What does sustainable building involve?
The aim is to create future-oriented buildings that are climate-friendly, economical, of high quality and usable for a long time, as well as offering everyone a healthy and comfortable environment. More
Strengthening the discourse on building policy sustainability processes and strategies
The Network Sustainable Educational Buildings is open to all interested parties and is aimed at those responsible in building administrations, school and university administrations, research and teaching as well as planners and sustainability coordinators. More
Information
Publications, tools and links More
Workgroups
Three workgroups with different focal points work on topics and problems More
Examples
Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
The building is an institute for teaching and research. It is certified as mixed use education/office, as a significant proportion of the space (around 43%) is allocated to office use.
PlusEnergy elementary school Niederheide in Hohen Neuendorf
Germany's first school planned as a PlusEnergy building is characterized by a highly thermally insulated building envelope, heat-storing solid components and energy-efficient ventilation technology.…
New construction of GPES vocational school center, Stuttgart (Hedwig-Dohm-Schule and Alexander-Fleming-Schule)
The sustainability aspects of the new vocational school center were already integrated into the requirements planning.
New 76th elementary school with two-court sports hall
The pilot project and the first BNB certification of the state capital Dresden is characterized by very good functionality in line with the building task, a high level of comfort, a balanced…
Campus extension in timber construction at the private Witten/Herdecke University
The campus extension of the private Witten/Herdecke University is characterized not only by its timber construction but also by its sustainable concept. In terms of energy, the low-tech approach was…
Ehrenfried-Walther-von-Tschirnhaus-Gymnasium
The high school in Dresden South-West with the new construction of a three-field sports gym shows a combination of the application of the Assessment System for Sustainable Building with regard to the…
New 4-stream secondary school in Leipzig in modular timber construction
This school project represents an innovative approach to school architecture that focuses on sustainability and energy efficiency.
Schmuttertal-Gymnasium in Augsburg
The Schmuttertal-Gymnasium was implemented as a research building project with funding from the government of Swabia and the DBU as a PlusEnergy building and DGNB CLimate Positive 2020.
Uhlandschule Stuttgart
The Uhland School in Stuttgart, built in 1954, is the first PlusEnergy school in an existing building, which was achieved through extensive modernization.
Kaiserin-Theophanu-School Gymnasium
Expansion of the Kaiserin-Theophanu-School Gymnasium, (Cologne-Kalk) New School Building and Three-Court Sports Hall
