Facility Management

Architects and employees from planning offices and building developers can attend a seminar on the topic of "Recording and visualizing existing buildings" on Wednesday, 30 November from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Fraunhofer Institute Center Stuttgart at Nobelstraße 12. At the seminar, Building Information Modeling experts Günter Wenzel, Frank Sulzmann and Jörg...

The German Facility Management Association (GEFMA) and the German Business Initiative for Energy Efficiency (DENEFF) have concluded a cooperation agreement to ensure greater energy efficiency, resource conservation and sustainability. Through the cooperation agreement, GEFMA and DENEFF also hope to achieve a stronger exchange between their own members and...

Can investors reduce the number of parking spaces required for new residential construction and can this save space if there are subway stations, car-sharing services or rental bike systems in the immediate vicinity? How many parking spaces are still needed? What legal conditions need to be taken into account? The German Institute of Urban Affairs (Difu) is investigating these questions on behalf of the Bavarian...

In order to accelerate the heat transition in cities, energy experts from the "Urban Heat Transition" project at the Institute for Ecological Economy Research GmbH (IÖR) recommend a mix of measures: cities should develop spatial heat planning and tap into all sustainable heat potential, such as wastewater heat. They should also expand district heating, create district heating networks and...

A training course in Erfurt and Dresden will soon show how residential buildings can be adapted to the summer heat. The Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development (IOER), in cooperation with the Thuringian Housing and Real Estate Association and the Saxon Housing and Real Estate Association, is offering a training course entitled "Heat adaptation in existing housing stock: effective, cost-efficient,...

35 students, two members of staff and Dr. Carsten Lausberg, Professor of Real Estate Management at Nürtingen-Geislingen University (HfWU), have published a study on "The effectiveness of location analysis systems". These provide information on real estate locations. They can assist those responsible in the real estate industry in preparing a...

A "Digital Construction Week" starts on Monday, December 13. It is aimed at architects, building contractors, specialist planners and tradespeople who want to find out about digital solutions in the construction industry. Numerous start-ups will be presenting their concepts, cooperation approaches and products. In 5-minute presentations on topics such as Building Information Modeling (BIM),...