Green building in Germany

German developments that employ green building techniques include: The Solarsiedlung (Solar Settlement) in Freiburg, Germany, which features PlusEnergy houses.Rolf Disch Solararchitektur - Plusenergiehäuser The Sonnenschiff (Sun Ship) in Freiburg, Germany, which is also built according to German solar architect Rolf Disch PlusEnergy standards. The Vauban quarter, also in Freiburg. Houses designed by Baufritz, incorporating passive solar design, heavily insulated walls, triple-glaze doors and windows, non-toxic paints and finishes, summer shading, heat recovery ventilation, and greywater treatment systems.John Imes, Grün auf Deutsch , at HOME in the Capital Region, pp 35–36. The new Reichstag building in Berlin, which produces its own energy. The Heichrich Böll Siedlung in Berlin-Pankow as a forerunner for Green Building in post-cold war Berlin emphasizes on "every day ecology", instead of High-Tech-Measurements.

In January 2009, the first German certificates for sustainable buildings were handed over. The standard for the new certificates is developed by the DGNB (Deutsche Gesellschaft für nachhaltiges Bauen e.V. - German Sustainable Building Council) and the BMVBS (Bundesministeriums für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung - Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs)

See also Heliotrope (building)

References

External links German Sustainable building Council Cost Efficient Passive Houses as European Standards Baufritz' Natural Construction Standard