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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BMVBS building safety report Type: Research Project

Objective of the building safety report was to generally assess the traffic safety of federal buildings with regard to their safety and to prepare a concept for technically and economically appropriate examination and evaluation of buildings safety of federal buildings.

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: October 2006 – December 2007

The relevance of international development in architecture and property investment for the building economy and building culture (Baukultur) in Germany Type: Research Project

The continuing advance of globalisation and internationalisation also leaves its traces in the fields of building and property economy. International trends have an increasing influence on the quality of planning and building and therefore also on building culture in …

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: December 2006 – December 2007

Main features of a territorial cohesion policy in the EU Type: Research Project

The "Territorial Agenda of the European Union" has provided a new basis to European spatial development policy. It is the result of a dialogue between the private sector and other private or public actors and stakeholders at regional and local level ("stakeholder …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: October 2006 – December 2007

Efficiency Analysis of Housing Administration within the Republic of Slovakia and Development of Apprenticeship and Further Education with Practical Orientation Type: Research Project

The aim of the project was to identify the economic chances of an efficient administration of residential property and to impact on the development of administrators' apprenticeship and further education. The project was initiated within a framework of German and …

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: October 2005 – November 2007

Cooperation of central places in shrinking regions Type: Research Project

Can subdivisions of functions in the Concept of Central Places - so called intermunicipal alliances - and other forms of regional cooperation be used to ensure the services of general interest in shrinking regions? The practical experience study makes recommendations …

Programme: Development of Eastern Germany Status: Completed Project duration: October 2006 – November 2007

Adaptation of the EU Construction Products Directive for the improvement of the German construction sector Type: Research Project

The implementation of the EU Construction Products Directive affects essential fields of activity of the German construction sector. With the harmonisation of the technical regulations having made significant progress in Europe by now, the task of the research project …

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: November 2006 – November 2007

Report on the evaluation of the public award procedures according to the VOB Type: Research Project

The federal government put the simplification of the award procedure down in writing in its coalition agreement. But how much time and money do businesses and administration spend on tender, proposal and bit appraisal for construction works?Project duration: April 2007 …

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: April 2007 – November 2007

EU-Directive Final Energy Efficiency – Technical assessment/implementation of European standards regarding the inspection of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems Type: Research Project

Content of the project was the preparation of the European standardization activities with regard to the inspection of heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems. Inspections are requested by the European Building Performance Directive.Project duration: October …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: October 2006 – November 2007

Preparation of Building Certificates for Representative Government Buildings in Berlin Type: Research Project

Energy certificates have been prepared for selected Berlin government buildings according to the stipulations of the expected national ordinance EnEV 2007, and first experiences gathered for complex non-residential buildings. With that the model function of the public …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: November 2005 – November 2007

Updating and harmonizing data for the assessment of sustainable construction Type: Research Project

In the research project the methodological framework for the compilation of a consistent database was developed. The system of the data supply includes that the responsibility for data supply remains with the manufacturer, but the specific requirements for computation …

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: November 2006 – November 2007

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