69115 Heidelberg: 68 rental apartments with a heating energy requirement of less than 50 (kWh/m2a). Architect: Gerstner. Project participants: ifeu-Institut, ebök, among others. High standard under narrow margin of rent control in social housing. 170 m² solar thermal system, 200 m² solar power system with 23 kW. Building materials: materials containing PVC and CFCs as well as tropical wood were avoided. Wooden windows were installed, in heavily used areas wood-aluminium composite windows. Occupation: 1996
| Building measure | New building |
| Street/District | Heidelberg-Kirchheim, Bruchhäuser Weg 25-29 |
| Location | on the outskirts within a new development area |
| Type | three rows of buildings, each three and a half storeys high, arranged in a "U". |
| Residential units | 68 |
| Planner | Johannes Gerstner, freelance architect, Theaterstraße 7, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany |
| Owner | GGH mbH, Bluntschlistr. 14, 69115 Heidelberg, Germany |
| Form of ownership | Rental housing, social housing |
Sustainability measures |
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| Ecological | Ecological building materials, solar collectors, photovoltaics, well-insulated exterior walls, natural gas condensing boiler |
| Economic | Low operating costs |
| Socio-cultural | Community use of the open spaces |
| Special features | Model projects to show that ecological construction is also possible within the tight cost framework of social housing construction. |
| Literature | Low-energy house, project presentation and balance after three years, Gesellschaft für Grund- und Hausbesitz and Office for Environmental Protection and Health Promotion of the City of Heidelberg
Brochure low-energy house residential complex "Am Dorf" - a balance after 3 years". |
| Student research project | Johanna Brauch / Anne Junker (2004): University of Karlsruhe  (730 kB) |
Last Updated: December 25, 2020
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All project/s of the planning office: ; City region: Heidelberg, Mannheim and surrounding area; Country: Germany; Characteristics: 03 - 4 floors, Residential; typology: Settlement; Thematic: Photovoltaics, Solar Settlement
