What if we weren’t allowed to construct new buildings anymore?

Purely in terms of numbers, there are already enough buildings. Just not in the places that people are moving to. So we need smart decision-making processes, good ideas for preserving building stock and good concepts for redensification. It‘d be cynical not to react to a housing shortage.

Markus Müller

Architektenkammer Baden-Württemberg

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What if we exploited every opportunity to use buildings as sources of raw materials?

Moving away from the principle of quick demolition, and instead emphasizing the need to investigate and plan what should be done with a deconstructed building’s materials once they have been removed. This is the approach taken by the DGNB’s certification system for the sustainable deconstruction of buildings. At its core are five fundamental principles: 1. Create transparency, 2. Identify hazardous substances, 3. Optimise recycling and disposal, 4. Keep the focus on people and 5. Improve and expand existing deconstruction processes.

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What if every building had a plan for how to become carbon neutral?

The political goal of carbon neutrality will in future apply to all buildings. For this to be economically viable rather than remaining a theoretical construct, a systematic approach is needed. A plan that sets out which measures can be used to attain the required improvements in CO₂ accounting and at what time. In response to this need, DGNB has developed the principle of drawing up Climate Action Roadmaps for individual buildings. Based on real consumption values, they define measures to achieve carbon neutrality – with measurable interim targets, economic predictability and an appropriate timeframe.

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