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.

31 Search results

Comparative values for the energy consumption of non-residential buildings Type: Research Project

Due to the need to continuously update the empirical comparative values for the energy consumption of non-residential buildings, it is intended, in the course of the amendment of the Building Energy Act (Gebäudeenergiegesetz or GEG), to redetermine the comparative …

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: January 2020 – March 2021

Practicability check ‒ development orders Type: Research Project

Inner-city gap sites, waste land or other under-used land offer great potential for housing construction, which is desperately needed in many towns, cities and municipalities. However, this land is often left unused. The development order under Section 176 BauGB can …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: January 2020 – December 2021

Towards an Establishment of a Spatial Monitoring System for Neighbouring Regions Type: Research Project

The Spatial Planning Act provides for BBSR's spatial monitoring system for Germany and Europe to be supplemented in the medium term with continuous reporting on the regions in neighbouring countries. The aim of the project was to define the methodological and technical …

Programme: MORO Status: Completed Project duration: October 2019 – November 2021

Field trial for building stock of high conservation value Type: Research Project

Programme: Urban development grants Status: Completed Project duration: January 2017 – December 2021

Improvement of the practicability of DIN V 18599 for residential buildings Type: Research Project

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: February 2020 – July 2021

Future of the building stock – Development prospects for key historic buildings Type: Research Project

Within the funding districts of the Urban Development Support programme, the research project examined municipal’ approaches to historically valuable key buildings in urgent need of intervention. Feasibility studies conducted locally created new possibilities in terms …

Programme: Urban development grants Status: Completed Project duration: January 2018 – December 2021

Funding Guideline for Green Roofs and Facades ‒ Feasibility Study Type: Research Project

The consequences of climate change are already being felt today. Periods of drought, heavy rainfall, tropical nights and heat islands in cities are a burden on the population and lead to economic damage. Green spaces are a sustainable and nature-based solution to …

Programme: Initiative Grün in der Stadt (EN) Status: Completed Project duration: September 2020 – February 2021

Mobilisation of private owners for urban development and housing construction
Type: Research Project

The goal of the federal authorities is to encourage private apartment owners to adopt management and investment behaviour which coincides with political objectives, thereby involving owners in the urban development processes. The research project examined the formats …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: November 2019 – December 2021

Potential for gaining knowledge about the energy quality of the building stock from energy performance certificates Type: Research Project

A solid understanding of the building fabric and the energy quality of the building stock in Germany is required for the conception, design, and monitoring of climate policy instruments for the building sector. Given the scarcity of data on the residential and …

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: March 2020 – October 2021

Field study on the evaluation of energy certificates for residential properties Type: Research Project

The introduction of the energy certificate is part of the implementation of the European Directive 2010/31/EU (formerly 2002/91/EC) on the overall efficiency of buildings. The energy certificate is also intended to make an important contribution to achieving climate …

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: November 2018 – December 2021

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