Acting in a networked manner
Networked action is necessary in order to implement sustainable building
concepts successfully. In the exhibition, the Senate Department for Urban
Development and Housing and project partners are jointly presenting examples of networking that are intended to provide impetus for future projects. It can be seen that the intelligent linking of various areas is important and is also a prerequisite for the ongoing development of sustainable
ecological planning and building.
Developing overall ecological concepts for typical urban construction projects was a topic within the framework of the Experimental Housing and
Urban Development (Experimenteller Wohnungs- und Städtebau, ExWoSt)
research programme within the German Federal Office for Building and
Regional Planning’s research area of “Urban ecology and environmentally friendly building (Stadtökologie und umweltgerechtes Bauen)”. The
approach that was developed and tested here has proven itself to be both
correct and appropriate.
The development of an overall ecological concept and the implementation of this concept as part of a corresponding multi-stage concept
should form the foundation for all future planning. Aims that are com-
peting have to be taken into account and evaluated accordingly in certain cases within the building process. The fundamental prerequisites for
innovative building, living and working in the long term lie not just in the
planning and construction of buildings and other facilities in accordance
with ‘state of the art’ technology and the proper operation and maintenance of facilities and building components, but also in information for
users and appropriate user behaviour. Non-monetary project goals, the
desires of owners and users as regards buildings, and local factors also
form the basis for investigations of financial feasibility. Overall ecological concepts can be classified into the action areas/modules of energy,
water, greenery, building materials and waste, and these should be considered in an interlinked manner in terms of their interactions with one
another.Impacts on energy and water efficiency, the environment, users,
biodiversity and the operating costs of buildings, for example, should be
presented and evaluated.
Project monitoring is necessary once the construction stage has been
completed. Operating data are to be recorded and evaluated in order to
ensure the efficient use of machinery, systems and drives and to optimise
these if necessary.
Installation
to use drinking water
efficiently
Heating
Thermal
protection/
thermal
insulation
Rainwater
management
Orientation
of building
structures
Hot water
Use of
p
rocess
w
ater
Lighting
Water module
Heat
r ecovery
from
waste water
Ventilation
Energy module
Airconditioning
Waste heat
utilisation
Lighting
Use of
r enewable
energy
sources
Monitoring
after commissioning
Development and
implementation as a
multi-stage concept
Machinery,
systems and
drives
Ecological demands on
building components and
materials
Overall
ecological concept
for buildings
Take into
a
ccount local
considerations
Building
a
utomation
Protect/
maintain
the existing
v egetation
Recycling
of nutrients
from waste
water
Greening
of buildings
and other
s tructures
Use of
i nnovative
technologies
Greening
(open areas,
trees)
Urban
a
griculture
Greenery module
Planning – Building –
Operation – Maintenance
Biodiversity
Secure
s torage
a
reas
Financing
New/continued use
of existing buildings,
facilities, ...
Preparation
for re-use
Bans on use
Building
r ecycling
Species
p
rotection,
biodiversity
Building materials
module
Environmentally
friendly
p
urchasing
Recycling
of building
c omponents
and
m
aterials
Model
p
rojects
Common topics
Public
r elations
© large photo: Lichtschwärmer; small photos left to right: Michael Danner, Brigitte Reichmann SenSW, Ulrich Starke SenUVK, FBB
Overall ecological concept
Interdisciplinary
topics
Waste module
Construction
waste,
special waste,
m
unicipal
waste
Separate
c ollection,
r ecycling
