Extension Building in DessauRoSSlau UBA moved to its new office building in Dessau-Roßlau in SaxonyAnhalt six years ago. Since then the Agency has been commissioned with new duties such as the implementation of environmental laws. This resulted in the need for more office workspace, which is currently covered for example by rented offices in Dessau-Roßlau. However, since this is not reasonable over the long term due to financial reasons, a new office building will be built on the plot adjacent to UBA’s site. The plot has been owned by the Government since 1 January 2010.
Similar to the existing building, the extension should become a model project for sustainable construction. The goal is to build a zero-energy or even a negative energy building, which means that more energy is produced than consumed over the year. For this, UBA and the SaxonyAnhalt State Office for Building and Construction are compiling the so-called “Construction Decision Support Base”, which will contain the quantitative and qualitative requirements for the building. On this basis the Saxony-Anhalt State Office for Building and Construction will put out a design tender. As things currently stand, the new building should be completed by the end of 2014.
“Building 2019” in BerlinMarienfelde On its laboratory site in BerlinMarienfelde, UBA needs accommodation for 31 office work stations, showers and changing rooms for laboratory use. This project will also be a showcase project. It will be built as an ecologically optimized zero-energy building using timber construction technology which meets the requirements of the 2019 draft Directive of the European Union's overall energy efficiency of buildings. Renewable energy generation using photovoltaics and geothermal probes will satisfy the building’s energy needs over the full year. The planned building was awarded the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce’s “Climate Protection Partner of 2010” prize in May 2010. UBA evaluates the success and the quality achieved of its projects continuously by comprehensive monitoring. Construction of the “House 2019” is scheduled to start in the summer of 2011.
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