The Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning

Research projects

The Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development (BBSR) supports federal politics with its projects. The projects deal with current issues of spatial planning, urban development as well as building and housing. They reveal the need for political action and provide scientifically sound bases with which political instruments and measures can be further developed.

You can find an overview of current and completed research projects on this page. You can use the search function to search for specific topics using key words.

16 Search results

Implementing the Territorial Agenda 2030: “Circular Rural Regions” Type: Research Project

The concept of circular economy has taken a central role in the sustainable transformation of the economy and society both at the national and EU levels. The new pilot action, initiated by BMWSB and BBSR as part of the Territorial Agenda 2030, explores regional …

Programme: Region gestalten Status: Ongoing Started: Since November 2023

Interconnected areas at the Franco-German border– ACTAREA Workshops Type: Research Project

French-German cooperation has been boosted by the adoption of the Treaty of Aachen. However, many spatial planning challenges remain to be addressed. The workshops are designed to help overcome them by building a common understanding of the interconnections in two …

Programme: ESPON Status: Ongoing Started: Since October 2023

Transparency of land ownership in Europe Type: Research Project

Transparency of land ownership serves as a crucial basis for sustainable land policy. However, data availability, data quality and transparency are often deficient. The project therefore examines the causes and consequences of the divergent levels of data availability …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Ongoing Started: Since October 2023

Implementing the 2030 Agenda locally through urban development Type: Research Project

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Ongoing Started: Since July 2022

Results of the COVID-19 crisis in the border areas Type: Research Project

This project is to contribute to the spatial differentiation of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic by identifying possible consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic in German border regions and, as far as possible, describing them quantitatively. In the Franco-German …

Programme: MORO Status: Ongoing Started: Since July 2021

Assisting Research on Urban Development – Knowledge Transfer on Joint Urban Development Granting 2014 Type: Research Project

The design and conception as a learning programme is a success factor for Joint Urban Development Granting. Three regional workshops in 2014, addressing following different subjects: "Billing of comprehensive urban development measures", "Assisting Information and …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Ongoing Started: Since December 2013

Evaluation of requirements on energy conservation for the "EnEV" and for "KfW" funding in light of rising energy prices Type: Research Project

This report provides essential base material for the update of the German Energy Saving Ordinance (EnEV 2009), especially in relation to the new level of requirements. The current energy requirements for buildings were checked in the light of recent changes in the …

Programme: Future Building Status: Ongoing Started: Since ??????

Monitoring of calculation-methods used for non-residential buildings within the scope of the German Energy Saving Ordinance 2007 (EnEV 2007) Type: Research Project

This research project aimed at checking the verification methods of the Energy Saving Ordinance 2007 (EnEV 2007) within the scope of the monitoring of specific non-residential buildings using the calculation methods of DIN V 18599 (German standard).

Programme: Future Building Status: Ongoing Started: Since ??????

CC-LandStraD subproject: Settlement and land-use scenarios 2030 – Towards a climate-optimised settlements development in Germany Type: Research Project

How can land-use in Germany contribute to mitigate climate change in the face of changes in the framework conditions? This is the central question of the project "CC-LandStraD – interdependencies between land-use and climate change – strategies for a sustainable …

Status: Ongoing Started: Since ??????

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