Web database of sustainable settlements and neighbourhoods

Lower Saxony

This view lists settlement, neighbourhood and construction projects in sustainable construction for the federal state of Lower Saxony. In the standard view, the projects are displayed in descending order based on the year of completion. I.e. the new projects are at the top.

Completion YearContribution dateNamePOSTCODEResidential unitsCity / town name
Number of projects displayed: 13

    ecovillage Hanover

    D - 30539 Hanover Kronsberg: adjacent to the Expo-Settlement Hanover-Kronsberg soll das „ecovillage Kronsberg“ entstehen. Träger ist die Genossenschaft ecovillage hannover eG, die 2019 gegründet wurde. Die Genossenschaft hat das 49.300 m² große Grundstück 2021 von der Stadt Hannover gekauft. Ab 5/2024 befindet sich die Genossenschaft in einem Insolvenzverfahren in Eigenverwaltung. Fertigstellung: ?



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    Neumühlen community housing estate

    rereadIn-Entstehung_gr100px_200dpi27283 Verden: In 2016, there are 18 adults and 9 children aged 4 to 16 living in 9 houses on the Community Estate site. There is still room for one more house.



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    Assembly group On the terraces

    goettingen_terraces_th 37083 Göttingen: Building group "On the terraces". Planning: Baufrösche (Kassel)



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    Hanover-Kronsberg

    30539 Hanover-Kronsberg: Reduction of energy consumption through low-energy construction, electricity saving and the use of CHP units. As sub-projects, a passive house settlement (see "Settlement Lummerland") and a solar settlement with solar local heating and seasonal storage were realised. Intensive green space design. Rainwater is drained into the trough-filtration system. Completion: 2000



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    Hermannsdorfer Landwerkstätten (Kronsberg)

    30539 Hanover-Kronsberg: Sub-project "Hermannsdorfer Landwerkstätten", Expo model farm for sustainable agriculture and regional marketing methods. Completion: 2000



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    "Solarcity" Hanover Kronsberg

    30539 Hanover-Kronsberg: Sub-project of the Expo 2000 new housing development. 106 apartments with large solar collectors on the roofs, as well as solar local heating with seasonal storage. It is located in the southeastern part of the district. Completion: 2000



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    Environmental and cultural station Uelzen

    Photo: Thomas Meier, www.radundfuss.net29525 Uelzen: According to the plans of the painter and architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser, the old brick building was redesigned into a colourful work of art during the EXPO 2000. Completion: 2000



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    Settlement Lummerland

    Photo: Johann Hartl, Munich30539 Hanover-Kronsberg: 32 terraced houses in 4 rows, construction costs: € 195,000, developer: Rasch und Partner, Darmstadt. Completion: 1999



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    Ecological settlement Lilienthal

    228865 Lilienthal: Lebensraum Lilienthal e.V.; approx. 100 inhabitants: families and single parents with children, couples and singles between primary school age and early 70's. Completion: 1998



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    Eco-settlement Wennigsen

    30974 Wennigsen: 20,000 square meters, 30 houses. Project start: 1994, completion: 1998. An award-winning eco-settlement was created in the Langes Feld development area.



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    Rainbow Settlement

    30629 Hanover-Miesburg: "Regenbogensiedlung", 111 social housing units, GFZ 0.88. 9,000 m² living space. Occupation 1996. 900 Euro/m². Architect: Schmitz, Aachen, developer Gundlach, Philipp Holzmann AG - CHP, low-energy construction, extensively greened roof - pergola development



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    Life Garden Steyerberg

    dscn1246_cs31595 Steyerberg: the Lebensgarten Steyerberg e. V. is a settlement community with 62 terraced houses, which was founded in 1984 and which is characterized by the spiritual Findhorn Community in Scotland. The settlement community is united by the desire to live in harmony with each other and with the surrounding nature. Not far from Hanover, it was an Expo 2000 project.



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    Grass-roofed housing estate "Laher Wiesen" in Hanover

    30659 Hanover-BothfeldPlanning: Bookhoff und Rentrop, 69 flats, very high share of own work, grass roof, construction costs: 550 Euro/m² (without own work share), total construction costs: 950 Euro/m², occupation: 1984 to 1987



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