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.

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Implementation Network for Sustainable Educational Buildings Type: Research Project

The Assessment System for Sustainable Building for office and administrative buildings as well as educational and laboratory buildings is a mandatory part of the planning and implementation for all buildings being constructed on behalf of the federal government. To …

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: September 2020 – July 2023

Affordable and Sustainable Construction and Housing Type: Research Project

Within this research project, 42 selected model projects were used to analyse the framework conditions and determining factors for the reconcilability of affordable and sustainable construction and housing.

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: September 2020 – November 2023

Implementing the Territorial Agenda 2030 Type: Research Project

The Territorial Agenda 2030 (TA2030) is a political framework agreement of the European states on the key objectives of spatial development in Europe. Under the German EU Council Presidency, the ministers responsible for spatial planning adopted this document on 1 …

Programme: MORO Status: Completed Project duration: July 2020 – November 2023

Integrated planning in the German-Polish Interaction Area Type: Research Project

The project developed cross-border structures and integrated planning processes in four pilot projects. These offer solutions for spatial challenges that arise in one or more of the five fields of action of the Common Future Vision 2030 (CFV 2030).

Programme: MORO Status: Completed Project duration: October 2020 – December 2023

Capital Intensity and Labour Productivity in the Construction Industry Type: Research Project

Productivity growth in the German construction industry has been stagnating for decades. It does not participate in the overall productivity progress. The research project has investigated the reasons for the stagnation of labour productivity in the construction …

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: August 2021 – October 2023

Shaping climate change and the transformation of the energy system – preparatory study, spatial planning report 2024 Type: Research Project

In preparation of the 2024 spatial planning report on Concept 4, “Shaping climate change and the transformation of the energy system”, the scientific final report summarises the analytical results of the preparatory study. The focus was on the question how the concept …

Programme: MORO Status: Completed Project duration: December 2021 – October 2023

Improvement of summer heat protection in federal buildings through standardisation and typification Type: Research Project

Summer heat protection of buildings is becoming increasingly important due to climate change. In order to reduce the associated repeated design effort and to accelerate the design process, typical rooms and standard solutions are to be developed for federal buildings.

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: September 2022 – June 2023

Competition: People and Success 2022 Type: Research Project

The focus of the competition “Menschen und Erfolge 2022” (People and Success 2022) was “New for each other in the centre” and sought to award projects that have successfully contributed to the strengthening inner cities or village centres. A total of 161 entries were …

Programme: Nationale Stadtentwicklungspolitik Status: Completed Project duration: December 2021 – May 2023

Spatial Development in the Baltic Sea Region – German VASAB Chair 2022/2023 Type: Research Project

Germany chaired the Cooperation of Spatial Planning Ministries in the Baltic Sea Region (VASAB – Vision and Strategies around the Baltic Sea) from January 2022 to June 2023. This period included the revision of the “Long-term perspective” (VASAB Vision 2040) and a …

Programme: MORO Status: Completed Project duration: February 2022 – June 2023

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