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Green Tour 2014 – Berlin

Monday September 1st, 2014

From 25^th to 31^st May, 2014, the students from the 2013-14 edition of the Master’s Degree did the Green Tour of Berlin. This is an extremely interesting city on account of its history, urban planning, reconstruction, cultural activity, and the numerous projects (both public and private) that are currently being carried out according to criteria based on promoting energy efficiency.

We visited the following projects:

– REWE Supermarkt, a sustainable supermarket constructed with: elements of prefabricated wood, the reuse of rainwater, the use of photovoltaic and geothermal energy. This project was awarded the DGNB – Gold Category in “Retail Building”.

– The Physics Institute of Humboldt University: a university building with green facades, rainwater management and an adiabatic refrigeration system.

– The UBA Office Building: the new office building of the Federal Agency for the Natural Environment, which has been constructed subject to the Passivhaus standard.

– The Heinrich-Boll Foundation: the headquarters of the foundation of the German Green Party. This s an office building with a very low heating and refrigeration demand, thanks to its facade, solar protection and the bioclimatic behaviour of its atrium. Any residual heat from the server hall is used for heating.

– The Dome of the Reichstag

– The UBA Federal Agency for the Environment in Dessau: this is the main office building of the Federal Agency for the Environment; the project was awarded the DGNB Gold category in 2009.

– GSW Headquarters: a high rise office building, with dynamic facades that control the solar heat gains, natural lighting and ventilation.

– The Lebens(t)raum Estate – Johannisthal: a residential complex of 20 housing units, constructed according to ecological criteria and with a participative community management system.