85665 Moosach: In the community of Moosach, the cooperative Regenerative Energie Ebersberg eG and the company NATURSTROM AG have implemented a solar local heating network with a collector field of 1067 sqm and a buffer storage of 100 cubic meters. If the sun is not enough, a biomass boiler supports the energy supply. This is fed with wood chips from the region of maximum 40 kilometers. Completion: 2018
Charakteristik: Village
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16230 Brodowin: Domespace seminar house and eco-centre, independent regional development, promotion of ecological business start-ups, soft tourism, conversion of a former LPG to ecological farming.
72070 Tübingen: Architecture: Peter Hübner (plus+, Neckartenzlingen), "cube housing estate" with village character, "village square" as centre; each flat with its own entrance
74549 Wolpertshausen: Bioenergiedorf mit Ökosiedlung. 1.800 EW. Ca. 50% Erneuerbare Energien. "Ecological residential area Wolpertshausen" wird komplett über Nahwärme bzw. von Biogas-Gemeinschaftsanlage (Inbetriebnahme: 1996) versorgt.
D - 74594 Kreßberg: "Schloss Tempelhof" is a grassroots community that has existed in northern Baden-Württemberg since 2010. Almost 150 residents live on the 30-hectare village site. The ecovillage community is set to grow to 300 residents. The community practises solidarity agriculture based on permaculture principles. There are jobs in a market garden, animal husbandry, cheese dairy, beekeeping, bakery and in the kitchen. Others have been created in the seminar centre, the building sector, the administration and the Free Montessori School.
75438 Knittlingen (near Pforzheim): 100 houses. Collection of black water via vacuum toilets (5 - 10 times less water per flush) and shredded kitchen waste (organic waste bin no longer required), which is then converted into biogas. The waste water is treated and is available again as germ-free care water that fulfils the requirements of the Drinking Water Ordinance. DEUS 21 was honoured with the Joseph von Fraunhofer Prize in 2007. The plant has been in operation since around 2004 and is a project of the Fraunhofer Institute IGB, Stuttgart and the FhG ISI Institute for Systems and Innovation Research, Karlsruhe.
