Sense and nonsense of rainwater usage
Rainwater usage sounds like it is environmentally friendly and money saving. Read our blog to find out whether this is actually true.
Posts about Sustainability
Plastic as a replacement for cement: Stronger eco-cement in the future?
Students at MIT have introduced an eco-cement which is 20 percent more stable than normal concrete. Recycled plastic is used as a replacement for cement.
These 3 German corporate headquarters have set world records for being green
Newly built corporate headquarters are the stars among sustainable office buildings in the German Green Building scene. We show three of them.
Independent and self-supporting: Life in self-sufficient villages
Life in self-sufficient villages: Architecture makes important contributions to future-oriented forms of jointly self-sufficient life together.
How sustainable is energy efficiency?
New building or energetic reconstruction? Read our blog to find out when energy efficiency is also truly sustainable.
Unbeatable air improvers: Building materials that let us breath healthily
Air pollutants are manifold. In addition to avoiding the equally diverse causes, intelligent building materials also improve air quality. Learn more about this on our blog.
Brilliantly Green: Everything facade greening uses
The positive effects of building greening are so far-reaching that it is almost crazy not to use it. Learn more on our blog.
A High-Rise Made of Wood? The urban timber construction of today can do that
Timber construction in an urban area: Learn more about the opportunities of the high-tech material of wood for the urban architecture of the future.
Sustainable building: Tried-and-tested recycled insulation materials
Recycled insulation materials are an environmentally-friendly alternative: We will present tried-and-true recycled material products for environmentally-friendly insulation to you.
Recycling: Building with waste
The construction industry in Germany produces more than 50 percent of all waste. Rigorous recycling is required to preserve the valuable raw materials.
Together you heat less than alone (and cheaper)
Since new homes hardly consume any energy, it's possible for other houses to share a heating system. Find out the resulting urban planning and social consequences.
Sustainability in urban planning: The futuristic Gwanggyo Power Center in South Korea
The Gwanggyo Power Center in South Korea - an innovative city of the future. Learn more about this example of sustainable building planning on our blog.