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.

27 Search results

Shaping the digital city for the common good through municipal digital competencies Type: Research Project

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: October 2020 – September 2023

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

Systematic analysis of research on measures to reduce housing construction costs Type: Research Project

The research study bundles research results of the past 15 years on topics related to construction costs. The state of research on cost-effective and affordable housing has been systematically identified and analysed.

Programme: Future Building Status: Completed Project duration: December 2020 – May 2022

COVID-19 and the consequences Type: Research Project

Since the beginning of 2020, the Corona crisis has affected cities and regions. To contain the spread of the virus, restrictions on economic and social activities were considered as an important measure. However, many people rely on public spaces and facilities in the …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: November 2020 – July 2023

Socio-scientific evaluation of the Efficiency House Plus educational buildings Type: Research Project

The aim of the project was firstly to investigate the motivations and possible obstacles to the construction and operation of Efficiency House Plus educational buildings on the part of the building owners. Secondly, it would also evaluate the extent of users’ acceptance …

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

Structure of the construction backlog and its reasons Type: Research Project

The so-called construction backlog (German: Bauüberhang), i.e. approved but not yet completed dwellings, has increased in recent years. The research project examined structures and changes in the construction backlog and analysed reasons for this. The results serve as a …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: November 2020 – December 2022

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