March 2022

Paper: Researchers investigate yield development 

Over the past 150 years, real estate in large cities has yielded lower returns than real estate in smaller cities. This is according to "ECONtribute Discussion Paper No. 31", published by a team led by economist Prof. Dr. Moritz Schularick, member of the Cluster of Excellence "ECONtribute: Markets & Public Policy" at the University of Bonn. The team not only examined...

Construction industry: Euroconstruct expects construction volume to rise 

According to calculations by the Euroconstruct research group, of which the ifo Institute is a member, the European construction industry has overcome the coronavirus slump. Euroconstruct assumes that the construction volume will grow by 3.6% this year. According to Euroconstruct, the construction volume had already grown by 5.6% in 2021, but fell by 4.7% in 2020. With an increase of 7.1 percent...

Model project: GDR prefabricated building undergoes energy-efficient refurbishment 

Together with the Thuringian Housing Association (VWT), planners have developed a concept for the energy-efficient refurbishment of mass-produced residential buildings from the 1980s. This is being tested in a prefabricated GDR building owned by the Stadtroda housing association in Stadtroda, a small town in Thuringia. Among other things, the GDR panel building is to receive a new type of heat exchanger by 2023....

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