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    Climate-neutral new housing estate Freiburg Dietenbach

    D - 79111 Freiburg-Dietenbach: one of the largest new development areas in Germany is being built on 110 hectares for 6,900 apartments. The intention is to create living space for 15,000 residents. Six new neighborhoods are to be developed in Freiburg's west along the Dietenbach as a climate-neutral and colorful district with short distances, open spaces, schools, sports facilities, daycare centers and shopping opportunities. It should be possible to move into the first apartments around 2025/2026. Completion: ~2035



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    Five "Freiheit Emscher" construction sites

    D - Between Essen and Bottrop, a total of 1700 ha area 5 new development areas with a total area of 150 ha, along the Emscher, which no longer stinks of sewage:
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    Kirschgärten timber housing estate in Munich

    80997 Munich-Untermenzing: A total of 1,300 flats in timber hybrid construction are to be built on the 12-hectare site. There will also be a three-form entry primary school, daycare centres, a neighbourhood square with a café and small local amenities as well as an extensive public green park. With 1,300 residential units in timber construction, it will be the largest timber housing estate in Bavaria and one of the top 5 in Europe. Completion: 2030



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    Munich Freiham

    In-Entstehung_gr100px_200dpiD - 81249 Munich-Freiham: on 350 ha with residential space for 20,000 and commercial space for 7,500 people. The goal is sustainable urban development that meets economic, ecological and social requirements in equal measure. The first residents should be able to move into their new apartments from the beginning of 2018. The new district is being built in several phases. The apartments are 50 percent privately financed, 30 percent socially subsidized and 20 percent allocated according to the "Munich Model".



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    Würzburg Hubland

    hubland logoIn-Entstehung_gr100px_200dpiD - 97074 Würzburg: CO2-neutral conversion area for 4,500 inhabitants (approx. 1,800 residential units) on 95 ha, approx. 5.7 ha for commercial uses. Seven individual quarters. In 2018, the state horticultural show will be held on the site. The development measure is to be completed by 2024.



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    Tempelhof Palace with Earthship

    Photos: Kerstin Meyer

    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 expected to grow to 300 residents. The community practices solidarity agriculture according to 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 business, the building sector, the administration and in the Free Montessori School.



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    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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    Platensiedlung in Frankfurt-Ginnheim

    D - Frankfurt a.M. Ginnheim: The 342 existing apartments in the 19 three-storey row buildings will be renovated to improve energy efficiency (insulation and new windows) and two storeys will be added. A total of around 680 new, mainly smaller apartments are being created. 300 apartments are being built in 15 new buildings in so-called gate and bridge houses. Architecture: Stefan Forster (Frankfurt). Construction began in 2017. Completion of the storeys: End of 2019. Completion of the new buildings (post-densification): 2023.



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    Building community "Laubendorf

    D - 40625 Düsseldorf: The initiative "Wohnen mit Kindern e.V." (Living with Children) is planning its fourth community housing project in the Düsseldorf city area with 23 residential units. The association has already successfully realized a cooperative-oriented project on Otto-Petersen Straße (1995) as well as two condominium projects in Gerresheim, qbus (2013) and wmk3 (2017). The association aims to create attractive and affordable housing for families with children in particular. All projects realized to date have been planned and occupied by residents in different life situations and are thus genuine multigenerational housing projects. In September 2020, the construction group purchased a plot in the Quellenbusch development area in Gerresheim. Planned completion: approx. 2022



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    Energy Plus Quarter Vellmar North

    D - 34246 Vellmar-Nord: The urban design, with around 550 residential units on a 16-hectare site, envisages a mix of detached single houses and houses in a more compact design using semi-detached and terraced houses and multi-storey housing. In terms of size, it will be one of the largest plus-energy housing estates in Germany. The plus-energy concept takes into account heat, electricity and mobility. Start of construction: from April 2020. Completion: ~2024



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    KOKONI ONE housing estate (formerly "Gut Buchholz") in Berlin-Pankow

    In-Entstehung_gr100px_200dpiD - 13127 Berlin-Pankow: On a 23,000 sqm plot in Pankow-Französisch Buchholz, a housing estate with 84 residential units with a total living space of approx. 12,000 sqm plus a community house will be built. Predominantly renewable and healthy building materials such as wood and cellulose with positive CO2-balance sheet. In the centre of the settlement there is an orchard with a community house. The heat and electricity generation in the settlement is fossil-free. Start of construction/completion (planned): 2022/2024



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    Jenfeld floodplain

    In-Entstehung_gr100px_200dpi22045 Hamburg-JenfeldHAMBURG WATER Cycle®, an urban quarter with 835 residential units, 630 of them in new buildings, and commercial space for around 2000 residents is being built on 35 ha of the former Lettow-Vorbeck barracks. Project costs: approx. 250 million euros. The most far-reaching project of a decentralised water supply and disposal system currently in Europe: vacuum toilets, biogas production and waste water separation (HAMBURG WATER Cycle®). The biogas produced will be used to generate heat and electricity for the new district in a climate-neutral manner in the district's own combined heat and power plant. The project will thus enable climate-neutral living and sustainable drainage.



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    Eco-settlement Friedrichsdorf

    61381 Friedrichsdorf: 70,000 m² of gross building land not far from Frankfurt were developed into a residential quarter. The winner of a multi-stage selection process by the city of Friedrichsdorf, which was accompanied by NH ProjektStadt, was the FRANK Group, which developed the eco-settlement together with the Baufrösche architecture firm. Completion: 2021



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    Eco-settlement Meldorf

    25704 Meldorf: 5 ecological detached and semi-detached houses are being built in the immediate vicinity of Naturbau Meldorf's depot. In addition, there is the possibility for a construction/residential group to help design a cross-generational project on a plot for a further 5 to 8 apartments.



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    Factor X housing estate "Lützeler Hof

    D - 52459 Inden-Altdorf: The municipality of Inden has designated a further Factor X housing estate with 50 plots in the development plan. Construction of the first houses can begin as early as April. Resource-efficient single-family homes, semi-detached houses or terraced houses based on the Factor X concept will be built. RWE Power is the land owner and developer. The development was completed in spring 2019.



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    Ecovillage Sieben Linden

    In-Entstehung_gr100px_200dpiD - 38489 Beetzendorf-Poppau: Here a new village for 300 inhabitants has been built since 1997. With currently 150 residents (approx. 60 units), a new self-sufficient village has been built since 1997, which enables people to live a sustainable lifestyle. There are 8 residential buildings plus the Regiohaus/Seminarzentrum, built in low-energy to passive house standards, in Sieben Linden (as of 10/2016). A straw-built guest house with 15 guest rooms is to be built in 2017/18.



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    Heidelberg Railway City

    IMG_20160721_151656_deta69115 Heidelberg: Bahnstadt is the largest passive house development in the world and one of the largest new development areas in Germany with 116 ha. Electricity and heat are supplied entirely from renewable energies. 6,500 to 6,800 people will live in Bahnstadt in the future, and 5,000 to 6,000 people will work there. At the end of 2018, more than 4,000 people will live in Bahnstadt. Around 2,450 apartments have already been built - a total of around 3,700 apartments will be built.



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    Trier Castelnau

    trier_castelnauii_position_plan54294 Trier-Feyen: Residential estate on a slope with approx. 24 plots. Urban design concept by Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl and Joachim Eble Architektur as basis. Start of construction: 2017, completion: 2020



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    Wooden housing estate in Prinz Eugen Park

    81927 Munich: Germany's largest contiguous timber housing estate with 566 apartments in timber or timber hybrid construction has been built in the Oberföhring district. Different building types up to 7-storey houses were built in timber construction. The approx. 30-hectare site of the former Prinz Eugen barracks is located in district 13 - Bogenhausen. The apartments were realized by building communities, cooperatives, municipal and independent developers, allowing a wide range of offers for a wide variety of housing needs: for rent and ownership, in different building types, for all household sizes and income groups and alternative forms of housing. Completion: 2020



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    Factor X settlement "Vöckelsberg

    D - 52249 Eschweiler: the municipality of Eschweiler has designated a second Factor X housing estate with 34 plots on 3.1 hectares in the development plan. Construction of the first houses can begin as early as April. Resource- and energy-efficient single-family houses will be built on around 30 plots and four multi-family houses will be built according to the Factor X concept. Further elements of sustainable urban development, such as extensively greened roofs and a central heat supply using wood pellets, are planned. RWE Power is the landowner and developer. The development was completed in spring 2019.



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    Resource conservation settlement in Kaster

    D - 50181 Bedburg Kaster: Around 150 residential units on 5.6 hectares are planned in the first resource conservation housing estate of the town of Bedburg and RWE Power. The conservation of natural resources is at the forefront of this project, which is being developed under the name "Factor X", already established in specialist circles. Further key data: 55,500 square metres of living space, around 110 building plots and an extension of the forest kindergarten are planned.



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    Solar thermal plant Römerhügel in Ludwigsburg

    70806 Ludwigsburg: With a collector area of 14,800 m², Stadtwerke Ludwigsburg-Kornwestheim has built the largest solar thermal plant in Germany. In a 20-meter high heat storage tank with a volume of 2,000 cubic meters, the solar-generated energy is available even when there is little or no solar radiation. The collectors collect around 5200 megawatts of heat per year, enough to supply around 300 average households. Completion: 2020



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    Green living on the Baldenau

    76437 Rastatt: six urban villas with 82 apartments and a commercial unit that can also be used as a home office. Total area of 52,000 m². Rainwater concept, green roofs, CHP connection, KfW 70 standard, healthy building materials. Completion: 2019



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    WohnMichel in Michendorf

    14552 Michendorf: Plot: 17,000 m², three houses in the 1st construction phase as two-storey apartment buildings and 500 m² living space each with eight or nine apartments. Together 25 WEs. Completion: 2019



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    Stegerwaldsiedlung, Cologne

    Photo: EnergyAgency.NRW51063 Cologne-Mülheim: The state of North Rhine-Westphalia has named the Stegerwaldsiedlung in the Cologne district of Mülheim as the 87th climate protection estate. With 968 kWp, it has the largest roof-integrated PV system on a housing estate in NRW and the third largest in Germany. 689 residential units of the Cologne housing estate from the 1950s were refurbished for energy efficiency and the energy generation systems were renewed. Completion: 2019



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    Siepenfeld" student housing complex in Bochum

    Bochum: 258 new residential spaces in passive house standard in timber hybrid construction. The buildings were constructed to the passive house standard and certified according to the criteria of the DGNB German Sustainable Building Council. The CO2-neutral building material wood also ensures a significantly improved ecological balance. Planning: ACMS Architektur GmbH, Wuppertal. Completion: 2019



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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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    Munich-Riem Trade Fair City

    81829 Munich: New development area on the site of the former Riem Airport on a planning area of 556 ha. There are plans for 6,500 apartments for 15,000 residents, mainly in multi-storey housing, and jobs for 13,000 employees. In 2014, there were more than 12,000 residents. Developing the district sustainably was a central theme of Messestadt Riem. Several evaluations of Messestadt Riem took place. Completion: 2018



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    Burscheid residential village project

    DSC_2702In-Entstehung_gr100px_200dpi51399 Burscheid: 7 out of 9 houses are realized in ecological timber construction so far. Architecture: Gabor Schneider (son of architect Prof. Schneider-Wessling). BDA recognition 2010



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    Residential project Rittergut Mydlinghoven

    logo-we-from-good40629 Dusseldorf: Multi-generational project "Alternative living - naturally together on the estate with 45 apartments, many communal areas and a co-working space. The facility operator is "Wir vom Gut eG". Core renovation 1998. Completion: 2018



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    "Neue Höfe Dürwiß"

    logo-neue-hoefe-duerwissIn-Entstehung_gr100px_200dpi52249 Eschweiler-Dürwiß: Model settlement for resource-efficient construction. 60 plots on 3.7 ha of open space. The city of Eschweiler is developing a resource-efficient residential area together with RWE Power AG and the Aachen-based Kathy Beys Foundation. Single-family and multi-family houses, multi-generation houses, residential courtyards, etc. are to be built with a wide range of living space for families, residential communities, individualists, senior citizens, etc.



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    Haveneiland East and West in Amsterdam

    NL - 1087 Amsterdam: Haveneiland is the eastern and western part of the newest district "IJburg" in the east of Amsterdam. It was developed in the course of the Dutch housing development programme "VINEX "*. "Haveneiland", as well as "Steigereiland" and "Rieteilanden", was built on an artificially washed up island. Completion: ~2018



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    Factor X settlement Inden-Seeviertel

    inden-sseviertel52459 Inden: The aim of the settlement development was to use valuable resources more efficiently by a factor of 2 when building and living. Raw materials and building constructions were selected according to their environmental consumption and long-term costs. Regional building materials, timeless architecture, durable and maintenance-friendly constructions were given priority. Completion: 2018



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    Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft "Am Ostseeplatz" e.G. in Berlin

    13353 Berlin: Multi-family building in three structures with 98 partly cluster/apartments and 4 commercial units, a total of 6,600 square metres of usable space. Completion: 2018



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    Solar settlement Engen

    perspectiveIn-Entstehung_gr100px_200dpi78234 Engen: Passive house development in the "Hugenberg 2" building area. Wooden houses made of healthy building materials, photovoltaic modules, central wood pellet system. Architecture: Mahler office (Engen) and 'architektur-werkstatt' (Singen). So far, 8 apartments have been built in 6 residential buildings. A plot for a double or EFH is still available. (as of 8.2016)



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    eQ Ecoquartier Pfaffenhofen

    85276 Pfaffenhofen: On over 91,000 m2 approx. 250 residential units and commercial areas are being built. Condominiums, semi-detached and terraced houses, as well as single-family houses were built. Slightly more than 50 residential units and the daycare center were built in timber construction. There was also the possibility of acquiring plots of land and building on them yourself. Completion: 2017



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    Living with children - wmk3

    wmk3-logo40625 Düsseldorf-Gerresheim: the wmk assembly3 is located on the "Am Quellenbusch" site in the Düsseldorf district of Gerresheim. In the entire construction area, 800 residential units will be built. The completion of the 30 wmk3 apartments was in 2017.



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    PlusEnergy houses in Berlin-Adlershof

    Architecture: Deimel Oeschläger Architekten Partnerschaft, Berlin. Photo: A. Kroth

     

    12489 Berlin-Adlershof: Climate-neutral home for 128 tenants in KfW 55 efficiency house. Gross floor area: 11,170 m2. Planning: Deimel Oelschläger Architekten. Completion: 2017



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    Plusenergiesiedlung, Tobel

    CH - Tobel: The PlusEnergy development in the Thurgau municipality of Tobel with three multi-family houses (MFH) and 32 apartments was built to the Minergie-P standard. The PV system has an installed capacity of 351 kWp. They generate a solar power surplus of 76'000 kWh/a with which each apartment can use a solar-powered electric car which can drive 12'000 km CO2-free per year. Unique are the rents, which are 20% below the quarterly rents for comparable apartments in the Wil/SG region. Swiss Eurosolar Prize 2018. Completion: 2017



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    Ecotope Heerdt

    1-viewbuilding_space_free_100-pixD - 40549 Düsseldorf-Heerdt: 156 units, 60 permaculture tenant gardens, ecological centre for offers of eco-educational work for primary school classes and kindergartens.

    A further 20 - 30 single-family houses (linked to a geothermal heating project), a multi-storey residential building and a kindergarten are planned.



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    IBA Wilhelmsburg

    21109 Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg: The International Building Exhibition IBA Hamburg is one of the largest urban development projects in Europe. To date, 70 projects have been realised as part of IBA Hamburg. In 2013, IBA Hamburg had a total of 1,733 apartments under construction or completed, 516 of which were modernizations. Added to this are over 100,000 square metres of commercial space, eight educational facilities, two senior citizens' residential homes, three daycare centres, four sports facilities, a commercial courtyard, a centre for artists and creative people, the extension of the Aßmann Canal and over 70 hectares of green space.



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    Inclusion meets ecology" housing project in Soest

    59494 Soest: 29 units, legal form: cooperative and WEG, architecture: Oliver Marxen (Soest). Completion: 2016



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    Refugee housing in Ahrensburg

    22926 Ahrensburg: A total of four two-storey refugee residential buildings in timber construction were built at three locations. The construction time was twelve weeks. Size of the houses: 240 square meters of living space for 25 people. Architects: Hörnes architectural office, Ahrensburg. Completion: 2016



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    PlusEnergyHouse exhibition Cologne-Frechen

    fertighauswelt50226 Frechen (near Cologne): 25 PlusEnergy houses can be viewed in the "Prefabricated House World" exhibition. According to the German Prefabricated Building Association (BDF), it is "one of the most modern house exhibitions in Europe". Completion: 2011



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    Model project housing plus electric car fleet

    70191 Stuttgart: in the Rosensteinviertel, the first larger housing estate (125 WEs) with electric cars in the car-sharing fleet was built as a model project. Completion: 2016



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    "Stad van de Zon", Heerhugowaard

    NL - Heerhugowaard: With 2,900 apartments on 123 ha of building land, the settlement is the largest sustainable settlement in the world. The total area with park and water areas covers 177 ha. The photovoltaic system on the roofs has a capacity of 3.75 MW. Another PV system with 1.25 MW, as well as three wind turbines on the site are the active components of the CO2-neutral energy supply. Car-free zone. Planning: Ashok Bhalotra of urban design bureau KuiperCompagnons, Rotterdam. Partner of the European Sun Cities project. Completion: 2016



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    Solar housing estate Erftstadt-Lechenich

    50374 Erftstadt: New construction, 2 developers, 53 units (32 units in detached and semi-detached houses; 21 units in multi-family houses (subsidized housing), building area: 5 ha. Completion: 2015



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    Tree house settlement, Waldbröhl

    51545 Waldbröhl: the wooden house settlement on the Panarbora site has five tree houses, which are located at a height of up to seven metres. The tree-top apartments offer overnight accommodation with 6, 4, or 2 single beds. Overnight stays can be booked through the German Youth Hostel Association. Completion: 2015



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    Röthelheimpark Erlangen

    91052 Erlangen: On a former military site of the US Army, a district close to the city centre for approx. 5,000 residents is being developed on 136 ha. In addition to areas for Business and housing, the University of Nuremberg-Erlangen was expanded on this site. A district park linked to a nature reserve completes the mix of uses from living, working, learning and leisure. Completion: 2014



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    Petrisberg Trier

    DSC_309554296 Trier: Total area approx. 70 ha, residential area: approx. 25 ha, Science Park and University of Trier mainly in the area of the former barracks: approx. 23 ha, green and open spaces: approx. 20 ha. Private investment in residential construction approx. 200 million euros and approx. 150 million euros in commercial construction. Approx. 850 residential units*, completion: 2015



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    Signal box 60 Cologne-Nippes

    50733 Cologne-Nippes: "Car-free settlement". 460 apartments for approx. 1,500 residents. The parking space ratio is 0.2 cars per residential unit. A multi-storey car park with 120 parking spaces was built on the edge of the estate for the estate's households and for around 40 visitors. Normally, approx. 400 to 500 parking spaces would have been required at this location. Completion: 2013



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    Plus-Energie-FertighausWelt Wuppertal

    42279 Wuppertal: The exhibition with 19 show houses in the "Efficiency House Plus" building standard on the 18,000 square meter site is a model project of the prefabricated construction industry for the development of energy-efficient settlements, sponsored by the BBSR. All model houses are networked with each other and have a central storage battery so that energy can be generated, stored and distributed collectively. Completion: 2013



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    Frankfurt Riedberg / Altkönigblick

    riedberg60439 Frankfurt Riedberg / AltkönigblickBuilding group Riedberg, 18 units, new construction of 9 semi-detached houses



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    Allmende Wulfsdorf

    22926 AhrensburgSite area: 6.4 ha; 15 houses with 1 - 14 flats with high ecological standard (110 flats); 40% of the built-up area used for commercial purposes. Largest residential project with living and working in Schleswig-Holstein. Completion: 2012



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    Women's housing and building cooperative

    81829 Munich-Riem: 49 apartments, common rooms as well as a commercial unit, ultra-low energy house with passive house standard, controlled living space ventilation, barrier-free planning



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    Two townhouses in timber hybrid construction

    21109 Hamburg-Wilhelmsburg: In two identical, five-storey buildings with staggered floors, 28 apartments were built on Kurt-Emmerich-Platz on sloping terrain as part of the entrance complex at Inselpark. Completion: 2013



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    "Village in the city" in Heidenheim

    VillagefinderCity_logo89518 Heidenheim: 63 units of intergenerational living in the city with high ecological standards. The first residents moved in in 2004. By the end of 2009, just over 100 people from babies to the elderly were already living in the project. The group of houses is located on the outskirts of Heidenheim, rich in forests and meadows, in the direct vicinity of a Demeter farm.



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    Wooden housing estate Ingolstadt

    1st construction phase by bogevischs buero architekten & stadtplaner gmbh. Photo: Julia Knop, Hamburg

    85049 Ingolstadt: With 116 units in timber construction out of a total of 142 units, this is one of the larger timber housing estates in Germany. It was realised in three construction phases, with 81 units by bogevischs buero architekten & stadtplaner gmbh, Munich; as well as 35 by Behnisch Architekten, Stgt. and 26 units by Brand Architekten, Ingolstadt (in mineral construction); client: St. Gundekar-Werk Wohnungs- und Städtebaugesellschaft mbH, Schwabach. Completion: 2011



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    buntStift" housing project

    44892 Bochum: Multi-generation housing project in Bochum
    Completion: 2011
    Size: 21 WE

    Innovative elements:
    - Conversion of a vacant building into a multi-generation house
    - Ecologically sustainable structural concept and barrier-free living
    - Active promotion of neighbourly coexistence



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    Arcadia Winnenden

    Photo: JEA, Tübingen71364 Winnenden: 129 residential units in multi-family houses, chain houses, terraced houses and single-family houses on a conversion site (approx. 3.4 ha) close to the city centre, a former industrial wasteland, the new ecologically sustainable quarter was created. The focal points of the concept are an economical development, a central lake also for rainwater retention, a detailed surface and green concept, as well as a Mediterranean colour concept. Completion: 2011



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    New development area Freiburg-Rieselfeld

    79111 Freiburg-Rieselfeld: Ecological district development for 10,000 people. Completion: 2010



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    Ford housing estate in Cologne

    Cologne-Niehl: Redevelopment and addition of 11 apartment blocks with rental apartments. 300 flats before refurbishment, 345 flats after refurbishment. Average 47 m² before refurbishment, approx. 55 m² after refurbishment. Architecture: ARCHPLAN Münster. Client: State development company (LEG Wohnen NRW). Completion: 2010



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    Solar housing estate at the Medienhafen

    harbour_building_night40219 Düsseldorf: Solar housing estate at the Medienhafen. 101 units, completion: 2009



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    Limnologists Växjö

    0806050240SE - Växjö: four buildings with 8 floors, 134 apartments with 37 - 114 m2, total living space: 10,700 m2, construction time for one floor: 10 days (334 sqm living space per floor), architecture: Arkitektbolaget Kronoberg, completion: 2009



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    Permaculture settlement "EVA Lanxmeer" in Culemborg

    NL - Culemborg: With 240 houses, it is the largest permaculture settlement in Europe and worldwide. It was built with the aim of living there in the most environmentally friendly and self-managed way possible. The founder Marleen Kaptein was convinced from the beginning that people should have the opportunity to shape their environment and take responsibility. Completion: 2009



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    Climate protection settlement "Am Kornweg

    hh-borstel22769 Hamburg-Klein Borstel: 60 residential units, usable floor space 2,820 m2, approx. 160 inhabitants, car-free settlement with food co-op, bicycle fleet, bicycle city and car sharing. Number of parking spaces: 0.2 cars/WE. Planning: NeuStadtArchitekten (Hamburg). Completion date: 2008



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    Multigenerational housing project Amaryllis eG

    53229 Bonn Vilich-Müldorf: 32 units, multi-generation residential project, number of parking spaces 0.5 PkWs/WE, completion: 2008



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    Cooperative housing estate Börkhauser Feld, Solingen

    Solingen Börkhauser Field42699 Solingen: Cooperative housing development with approx. 350 units and centre development with technical centre. Spar- und Bauverein Solingen eG. Completion: 2008



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    PV housing estate with 825 kWp in Gelsenkirchen-Schaffrath

    45897 Gelsenkirchen-Schaffrath: by 2018, it was the largest German solar housing estate with a peak output of 825 kWp. The 71 existing buildings with a total of 422 apartments and 27,420 m² of living space were renovated for energy efficiency. Operator: THS Wohnen GmbH (today: VIVAWEST Wohnen GmbH). Completion: 2008



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    Building area "Hirtenwiesen II" with solar local heating in Crailsheim

    74564 Crailsheim: 250 residential units and a school with sports hall (Hirtenwiesenhalle). Solar local heat supply for the base load heat of 2000 apartments with 7,410 m² collector surface, a 39,000 m³ geothermal probe heat storage, two buffer storage tanks (100 m³ + 480 m³) and a compression heat pump (80 kW). Completion: 2008



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    Housing project at Bornseck

    22926 Ahrensburg: 24 flats on 7,000 sqm plot, owners' association, KfW 40 standard, wood pellet heating and solar thermal system, ecologically safe building materials (free of asbestos, CFC, PCB and as far as possible PVC). Completion: 2007



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    Solar settlement "Am Schlierberg


    79100 Freiburg-Vauban59 UNITS. Architecture: Rolf Disch; plus energy houses with 81 to 210 m2 and variable floor plan design; cost savings during construction due to pre-assembly of building services systems and wooden elements; south-facing orientation; main façade glazing total k-value o.5; CHP for energy supply; Expo 2000 project. Completion: 2006



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    Scharnhauser Park

    05573760 Ostfildern: Former barracks site. The settlement is designed for 8,000 inhabitants and 2,000 jobs, on 140 hectares. The connecting link and landmark is the "landscape staircase", which is a good kilometre long and 30 metres wide and slopes gently down to the south. The development of energy-efficient buildings and the use of regenerative energies was financially supported with funds from the EU research project POLYCITY (funding period 2005-2010). The complete investment volume of the project with a floor area of 480,700 m² amounts to 1.5 billion euros. German Urban Development Award 2006.



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    Solar local heating Ackermannbogen

    Ackerman arch180797 Munich: to 45% solar supplied housing estate consisting of 4 large blocks of flats as well as eight smaller town houses with a total of 319 flats (30,400 m2 floor area). The residential buildings were constructed and marketed by five property development companies. The solar district was the third of four construction phases of the Munich development "Ackermannbogen" (total size: 2,200 apartments, 500 workplaces and 9.2 ha of new green areas). Completion: 2006



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    Wooden housing estate "Mühlweg" in Vienna

    AT - 1210 Vienna-Florisdorf: Europe's largest timber housing estate by 2020 was built along the Mühlweg. Three architectural firms built a total of 250 residential units on three plots of land in a four-storey timber construction. The project emerged from a developer competition on the subject of timber and mixed timber construction in subsidised housing. The construction costs of "Construction Phase C" were 1,060 € gross/m² GFA. Completion: 2006



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    Västra Hamnen (BO01) Malmö

    20080310-imgp3725SE - 211 17 Malmö: From 2001 onwards, the new district of Västra Hamnen (Westhafen) was built on an industrial wasteland of around 175 hectares, which is to be home to around 10-12,000 inhabitants. It was realized as a building exhibition with ambitious sustainability goals. A row of terraced houses was built as a "European settlement". Completion: 2005



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    Wohnsinn eG Darmstadt

    64289 Darmstadt-Kranichstein: K6 Wohnsinn eG: Passive house residential project. Completion: 2005



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    WEG "Am Rundling

    dream of life12487 Berlin-Johannisthal: 20 houses with 22 residential units (KfW 40-60) for 70 small and large people, ecological housing project. Number of parking spaces: 0.3 PkWs/WE, 100 m² solar collectors (50 kW), 23 kW photovoltaic system, 99 kW wood pellet system (with exhaust gas heat exchanger, downstream flue gas scrubber and condensate heat exchanger), 600 m³ grey water system, completion: 2007



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    Baltic Sea Beach Village Augustenhof

    holiday village23749 Grube: get to know ecological-sustainable building standards during their Baltic Sea holiday or do not have to do without them. 30 wooden buildings with green roofs, clay interior plaster, wood pellet heating, solar systems, separate toilets. Community house. Sauna.



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    Settlement model St. Leonhard

    90439 Nuremberg: The Nuremberg slaughterhouse was closed in 1995. On the 8.7 hectare site near the old town, a new urban quarter with 900 apartments, offices, community facilities and a district park was to be built. Three historical buildings were to be converted into a kindergarten, a district centre and a children's cultural centre. In the course of planning, the building density was significantly reduced. Completion: 2005(?)



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    St. Gereons-Hof Wachtberg

    stgereonshof53343 Wachtberg-Niederbachem: 11 houses with a living area between 130 and 170 sqm in timber and passive house construction. Architecture: Kay Künzel. Completion: 2004/2005



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    "50 Morgen" Hohenwettersbach

    50-morning-IlSe_0376228 Karlsruhe-Hohenwettersbach: "50 acres": 150 units. Various architects and developers, including P.I.A., Gisa and Ingo Bohning, LEG Baden-Württemberg. Energy is supplied via a local heating network, which draws electricity and heat from a combined heat and power plant (CHP). The CHP burns biogas obtained from part of Karlsruhe's biowaste. Some of the buildings were constructed as passive houses and ecological materials were used. Completion: 2004



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    Building area Smiley West

    76185 Karlsruhe-Nordstadt: 190 DWELLING UNITS. Conversion site, building groups, cube houses by the Evaplan planning group, low-energy house standard, district heating, rainwater infiltration, green roofs, in individual cases use of rainwater, protection of existing vegetation. Completion: 2004



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    Wooden passive house settlement Aalen

    aalen-air_photo_200573430 AalenPassive house settlement. A settlement with 16 passive houses initiated by committed builders in the Aalen district of Nesslau, building area 1.6 ha, urban planning concept in cooperation with the group of builders from Planungsbüro ACT Ellwangen. Year of construction: 2004



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    DEUS21

    75438 Knittlingen (near Pforzheim): 100 houses. Collection of the black water via vacuum toilets (5 - 10 times less water content per flushing process) and the shredded kitchen waste (organic waste bin not applicable), which is then converted into biogas. The waste water is treated and is available again as germ-free care water that meets the requirements of the drinking water ordinance. DEUS 21 was awarded 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.



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    Eco-settlement "Hoher Weg" in Hamm

    59075 Hamm: In the ecological building area "Hoher Weg" in Hamm-Heessen, 120 residential units were built on an area of approx. 3 ha in the 1990s. To date (as of 12/2017), it is the second largest timber housing estate in Germany and in NRW. Together with the timber housing estate "Heinrichstraße" in Hamm, it was the first major housing development in Hamm to be planned from the outset with primarily ecological aspects in mind and thus had a model function for the ecological orientation of future building areas in the Hamm urban area.



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    Solar settlement Aachen-Laurensberg

    52072 Aachen-Laurensberg: "Solarsiedlung Teichstraße", 43 residential buildings in 27 terraced and 16 semi-detached houses, as well as two office buildings in passive house standard, on 2.5 hectares of land; partly wood pellet heating, 60 % coverage via solar thermal collectors, PV system or geothermal system. Completion: 2003



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    Gartenhofsiedlung Weißenburg

    logo_muenster48143 Münster: Car-free NRW model housing estate "Gartenhofsiedlung Weißenburg", Europe-wide competition, car-reduced mobility concept with 0.2 parking spaces per dwelling, 189 dwellings on 3.8 ha site area. Completion: 2003, completion of 2nd construction phase (4 buildings with 51 flats): 2019



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    Intergenerational housing project "Hof Pries" in Kiel

    24159 Kiel-Pries: In 7 buildings around a car-free courtyard of approx. 6,500 m², a total of 27 apartments between approx. 40 and approx. 125 m² living space and a community house with a grass roof, as well as an organic food store in an existing building have been created in a space-saving architecture. Four of the buildings are new constructions, in the other two buildings old building substance was redeveloped. Completion: 2003



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    Eichenau residential area

    82223 Eichenau: 96 flats, "Wohnmodelle Bayern", low-energy standard, common heating system, roof drainage via an infiltration system. Completion: 2003



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    Passive house residential complex Tannenhof-Süd

    image00478464 Constance: Architekturbüro Wamsler, Baugruppe Tannenhof Süd GbR, passive houses with central pellet heating and community room. 8 Clienten, 1,184 m2, Completion: 2002-2003



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    Residential yards Auerberg Bonn

    Homesteads Auerberg53117 Bonn-Auerberg: 40 rental detached houses organized in two courtyards. Solid construction with facades in timber construction, ceiling above ground floor in timber construction. For ecological reasons as well as for longer durability of the roof structure, the 'warm roof' (the so-called 'unventilated roof') was extensively greened. Completion: 2003



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    Living together in the Carmel Monastery

    dsc_340553229 Bonn: Conversion of a former monastery building with 29 residential units, a community room and 2 offices. Complementary new development with 16 terraced houses and a multi-family house with 21 flats (total: 66 flats), plot: approx. 10,000 m². Completion: 2003



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    Student dormitory "Neue Burse" in Wuppertal

    The architects have created new, liveable living space from a building that was ready for demolition. Through the extension, the 629 individual residential units were adapted to a contemporary standard, in which the rooms were enlarged from 12 m² to 20 m² and equipped with their own bathroom and kitchen. In the course of the modernization, the old facade was removed. The new highly thermally insulated façade in timber construction was moved two metres outwards on its own foundations. Completion: 2003



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    Addition of storeys to multi-family houses Berlin-Lankwitz

    12249 Berlin-Lankwitz: Apartment buildings. Elevation and redensification. Baufrösche Kassel/Berlin. 148 flats existing, 84 flats with additional storeys and 61 flats with extensions. Reconstruction: 1995 to 1998. socially acceptable redevelopment, approx. 1,420 €/m² floor space; Berlin Environmental Prize 2001.



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    Harckesheyde residential park

    22844 Norderstedt: 36 terraced houses in low-energy construction, all roofs are completely greened, combined heat and power plant. Completion: ~2002



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    Group of multi-family houses Aglasterhausen

    74858 Aglasterhausen: Group of multi-family houses in timber frame construction. 3-liter house, 7 WE, year of construction: 2001/2002



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    Arcadia Asperg

    Arcadia-aspern71679 Asperg 84 units, total area 1.4 ha, Joachim Eble architecture. Strenger Real Estate. Completion: 2002



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    Niewland, Amersfoort

    NL - Amersfoort: 4500 apartments for around 15,000 residents. 1 megawatt of solar power integrated into the roofs of the new district. One of the largest sustainable urban development projects in the Netherlands. Completion date: 2002



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    Eco-settlement Koblenz-Asterstein

    56077 Koblenz-Asterstein: 19 units, eco-settlement in passive house and timber construction. Occupation: 2001



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    Thomas-Müntzer-Siedlung

    04249 Leipzig-Knauthain: 665 WE, urban planning: Joachim Eble Architektur, decentralized settlement units; solar orientation (90% of the WE are SSW or SSO oriented) and integrated into the open space concept of so-called landscape chambers; resource-saving use of building land with minimized development effort in the area of residential development; ecological land use with high nature and open space quality on the compensation areas close to the settlement.



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    Housing project "Nestwerk

    01326 Dresden-Pillnitz: 9 residential units, 40 residents. Ecological apartment buildings according to passive house standard. Architectural partnership Reiter and Rentzsch, Dresden. Occupation: 2001



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    Garden City Bornstedter Feld

    14467 Potsdam: 19 terraced houses on the edge of the BUGA site, completion: 2001. Ecological board stack solid timber house, life cycle assessment study. Architect's office Brenne-Eble, Berlin. Client: GSW, Berlin



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    Solar settlement Gelsenkirchen

    45879 Gelsenkirchen-Biskmarck: 71 units, 1st solar housing estate in the Ruhr area and in the development programme "50 solar housing estates NRW", completion: 2001



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    Hemp house settlement in Stutensee

    hanfhaussiedlung_0176297 Stutensee-Blankenloch: 13 units, first hemp house settlement in Germany, carpentry Hock-Heil. Completion: 2001



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    "Living on the Steinweg"

    761_3_Stutens76297 Stutensee: Ecological housing estate, architect: Karl-Heinz Mayer. 101 dwelling units, completion: 1996-2000



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    Caroline-Herschel-Straße Wogeno München eG

    81829 Munich, Messestadt Riem: 28 apartments, including 6 maisonettes, in 2 houses, low-energy construction. Completion 2001



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    Exhibition grounds Oederan

    09111 Oederan Chemnitz: 622 RESIDENTIAL UNITS. Model project for the Chemnitz technology and business park solaris, as well as the Stadtbau- und Wohnungsverwaltungsgesellschaft. 17 blocks of flats were renovated, 7 of them were equipped with 100 sqm collector surface each. Year of construction: 2000



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    Solar residential complex "Helios

    18055 Rostock: 108 apartments in 11 buildings. Apartment sizes between 44 and 93 m². Location: Brinckmanshöhe residential park. Completion: 2000



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    Ecological settlement Huckstorf

    18059_huckstorf18059 Huckstorf: Healthy living, ecological building materials, green roofs. Architect: Gerd Vogt, Rostock. Environmental Award of the State Parliament 1999/2000



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    NRW Solar Settlement "Steinfurt-Borghorst

    0348565 Steinfurt-Borghorst: 42 units, project with solar local heating and seasonal storage (1st project of "50 Solar Housing Estates NRW"). Completion: 2000



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    Wooden housing estate "Kleiner Hirschberg

    b666539 Neunkirchen-Kohlhof: 16 terraced houses with 140 m² each, four identical apartments in four two-storey terraced houses each, construction period: 1991 - 2000



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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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    Solar settlement Bramfeld

    16brf53722175 Hamburg-Bramfeld: 130 WE, one of the larger solar local heating projects with a 4,000 m3-water storage tank. Completion: 2000



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    ExpoSiedlung Flintenbreite

    0523554 Lübeck: Sewage-free model settlement; expoproject, 111 dwelling units. Completion 1st BA: 2000; 5th and last BA: 2015



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    New Ways" housing project

    Photo: Johann Hartl, 3/2017

    86150 Augsburg: Hausgemeinschaft Neue Wege, 38 flats. The Augsburg model project takes into account different life situations and ages and is able to vary apartments according to changed needs. Occupancy: 2000



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    Expo settlement "Sonnenfeld

    89073 Ulm: Passive house development with various developers and architects, including Joachim Eble, LEG, Siedlungswerk Stuttgart, 110 units, row and double passive house types with primary energy values between 60 and 110 kWh (per sqm and year). Completion: 2000



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    Solar City Wiggenhausen

    3 Collector view88045 Friedrichshafen: 570 apartments, 40,000 sqm living space, 4.2 million euros for solar technology = 5,500 euros additional investment per apartment = 83 euros/sqm living space, research project of ITW, Stuttgart, solar coverage ratio is of 50 % (heating and hot water), 4,056 sqm solar collectors, 12,000 cubic meters storage (33 m diameter, 20 m high)



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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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    Addition to Nordstadt Karlsruhe

    Photo: Bernhard Mangold-Merkel. Oct. 2016

    76149 Karlsruhe: Conversion of the former U.S. housing estate. 526 units of the total of 1,651 units of this existing housing estate were built as storeys in timber frame construction in the low-energy standard. The additional storeys in timber construction alone are the largest coherent timber housing estate in Europe in the last 40 years. Completion: 2000



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    Ecological housing estate in Amersfoort Nieuwland

    NL - Amersfoort: 90 residential units as semi-detached and terraced houses. System construction with prefabricated elements. Use of ecological materials at low cost. Planning: Joachim Eble Architektur, Tübingen, project developer: Baufonds Woningbouw. Completion: 2000



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    Matzinger residential farm Dresden-Coschütz

    01_dresden01189 Dresden-Coschütz: 18 dwelling units, completion. 1999, residential courtyard according to Fritz Matzinger: especially in Austria there are a number of housing estates that were realized according to the Matzinger residential courtyard concept (see also "Offenau residential courtyards"). Wooden panel construction, a lot of own work, inexpensive.



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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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    Heinrich Böll Estate

    heinrich-boell-siedlung-0613156 Berlin-Pankow: Consortium Winfried Brenne Architekten / Joachim Eble Architektur, 226 units, largest roof-integrated solar power system on residential buildings in Europe; research study on the costs of ecological building materials (comparison with Berlin reference house). Reference: 1999



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    Community housing estate "Alte Gärtnerei" in Kiel

    24113 Kiel: Follow-up project of the "Moorwiesensiedlung". Residential project with 17 building parties in 7 houses in low-energy standard and in consideration of ecological building principles. Occupation: 1999



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    Quadro house development in Mölln

    23881 MöllnIn the Doktorhof area of Mölln, 26 low-energy houses in timber frame construction with plots of approx. 230 - 410 sqm have been built on a construction area of approx. 8,000 sqm. The aim was to save costs and space with the help of the "Quadro-Haus" concept. The housing estate was built with the support of the state subsidy programme "resource-saving building". Completion: ~1999



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    Group self-help settlement Pennmoor

    23500 Lübeck-Moisling: New construction of 75 apartments as DHH (30x) and RHH (5x) in timber construction. A special feature was a high share of own work, which was credited instead of equity. Some of the houses were built as so-called "butterfly houses". The construction costs were less than 1000 Euro per sqm living space. Completion: 1999



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    Ecological multigenerational living

    Munich Pheasantry80995 Munich: 2 semi-detached houses and 1 triple



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    Settlement Ochsenanger

    ochsenanger200196049 Bamberg: Densified, car-free wooden housing estate, 28 semi-detached and triplex houses of various sizes, completion: 2000



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    Genova eG

    genova-DSCN015979100 Freiburg-Vauban (project no. 4): 37 units, new building on former barracks site, compact construction, solar energy systems, low-energy standard, combined heat and power plant, completion: 1999



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    MIKA eG

    76149 Karlsruhe-Nordstadt: MIKA stands for "Tenants Initiative Karlsruhe", barracks conversion with a lot of own work. 86 flats, completion: 1999



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    Housing estate Ökozentrum Rommelmühle

    a4774321 Bietigheim-BissingenHousing estate near the Rommelmühle eco-centre. Planning by Joachim Eble Architecture. On the area next to the Rommelmühle 17 apartments of different sizes were built in 10 buildings. The buildings are characterised by the use of healthy building materials and a minimised heating energy requirement. Completion: 1999



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    Biosolar housing estate Amorbach

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



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    Clay housing estate Schöneiche

    15566 Schöneiche: Clay housing estate, 13 flats. Completion: 1998



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    SOS Village Community Grimmen

    18507 Grimmen-Hohenwieden: Living, working and spending leisure time together - this is the concept of the SOS Village Community Grimmen-Hohenwieden. In four house communities with a total of 32 places, in the external training living with 25 places in eight apartments, in the outpatient assisted living as well as in the nine working areas of the workshop for disabled people (WfbM), people with learning and thinking impairments are welcome and are accompanied and supported.



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    Group housing project "Am Horn 13

    Am-Horn-1399425 Weimar: Architect: Torsten Brecht, Weimar. 13 apartments, partly maisonettes, 55 m² - 135 m² living space in 1 old building + 3 new buildings. Completion: 1998



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    Heinrichstrasse" residential park in Hamm

    59077 Hamm: In the immediate vicinity of a central service area in the Pelkum district of Hammer, around 130 residential units have been built in ecological and at the same time cost-effective timber construction. To date (as of 12/2017), it is the largest timber housing estate in Germany. Completion: 1998



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    Ecological settlement "Dröscheder Feld

    ref_residential_pic158638 Iserlohn: Street: Oestricher Str. 39 to 57. Organisation and structuring of the project: Verein Wohnhof Iserlohn e.V., architecture: energy and environmentally friendly building, Leo Schwering. Approx. 55 persons in 17 flats and 2 offices as terraced, semi-detached and detached houses, grass roof, timber frame construction, parking space-free development (central parking spaces in front), innovative financing concept, legal form "association". 3rd prize at the timber construction award 2000 of the Märkischer Kreis.



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    Küppersbusch residential park

    45879 Gelsenkirchen: 246 WE, architects: Szyszkowitz-Kowalski (Graz), collection and use of rainwater, resource-saving choice of materials and construction, completion: 1998



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    Simple and do it yourself

    44532_luenen_iba44532 Lünen-Brambauer: a project of the IBA Emscher Park, architect: Peter Hübner, 30 dwelling units, occupation 1998



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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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    Bodelschwinghweg residential complex

    Bodelschwighweg-0964297 Darmstadt-Eberstadt: 9 units, Ökumenische Wohnhilfe Darmstadt, planning: pfeifer. kuhn. architekten (Freiburg), completion: 1998



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    Ecological settlement Osterloh

    25524 Itzehoe: The "car-free" settlement consists of 18 flats (12 DHH, 2 RH with 3 flats each), which is organized as a condominium owners' association. Approx. 1/3 of the total area is used as common property: Paths, Thingplatz, biotope and meadow etc.; Planning office: Christine Appel, Itzehoe. Completion: 1998



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    Housing estate Blessensahl Lübeck

    23569 LübeckResidential complex Blessensahl. Architect: Günter zur Nieden, Lübeck, Completion: 1998



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    Pilot Project Ecological Housing Lübeck-Blessensahl

    23569 Lübeck-Kücknitz: 36 social housing units in 3 buildings in low-energy and timber construction with a total living space of 2,213 m². Pilot project as part of the "Resource-saving construction" programme funded by the state of Schleswig-Holstein. The main premise in the implementation of this pilot project was the synthesis of healthy living, energy and cost-saving construction with child and family-friendly floor plans. Completion: 1998



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    Settlement with "Domespace" houses

    mannheim_domespace68199 Mannheim: Small housing estate with three Domespace houses. Completion: approx. 1998



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    Garden courtyard houses "Olbrichtstraße" Weimar

    IMG_261299425 Weimar: Garden courtyard houses Lessingstraße / Ratstannenweg. Planning: Prof. Walter Stamm-Teske, Schettler & Wittenberg, Weimar. Client: Wohngenossenschaft Weimar eG., Construction period: 1996-1997



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    Ecological settlement Bielefeld-Waldquelle

    Cooperative building33649 Bielefeld-Quelle: 96 units, architect: Hans-Friedrich Bültmann, special features: all buildings are equipped with composting toilets and the highest composting toilet in Europe is located on the 5th floor. Further water measures: rainwater infiltration, own drinking water source; a reed sewage treatment plant was planned but could not be realised. Energy: BHKW, local heating network, internal cable TV, telephone distribution. Social: KiTa, craftsmen's yard, cooperative project. Economy: Development as a large plot, low-cost construction with partly much own work. Construction time: 1997



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    Car-free settlement Saarlandstraße

    22303 Hamburg-Barmbek: 170 units, one of the largest car-free housing estates in Germany, parking space key 0.15 PkWs/WE. Completion: 1997



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    Braamwisch eG

    braamwish-th22175 Hamburg-Bramfeld: Braamwisch eG, 42 dwelling units, occupancy: 1997



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    Farmsen trotting course

    Farmsen_18far52522159 Hamburg-Farmsen: former harness racing track, water concept; example of how much ecology urban planning can demand; individual entrances in multi-storey residential buildings



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    Ecological settlement "Baareneichkoppel

    23617 Stockelsdorf: 24 apartments in 13 terraced houses, two semi-detached houses, 1 x detached house (and ... ?). Timber frame construction with solid infill (brick) in the south facade and highly insulated infill (cellulose) in the north facades. Conservatories, combined heat and power unit, rainwater harvesting, PVC-free construction, healthy living materials and paints. Architectural partnership Rolf Zeschke (Bad Schwartau) & Uwe Witaszek. Completion: ~1997



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    Living in wooden construction

    82140 Olching: Project of the Bavarian model project "Living in timber construction", two-storey complex with 27 apartments. Compact construction, which - despite the relatively dense arrangement of the buildings to each other - allows well usable private garden areas for the residents. Completion: 1997(?)



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    Solar City Neckarsulm-Amorbach

    74172 Neckarsulm-Amorbach: the largest solar local heating project to date with a 150,000 m3 -The storage capacity was 65,000 m³ in 1997 and 115,000 m³ in 2001. The entire new development area with a total of 4,000 residential units has been realised in low-energy construction and is supplied via various local heating islands and CHP units. 2004: a biomass heating plant was put into operation. A housing estate with 1,300 units and a school are supplied by a solar system with seasonal storage.



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    Hill meadow country and thermal spa in Bad Blumau

    © Photo: Thomas Meier, radundfuss.netAT - 8283 Bad Blumau: the buildings are partly realised with recycled building materials, the whole resort is supplied with emission-free electricity and heat, which is generated in a geothermal plant. The resort was designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Completion: 1997



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    Garden city "Seseke Aue

    kamen_sesekeaue_garden_town59192 Kamen: Joachim Eble architecture; 1995/96, 280 dwelling units, water design Ramboll Studio Dreiseitl. a project of the IBA Emscher Park



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    Realisation competition "The Healthy House" of the city of Hamm

    59075 Hamm: The realisation competition for "The Healthy House" in the city of Hamm was won by a North Rhine-Westphalian-Danish architects' association. For the realization of the winning design, the city of Hamm provided an approx. 9,500 m2 plot of land on Hohenhöveler Straße in Bockum-Hövel.



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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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    Eco-settlement Allermöhe

    0121035 Hamburg-Allermöhe: 36 completed units in semi-detached and terraced houses, one of the older ecological housing estates in Germany; largely built from 1985-96, the last house was built in 2003. Compost toilets, reed sewage treatment plant, biological building materials. "Interessengemeinschaft Ökologisches Bauen Allermöhe", planning/construction management: J. Lupp architect; Vollbracht und Bäumer architects; T. Keidel, M. Uhlenhaut, Hamburg; Cordes, Rotenburg/ Wümme. Awards Timber Construction Prize Northern Germany 1988.



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    Building area Itzauen

    itzauenIn-Entstehung_gr100px_200dpi96269 Municipality of Großheirath: 21 realised residential units, 20 further undeveloped plots still available for sale, eco-building price 1997



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    Bioenergy Village Wolpertshausen

    aerial view74549 Wolpertshausen: Bioenergy village with eco-settlement. 1,800 P.E. Approx 50% renewable energy. „Ecological residential area Wolpertshausen"is completely supplied by local heating or by a biogas community plant (commissioning: 1996).



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    Aussiedlerdorf

    dscf9070a72070 Tübingen: Architecture: Peter Hübner (plus+, Neckartenzlingen), "cube settlement" with village character, "village square" as centre; each apartment with own entrance



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    Low-energy house residential complex "Am Dorf

    am-village69115 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



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    Blue Living Yard in Wiesbaden

    wiesbaden-councillors55252 Wiesbaden: 11 apartments in 8 residential buildings. Mixed construction. Completion: 1996



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    Ecological residential park Zeulenroda

    Photo: Reimund Stewen, Cologne

    07937 Zeulenroda - Stadtbachring: Architecture: Reimund Stewen, Cologne; 87 units, low-growth house, building biology, timber frame construction



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    Solar housing estate "Auf dem Kruge" Bremen

    28239 Bremen: the solar power plant with 206 kWpeak was one of the largest PV plants integrated into the roofs of the 152 residential buildings in Europe when it was commissioned. Completion: 1995



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    Clay housing estate Bous

    bb966356 Bous (near Saarbrücken): 14 WE



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    Ecological settlement "Red Sand

    25704 Meldorf, district of Dithmarschen: Ecological settlement "Roter Sand". In 3 years an ecological settlement with 21 WEs in single-family houses, semi-detached houses and a 4-family house was built, which is characterized by its diverse exterior design and its multi-layered social structure. Completion: 1995(?)



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    Housing estate Am Kalander

    84478 Waldkraiburg: A housing estate with 62 apartments, 2 shops, 2 offices and an underground car park with 54 parking spaces, in the concept of a garden city. Completion: 1994/95



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    COOP Leutkirch

    88212_Leutkirch88299 Leutkirch: Architecture: Lichtblick-COOP Arnold Dransfeld, 6 individual houses, thermal insulation made of Kali water glass compressed wood chips, wood chip individual stoves, solar collectors, prefabricated wooden panel construction, 950 Euro/sqm living space (incl. land) Occupation: 1995



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    Apartment house group Kirchintellinsfurth

    721_Church lintels72138 Kirchintellinsfurth: Architecture: Tree house - Architectural office for ecological building, living environment planning, research



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    Group of houses "Olbeschhof" Trier

    54290 Trier: HousesDSC_2938group "Olbeschhof". Ten plots. Planning: Architects Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Freising and Dipl.-Ing. Ursula Freising, Trier. Project sponsor: Building owner group Gesellschaft für naturnahes Bauen und Leben. Completion: 1994



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    Clay housing estate Saarbrücken

    Clay housing estate Saarbrücken66115 Saarbrücken: Architect: W. Göggelmann (Saarbrücken), 14 dwelling units, community house, social project, 800- 1000 hours of own work, 1.250 Euro/sqm, bright yellow natural paint on clay plaster, straw clay walls. Construction time: 1988 - 1994



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    Low-energy house development "Stangenmoor

    23774 Heiligenhafen:the 6 low-energy houses are around 50% below the average value of subsidised low-energy houses in Schleswig-Holstein at the time in terms of heating energy consumption values. The construction costs were between 875 and 1,600 euros per m² of living space. Completion: 1994



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    Ecological building area "An den Röthen

    Altershausen An den Roethen97486 Altershausen: Architecture: Valier (Bamberg), 22 WE



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    Munzingen solar garden

    791_5_Munz79112 Freiburg-Munzingen: Solar garden, 8 units. Rolf Disch (Freiburg), Year of construction: 1993-1994



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    Hundertwasser housing estate "Living under the rain tower

    hunterwasser-plochingen73207 Plochingen: residential complex designed according to Hundertwasser, green roof, water features, residential courtyard, many tourists. 62 apartments, 16 commercial units, 2,300 sqm area for a shopping market. 1.5 hectares of land. Construction time: 1991-1994



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    Wooden housing estate "Permoserstrasse" in Ingolstadt

    85057 Ingolstadt: 132 WE + 2 community houses as prefabricated 3-storey timber frame construction. 795 €/m2 (<=> 1,590.70 DM/sqm WF; 159,714.29 DM/WE). Developed within the framework of the "Siedlungsmodelle Bayern". It is the first "real" timber housing estate with over 100 residential units, at least in Europe. Architecture: Project consortium Sampo Widmann with Prof. Hermann Schröder. Developer: Gemeinnützige Wohnungsgesellschaft Ingolstadt. Completion: 1994



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    Women planning and building for women

    59192 Bergkamen: 27 WE, "Women planning and building for women" Ebertstr. A project of the IBA Emscher Park



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    Residential yard Maintal-Hochstadt

    Streets_View63477 Maintal-Hochstadt: 29 WEs, architecture: Baufrösche (Kassel). Completion: 1993



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    Eco-settlement "Frasenweg

    frasenweg-0134128 Kassel: Ecological settlement "Frasenweg", Hegger, Hegger-Luhnen, Prof. Gernot Minke, Kassel, 36 dwelling units, GFZ 0.7, loam and timber frame construction, consistent use of recyclable and energy-saving building materials, green roofs, mound houses, rainwater harvesting, conservatories



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    Berlin "Weinmeisterhornweg

    Solar house10963 Berlin-Spandau: 60 WE, solar air wall collector, size: 60 WE, completion: 1993



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    Biosolar residential complex Ravensburg-Eichwiesen

    e388212 Ravensburg: Building biology terraced housing estate, 29 units, completion: 1993, architecture: Joachim Eble, client: Siedlungswerk Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft für Wohnungs- und Städtebau, Stuttgart. Solar-assisted local heating supply and first collective collector system (115 m² as a pilot project in Baden-Württemberg) generate 50 % of hot water with 5 m³ short-term heat storage. Price reduction of 50% compared to individual systems on each house.



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    S.U.S.I.

    79100 Freiburg-Vauban (Project No. 1): 285 adults, children and young people in 45 flats which are mainly divided into shared flats. Former barracks buildings converted with a lot of own work, modelled on the Cherysee barracks in Constance; creation of low-cost living space; biodiesel CHP local heat supply, clay interior plastering, cellulose insulation etc., partly very large shared flats; food coop, first occupancy after renovation with ecological building materials: 1993.



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    Grass roof row houses Köndringen

    79_1_Koendr79331 Köndringen: Eco-row houses, architect's office Horbach, (Freiburg), roof greening as noise protection, working and living, good connection to railway. 8 units



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    Solar houses "Auf der Staig

    solar houses_donaueschingen78166 Donaueschingen: Eco-settlement "Auf der Staig", architecture: Lutzuweit (Donaueschingen), solar architecture with winter garden, transparent thermal insulation, 8 units, completion: 1993



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    Earth mound houses "Auf der Staig

    donaueschingen_earth hill houses78166 Donaueschingen: ArchiNova, Bönnigheim 9 units, completion: 1993



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    Wooden houses "Auf der Staig

    HoWo_0378166 Donaueschingen: Wooden houses: U. Weber (Tuttlingen) 5 terraced houses. Completion: 1993



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    Solar housing estate in Köngen

    7_koengen73257 Köngen: Solar-supported local heating concept (hot water preparation by means of large collectors), low-energy construction. 72 WE



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    Ecological settlement Geroldsäcker

    Village square_176137 Karlsruhe: 40 dwelling units, planning: P.I.A. Löffler & Schneider, differentiated urban concept, workhouse, community house, food co-op, fairground, car-free settlement area, playground, 1,250 Euro/m² solar architecture, occupation: 1993



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    IGA building exhibition Stuttgart

    iga-stuttgart_270191 Stuttgart: Building exhibition "Wohnen 2000" for the IGA Federal Garden Show 1994, 100 units, Syszkowic & Kowalski, HSS, LogID, Mecanoo, Tegnestue Vandkunsten and other architects, completion: 1993



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    Matzinger residential estate in Berlin-Neukölln

    12351 Berlin-Neukölln: Atrium-Living courts les Palétuviers, 21 WE, Arch. Fritz Matzinger, project address: Ibisweg 19. From originally 600 interested parties, two atrium houses were built for a housing cooperative for 21 people. Construction period: 1990 to 1992



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    Model project "Berliner Strasse 88

    14169 Berlin-Zehlendorf: "Social multi-storey housing": 171 WEs, rainwater concept, low-energy construction (1982!), low-temperature heating via return flow of the district heating network, completion: 1992



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    Moor meadow settlement Kiel-Hassee

    24113 Kiel-Hassee: Werkgemeinschaft für Architektur und Städtebau (Heidrun Buhse, H.Schulze, a.o.), 21 dwelling units, reed sewage treatment plant, compost toilets, BHKW with local heating network, planning by architects, cooperative, participation, community house, kindergarten, architectural office, organic building form. Completion: 1992



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    Ecological settlement "Clever Brise

    23611 Bad Schwartau: sSeven terraced houses in timber frame construction with communal house and an office unit.Ecological and building biology materials, rainwater utilisation and combined heat and power plant. Completion: 1992



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    Ecological building area Unterneuses

    underneuses-296250 Unterneuses, municipality of Ebensfeld (district of Lichtenfels): 9 dwelling units, planning in consideration of the goals of Agenda 21. Raab Baugesellschaft mbH & Co KG



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    Student dormitory in timber construction

    78404 Constance: Architecture: Schaudt. 102 student rooms and common rooms in 17 semi-detached houses (approx. 42 units). Timber construction: post and beam construction. Client: Constance Student Union. Completion: 1992



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    Low-energy house district Darmstadt-Kranichstein

    64289 Darmstadt-Kranichstein: Low-energy house district with partly more extensive ecological measures; various architects including Thomas Herzog. Completion: 1991



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    Biosolar residential complex Zuffenhausen

    70_Zuff70435 Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen: Biosolar residential complex "Am Stadtpark", 73 units, organic residential courtyard concept; Joachim Eble Architektur, completion: 1991



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    "On the Stones"

    on-the-stone53474 Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler: Architekturwerkstatt Schmidt, Ökol. Building materials, water concept, own work, 9 dwelling units, construction period: 1986 - 90



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    Building Biology Settlement Friebertshausen

    fribertsh35075 Gladenbach-Friebertshausen: 19 houses, about 29 adults and 34 children. Approx. 18.000 m2 Property. Additional 22.000 m2 leased (playgrounds, orchards, ponds), construction period: 1987-90



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    Cologne-Blumenberg eco-settlement

    cologne250827 Cologne-Blumenberg: Architect: Reimund Stewen, with passive solar use, natural building techniques (timber frame construction with 20% clay and 80% electricity infill), economical use of land, social diversity and cost savings through communal building, use of ecological building services, waste collection, recycling, installation of private gardens. Completion: 1989



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    Eco-settlement Düsseldorf-Unterbach

    40627 Düsseldorf-Unterbach: Eco-settlement, architects: Bookhoff und Rentrop (Hannover), 30 flats, community house, community workshops, WW solar system, supply shaft accessible under the house rows, much own work, 750 Euro/m² living space + community facilities, occupation: 1988



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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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    Passau-Neustift

    94036 Passau: Apartment house 27 flats, car-free settlement, occupation 1988



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    Bessunger Street Darmstadt

    040414_acrh_darmstadt_0078 kramm64295 Darmstadt: 108 units, GFZ 0.36. Prof. Rüdiger Kramm and Axel Striegel, Darmstadt; low-energy construction - shared workshops, playhouse with self-organized childcare, barrier-free apartments on the ground floor, tenant gardens, individual apartment entrances. Completion: 1988



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    Self-help project "Arminiusstrasse

    the-ii-view-street-163128 Dietzenbach-Steinberg: "Arminiusstrasse" Architecture: Baufrösche (Kassel), terraced houses in self-help with a high proportion of own work; experimental housing construction, 1984-88; 35 units



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    Ecological settlement Cherbonhof

    Cherbonhof aerial view96047 Bamberg: 49, sqm, occupancy 1988, planning: architect Theodor Henzler



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    Row houses "Green Solar Architecture

    72_LogID72121Tübingen: Architecture: LogID (Dieter Schempp). The conservatories are a central element of the four terraced houses, as well as the "green solar architecture". The window panes have a k-value of 1.4. The heated air from the conservatories can enter the living spaces via folding elements or via temperature-controlled fans. The houses are also supplied with district heating. Completion: 1988



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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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    Old wind art

    352134 Herzogenrath-Kohlscheid: Architecture: Birgit Siebenmorgen, one of the first "eco" housing estates in Germany, on average 150 m² living space, grass roofs, timber frame construction, sand-lime brick firewalls as bulkheads



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    Residential development "Tränkematte

    79098 Freiburg: "Lindenmatte/ Tränkematte" residential development, 15 units. Freiburg's first building group. Occupation: 1986. Plot in leasehold. Architect: Rainer Probst.



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    Matzinger residential homes Offenau

    74254_Offenau74254 Offenau: Residential courtyards according to the concept of Fritz Matzinger Austria; 2 x 8 dwelling units around two residential courtyards (31 adults/ 30 children), 200 m² residential courtyard with completely opening roof, common rooms: play corner, playground, common winter garden, bicycle storage rooms, visitors' room, sauna, common workshop; naturopathic doctor's practice; architect's office; accounting service; occupation: 1986. Karl Kübel Prize 1996



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    House-Heyden-Hof

    eco_settlement_house_heydenhof52134 Herzogenrath-Kohlscheid: at the same time as the building biology settlement "Sheep's Broth" in Tübingen, these two settlements are considered the first ecological settlements in Germany. Haus Heydenhof" is located in the direct vicinity of the "Old wind art„. Completion: 1985



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    Settlement "Lindenwäldle

    79098 Freiburg: 18 WE. Rolf Disch/G. Kamps, "social housing", completion: 1985



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    Building Biology Settlement "Schafbrühl

    372074 Tübingen: with 111 apartments, it is the first large ecological settlement in Germany, GFZ 0.9, open space design according to H. Kügelhaus, building biology, wooden ceilings, natural food shop, naturopathy practice, social housing, planning team: Eble, Sambeth, Oed, Häfele, the first large ecological settlement in Europe. Since 2018, the pioneer settlement is a listed building. Completion: 1985



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    Biosolar terraced house group "Ziegelgrund

    72_2_seriesh72076 Tübingen: Architecture: Eble + Sambeth (Tübingen)



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    Cubist tree houses in Rotterdam

    NL - Rotterdam: the cube or tree house housing estate with 38 apartments was designed by architect Piet Blom and has become an architectural classic. The floor area without trunk is approximately 100 m², a cube has an edge length of 7.5 meters. The outer walls of the apartments were built using a wooden skeleton construction made of pine wood, the supporting structure and the floor slabs are made of in-situ concrete. Completion: 1984



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    Student dormitory as mound houses

    1170599 Stuttgart-Hohenheim: Planning: H. Schmitges, N. Kaiser, G. Minke, 3-4 storeys, 158 flatshare rooms in 6 houses, ventilation heat recovery, wall radiation heating, occupation: 1983



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    Student dormitory "Bauhäusle

    Photo: H. Wolpensinger70569 Stuttgart-Vaihingen: Student dormitory planned and built by the students themselves. Prof. Peter Hübner and Prof. Peter Sulzer, Completion: 1983



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    Documenta Urbana, Kassel-Dönche

    134134 Kassel: 137 units; various architects including Baufrrösche, Roland Rainer, Otto Steidle. Construction: 1980- 82. There has only been one building exhibition "documenta urbana", which was created in the context of the "documenta 7" in 1982.



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    Residential yard "Brickyard

    79249 Merzhausen: 20 units, architecture: Rolf Disch. Flexible, "organic" floor plans, social concept, family-friendly residential courtyard typologies, cost-effective, completion: 1980.



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    Garden City Dresden Hellerau

    01109 Dresden: Hellerau is considered one of the early testimonies of modernism. With a spirit of experimentation, it bundled the various life-reform currents of the spirit of optimism of the early 20th century. Hellerau is considered the "nursery" of the Werkbund and a manifestation of its ideas. Completion: 1955



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    Factory and model house settlement in Niesky

    02906 Niesky: In the small Saxon town of Niesky, 20 minutes by train from Görlitz, the then largest European timber construction company "Christoph & Unmack AG" (C&U) built four factory and model settlements in timber construction with a total of 317 apartments in 114 houses. Of these, approx. 100 model houses with more than 250 apartments are still well preserved as housing estates today, most of which are in their original condition and most of which are listed buildings. They were built between 1918 and 1940.



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    Horseshoe settlement

    12359 Berlin-Britz: The Hufeisensiedlung is part of the large housing estate Britz with a total of 1963 apartments for about 5000 residents was built as one of the first social housing estates in Berlin. The architecture of the strongly green settlement proved to be trend-setting. The architects involved in the planning were Bruno Taut, the city building councilor Martin Wagner and the garden architect Leberecht Migge. As a complete ensemble, the estate has been a listed building since 1986. Since 2008 it has been a Unesco World Heritage Site and since 2010 it has also been registered as a garden monument. Completion: 1933



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    Garden City Falkenberg

    12524 Berlin: Bruno Taut's "Tuschkastensiedlung". 128 apartments in 48 storey apartments in six apartment buildings and 80 single-family houses in rows or as semi-detached houses with 1 to 5 rooms; gross floor area: 14,051 m². Restoration / renovation / extension: 1992 to 2002; since 2001 extension and since 2011 new construction of multi-family houses and terraced houses. Construction: 1913 to 1916



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    Eden Orchard Settlement

    Eden logo16515 Oranienburg: The Edensiedlung was founded in 1893 as "Vegetarische Obstbaukolonie Eden e.G.m.b.H.". The 18 founding members aspired to "a cooperative settlement on a soil-reform basis, exclusively for vegetarians". In 1901, the statutes were amended and since then anyone who "adopts a healthy lifestyle" can become a member of the cooperative. The Eden Garden Settlement developed a multi-layered horticulture. There is to this day a policy "Ecological horticulture" and specifications for the "Ecological building and settlement".. Completion: 1914



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    Fuggerei in Augsburg

    86152 Augsburg: For 500 years, the residents of Augsburg's Fuggerei have been paying as much cold rent as their previous tenants: 88 cents, which is equivalent to one guilder. In addition, they pay about 85 euros per month for utilities such as electricity, water and heating. The Fuggerei is considered the oldest social housing estate in the world. Completion: 1521



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    Model settlement for ecological construction

    53_Bonn_Tannenbusch_jpg53119 Bonn-Tannenbusch: Model settlement for ecological building and regenerative energies; planning: Joachim Eble Architektur, developer: ArchyNova, 90 units, cost-effective. The planning was not realized.



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    Model project car-free living Bremen-Hollerland

    28357 Bremen-Hollerland: 200 WE (not realised); model photos, well analysed study on the failure of the project. The most important reasons: "too sterile architecture; too expensive although low-cost construction was promised; too far outside the city; that the light rail was not led into the new district; overall poor construction activity; large employer in Bremen went bankrupt. The Hollerland project, however, caused a lot of media hype and is considered a model for many other projects that have been realized in the meantime, such as "Bremen-Grünenstrasse", however, not on the outskirts but in the city center.



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    Design study "Car-free solar settlement Nancystrasse

    76187 Karlsruhe-Nordweststadt: the design was planned for an undeveloped plot of land as a student research project at the University of Karlsruhe in cooperation with the association ASKA e.V., but was not realized. Concept: 140 units, photovoltaic and biomass CHP, business and office facilities, community facilities, gastronomy, car sharing tower, reed sewage treatment plant, board stack wood construction, hemp, flax or cellulose insulation, social settlement concept, integrated living. Completion: not realized



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    Mannheim-Wallstadt-North

    68259 Mannheim-Wallstadt-North: 26 hectares, 850 residential units. The primary goal was to create a settlement area that fulfils the elementary human desire for a stylish, natural living culture. This goal is achieved through an environmental concept that includes, for example, green spaces, wetland biotopes and ponds.



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