greenUP references: Architecture I Solar I Building research
Research work / construction consulting
2024
Study collaboration on "Q-LCA: Analysing the ecological impact of different types of housing developments in new-build neighbourhoods over their life cycle". Client and project management: Prof. Dr. Michael Prytula, research professor for resource-optimised and climate-adapted construction, Potsdam University of Applied Sciences. Financed with funds from the "Zukunft Bau" funding programme.
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2023 / 2024
Concept development of a climate-neutral laboratory building in Cologne
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2023
Development of a climate-neutral energy concept for the Brotfabrik cultural centre in Bonn
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2023 – 2025
Study on the economics of ecological housing construction. A profitability analysis of sustainable neighbourhoods and settlements from the year 2000 onwards, financed with funds from the Federal Ministry of Building and Urban Affairs represented by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) as part of the "Zukunft Bau" funding programme.
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2022 – 2024
Project management of the study "Development and application of award criteria for the Lauffenmühle industrial estate in timber construction" in cooperation with the company ResScore GmbH, Siek / Hamburg. Client: City of Lörrach
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2022 – 2024
Collaboration in the study "ÖVERKOM. Life cycle assessment comparison of public buildings made of wood and mineral building materials and preparation for municipal decision-makers." Project management: Prof Ludger Dederich and Prof Dr Michael Rumberg at Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences. Funded by the Holzbau Offensive Baden-Württemberg.
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2021 – 2023
Participation in the study "Development of an evaluation system for sustainable open spaces (BNF)". Project management: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Hendrik Laue, Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning, Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences. Financed with funds from the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU).
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2021 / 2022
Collaboration on the study "Settlements and urban quarters in timber construction". Project management: Prof. Ludger Dederich at the Rottenburg University of Applied Sciences. Financed with funds from the Federal Ministry of Construction represented by the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) within the framework of the funding programme "Zukunft Bau".
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2018 / 2019
Collaboration on the study "Natural Resources". Project at the Chair of Resource Efficient Building, Ruhr University Bochum. Financed with funds from the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU).
2017 / 2018
Collaboration in two projects on climate adaptation at the municipal level at the Wissenschaftsladen Bonn. Funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment (BMU)
KlimNet network "Climate Landscapes - City and Countryside in Flux
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Guide "Sustainable industrial estates: Recommendations for municipalities
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2017
Project management of the commissioned study: Success factors of successful examples of secured implementation of ecologically demanding settlements and their possible municipal fiscal effects. Client: indeland GmbH, Düren. Financed with funds from the Model Programme for Spatial Planning (MORO).
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2014 / 2015
Project management HolzCluster.Eifel
Initiation of model projects, as well as publications and events on building with wood
Main areas of work:
2015: Municipal value creation and timber construction
2014: Climate protection through modern wood use
Financed with funds from the Ministry of Climate Protection, Environment, Agriculture, Nature Conservation and Consumer Protection of the State of NRW, represented by Landesbetrieb Wald und Holz NRW
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2014
Integrated climate protection concept for the municipality of Höchberg (pop. 10,000).
Project of the Planning Office for Energy Efficient Building and Refurbishment
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2013 / 2014
Exploratory study "Pilot building LMS 8″ in the context of a zero-emission campus.
Client: Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
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2013
Participation in the EMiS accompanying research for the "Electromobility Model Regions".
Client: Urban Planning Institute of the University of Stuttgart
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2012 / 2013
Collaboration on the study "Plusenergiequartier Oberursel". Project at the Department of Design and Energy-Efficient Building at the TU Darmstadt. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF).
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2012
Study "Criteria for Sustainable Neighbourhood Development and their Application" for the project "Neighbourhood Future". Client: ITAS / KIT Karlsruhe
2011 – 2013
Expert exchange "Energy-efficient and sustainable settlement development in Morocco" funded by the BMBF and GIZ in cooperation with the Network for Sustainable Urban Development (NSE)
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2011
Collaboration on the feasibility study "Climate Neutral Karlsruhe 2050" on behalf of the Karlsruhe Energy and Climate Protection Agency (KEK). Data research and construction of the scenarios, as well as development of ideas for model projects at the municipal level for a CO2-free city. Project management: ITAS / KIT Karlsruhe
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2011
Study "Cero Carbon Buildings" and "Cero Carbon Products". Client: Timber industry
2008 - 2010
Programme management for sustainable building. Establishment of cooperation between associations, management of research projects on sustainable construction as a research assistant / project manager for sustainable construction at the Holzabsatzfonds in Bonn.
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2009
Study "Sustainability Indicators for the Aachen City Region" together with Dr. Wolfgang Rid for the Aachen Foundation Kathy Beys
2006 - 2008
Technical supervision of research work on sustainable construction with a combined budget of 1.2 million euros on life cycle costs, life cycle assessments, ÖkoBaudat, WECOBIS, standardisation, etc. In addition: organisation of the Round Table on Sustainable Building, policy advice to the Federal Ministry of Building and lecture activities as a research assistant / speaker in the office for sustainable building at the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning (BBR). Research work "Criteria for Sustainable Neighbourhood Development and their Application" (not published).
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2005
Professional consultations:
- Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt Osnabrück: Programme design of the conference "Ecological settlement development
- Swissbau Basel: Programme design for the specialist conferences "Sustainable building materials in use" and "Energy-efficient building: Strategy, Decision, Implementation".
- Expert advice on the selection of ecological buildings commissioned by Janus-TV for the programme Avenzio schöner leben! Broadcast in June 2005 on Pro7
2004 / 2005
Implementation of Upper School Seminars and supervision of diploma theses at the Chair of Urban Neighbourhood Planning and Design at the University of Karlsruhe
2002 / 2003
Aufbau und Koordination des Netzwerk Lebenszyklusdaten im Baubereich am Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
2002
Evaluation of the climate protection concept of the Expo-Siedlung Hanover-Kronsbergand participation in climate protection concepts for Augsburg and Bochum. Projects at ifeu - Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg
2001/2002
Student research project "Life Cycle Assessment of Human Settlements" by Holger Wolpensinger at Karlsruhe University of Technology
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1992 - 1993
Environmental festival AufTakt Overall coordination of renewable energies. Organisation and coordination of workshops, working groups and lectures on renewable energies, energy efficiency and climate protection, as well as permanent installation of a 5 kW PV system in Magdeburg.
1991 - 1992
Co-organisation of the Freiburg Youth Environmental Festival "UNSAID", a parallel event to the UNCED environmental conference in Rio de Janeiro, with approx. 800 participants from Europe. Organisation of an exhibition with some of the first exhibits of renewable energies (in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems FhG ISE, among others) as a community service volunteer at the Bund für Umwelt- und Naturschutz Baden-Württemberg.
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