First recycling project for old windows in Bremen
The modernisation of the "Wohlers Eichen" housing estate in Bremen shows how disused plastic windows can be recycled in an environmentally friendly way during energy-related renovations. The housing company Vonovia SE is currently having the buildings near the free ports of the Hanseatic city with 256 flats renovated in four construction phases. Among other things, the façades are being given additional thermal insulation and new, energy-saving plastic windows. The approximately [...]
Best practice for the environment: 700 windows replaced
The energetic refurbishment of the secondary school in Jessen (Elster) is considered an instructive example in environmental matters. The three-storey main building and a two-storey front building from 1978 will receive modern thermal insulation for the facades and intermediate ceilings to the roof by 2019 while the school remains in operation. Furthermore, new plastic windows with triple glazing now ensure an additional improvement in the [...]
"Best Practice" enters the final stage in spring
After running for almost 1.5 years, the campaign "Best Practice for the Environment" will enter the home stretch next spring. Its primary purpose is to identify exemplary building projects, especially in the federal states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia, in which discarded PVC building products such as windows or floor coverings are recycled and reused. The initiators - PVC Working Group and [...]
"Best Practice" in Chemnitz - exemplary handling of old building materials
The renovation work at the residential centre of the Arbeiter-Samariter-Bund (ASB), Ortsverband Chemnitz und Umgebung e.V., in Rembrandtstraße in Chemnitz must be carried out with particular care. Because 32 people with severe physical disabilities currently live in the 23 flats of house 2 of the facility, whose daily routine is to be disturbed as little as possible by the construction work. No easy task, because the [...]