, is ideal for adding storeys, e.g. in the case of redensification in urban development.
However, in order to successfully launch public timber construction projects, a targeted award procedure is crucial. This is because even during the planning and tendering stages, it is important to take into account the significant differences compared to solid construction, e.g. in terms of timing, the submission of building applications and the timely involvement of timber construction expertise.
Participation in the symposium and the FNR construction contracting workshop is free of charge. Registration is required.
When: 26 August 2021, 11:30 - 12:45 hrs
Where: Dortmund, Sustainable Procurement Day, Westfalenhallen (North Entrance), Strobelallee 45, 44139 Dortmund
Who? Buyers, procurers, staff from building offices, contracting & building contracting officers
Registration: https://nachhaltige-beschaffung.org/tickets
Further information:
The workshop complements the current FNR seminar series "On course for the future: public building with wood", which is carried out within the framework of the Charter for Wood 2.0 and in cooperation with the municipal umbrella organisations and the Wood Information Service. The offer is free of charge. Further information on the seminar series can be found at: https://veranstaltungen.fnr.de/holzbau.
Keywords:
Procurement, DE-News, Wood construction, Climate protection, NaWaRohs, News Blog NRW
Has Federal Building Minister Barbara Hendricks (SPD) raised expectations with the Alliance for Affordable Housing and Building that ultimately cannot be fulfilled? The Bündnis 90/ Die Grünen parliamentary group in the Bundestag is investigating her doubts about the meaningfulness and effectiveness of the alliance in a question. And they want to know: How and when will the alliance be continued?
Read the full article from 2 January 2017: www.immobilien-zeitung.de/...gruene-zweifeln-am-sinn-des-buendnisses-fuer-bezahlbares-wohnen
Keywords:
DE-News, Affordable housing, Housing policy
15.02.2017
SRU member Prof Dr Messari-Becker speaks today in the Bundestag as an expert on the amendment to the German Building Code. The SRU welcomes the new "urban area" category. However, the level of noise protection in these areas must not be lowered. It is also problematic that the amendment is also intended to promote construction activity on the outskirts of settlements.
"We must not go backwards when it comes to land consumption. The amendment should therefore not make it easier to build in outlying areas," emphasises Prof. Messari-Becker. The German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) therefore recommends dispensing with accelerated procedures for development plans on the edge of existing settlements. The planned Section 13b should be cancelled without replacement.
The introduction of the new area category "urban area" in the Land Use Ordinance makes sense. The amendment provides for the immission guide values to be raised by 3 decibels. This corresponds to roughly a doubling of the sound power. Such an increase in the limit values should be rejected for health reasons. In addition, building densification should enhance urban open spaces as meeting and recreational areas and promote people's health. At the same time, urban green spaces must be strengthened in order to promote ecological qualities such as air pollution control, avoidance of so-called heat islands and biodiversity.
The written statement on the hearing of the Environment and Building Committee is available on the SRU website: www.umweltrat.de.
The German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) has been advising the German government on environmental policy issues for 45 years. The Council's composition of seven professors from various disciplines ensures a scientifically independent and comprehensive assessment, both from a scientific and technical perspective as well as from an economic, legal and health science perspective.
Source: PM of the German Advisory Council on the Environment, Berlin
Keywords:
Stakeholders, Greening / climate adaptation, Stock, Soil & land consumption, Quarters, Environmental policy, Housing policy
bring-together is a digital matching platform for collaborative housing projects and people looking for a community. The platform allows you a dynamic matching instead of a classic advertisement. In this way, needs are brought together. This makes it easier for you to find like-minded people and your own individual family of choice for communal living. The platform is for people who want to revolutionize community living and housing. "We believe that communities are the only sustainable way of living because sustainable, connected and responsible living is only possible in community."
Keywords:
Blogs & Portals, Cohousing, DE-News, Media, Quarters, Build it yourself, Settlements, Social / Culture, Residential, Housing projects, eG
