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.

309 Search results

Department Stores in Transition Type: Research Project

The study examines the architectural historical and urban relevance of department stores for inner city centres. The focus is primarily on their architectural and cultural qualities. On the one hand, it looks at the historical development of department stores in Germany …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: April 2022 – December 2023

Affordable housing and climate protection against the background of the housing situation and housing costs of low- and middle-income households Type: Research Project

Climate protection requires a significant emission reduction in all sectors. This also includes the building sector, which missed its climate protection targets in 2020. Climate protection measures change housing costs: modernisation can result in higher rents, while …

Programme: General Departmental Research Status: Completed Project duration: November 2021 – November 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

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

Resilience and built heritage
Type: Research Project

The research project investigated how existing integrated approaches in the field of risk and heritage management in European cities can be strengthened. It also explored the extent to which relevant concepts and processes can be transferred to the municipal level in …

Programme: ExWoSt Status: Completed Project duration: January 2021 – September 2022

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

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

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

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