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How can renewable energies be integrated both into conventional heating networks with high temperatures and into innovative cooling networks? And how can entire settlements or city districts be made more climate-friendly with the use of heating networks? The Agency for Renewable Energies (AEE) provides the answers to these questions in its animation "Municipal Heat Networks". It looks at...

If a property is getting on in years, the owners may not wait so long with modernization or renovation measures until it can no longer be entered. This is the result of a ruling by the Federal Court of Justice (BGH). It states that the "apartment owners are obligated to arrange for the elimination of serious structural defects of the common property, which would make it impossible to...

It is often a particular challenge to furnish small apartments. Therefore, the portal zimmerschau.de provides "5 furnishing tips to save space". The tips concern the general furnishing of the living room, the color selection, the furniture selection, the look and the light. In terms of furnishings, the portal advises to choose minimalist solutions. Instead of a sofa and...

According to the "UBS Global Real Estate Bubble Index 2021" study, Frankfurt am Main is one of the cities with the highest real estate bubble risk, along with Toronto and Hong Kong. One of the reasons cited for this is the inflation-adjusted growth in residential property prices. From mid-2020 to mid-2021, this had increased by an average of six percent in the aforementioned cities and other...

The portal "hausbauhelden.de" provides an article about the energy efficiency classes for buildings. This shows that the energy certificate is a component of the building energy law (GEG) introduced in 2021 and provides information about the climate impact of the building. On the energy document of identification thus for example data are to be found to the final energy requirement or to the energy efficiency class. The...

In order to achieve greenhouse gas neutrality, an energy-efficient economy and a reduction in the primary energy consumption of the national economy are required. This is the view of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). For this reason, two new funding guidelines will come into force on November 1, 2021 - the "Bundesförderung für Energie- und Ressourceneffizienz in der Wirtschaft -...

Plant troughs may not be erected on traffic areas, even if they are owned. This was decided by the Regensburg Administrative Court (RN 4 K 20.514). In the case in question, third parties had pointed out to the defendant that an owner had erected plant troughs and thus blocked parking spaces. The defendant then demanded that the owner...

Owners and tenants who like a natural look can go for earth tones in their decor. These include tones such as clay, ocher and terracotta, but also sand, mocha and ivory. In addition the portal livingathome.de guesses. The use of appropriate wall colors and furnishings is possible, for example, in the living room and bedroom. Decide owners and...

What CO2 emissions are caused by the operation of buildings, hospital transports or cleaning in hospitals? Scientists at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin) are investigating these questions over the next three years in collaboration with hospitals, professional associations and consulting firms from several German states. In the process, they also want to find out how clinics...

The German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) points out that the funding opportunities for sustainable buildings have become much more extensive. Through the new federal funding for efficient buildings (BEG), sustainability in construction is no longer reduced to energy efficiency alone, it says. Benefit can builders or owners also through the associated introduction...