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Biosolar housing estate Amorbach

74172 Neckarsulm-Amorbach: 45 units as single, double and multi-family houses, date of occupancy: 1999

Architect: Klaus Holfelder, 74206 Bad Wimpfen, Germany
Client: Neckarsulm home cooperative (today's Neckarsulm/Heilbronn home cooperative)

Prize: 2001 in the state-wide competition "Successful Settlements - Attractive Residential Quarters - Vibrant Neighborhoods". The competition was organized by the Association of Building Societies in Baden-Württemberg and the state's Ministry of Economics and Social Affairs.

Project size: 80-160 m² living space/WE; 1,000 m² common area
EFH 6 WE; DH 8 WE; RH 4 WE; group houses: 9 WE; GW (rental apartments) 18 WE

Ownership/legal form: 15 condominiums and 15 publicly subsidized rental apartments. approx. 60 % freely financed + 40% publicly subsidised.

Construction costs: pure construction costs were between 1.060,- Euro/m2 and
1.250,- Euro/m2).

Special features:
- Solar local heating supply: the solar system covers 50% of the total
heat demand, CO2 emissions have been reduced by 80% compared to conventional
Settlements reduced.
- high ecological and biological building standards
- Community village square and village pond

 



Last Updated: June 24, 2020

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