Archive for June, 2009

National climate policy: UBA pleads for more courage to acting

06.23.09

This message including a stocktaking of the German climatic protection politics also the new UBA background paper arranges „ for climate protection concretely: Courage for acting \ " , which is published on the occasion of on 23 June 2009 in Brussels starting Green Week.
The Green Week is the annually taking place, largest environment conference of the European union (European Union) with approximately 3,500 participant inside and participants from institutions for European Union, economics, non-governmental organizations, administration and science. It stands for Climate CHANGE in this year under the slogan „ – act and Adapt \ ".
The background paper gives an overview of the recent reforms in the climatic protection politics to the Federal Government, analyzes possible obstacles for a successful conversion and designates proposals for solution.
The UBA pleads for courageous acting for the protection of the climate: So far insufficiently opened possibilities for climate protection - for instance with the energetic redevelopment of existing buildings, during the conversion of environmentalfair mobility concepts or a more emissionsärmeren supply of river and warmth - must be opened. Thus Germany needs for example an energy system, which can put a high portion of renewable energies to the Verbraucherinnen and consumers at the disposal. The energy saving regulation, which specifies maximum values for the energy consumption of buildings, may not only on the paper stand, but must effectively be converted.
The technical possibilities for a lowering of the average output at carbon dioxide of the new vehicle fleet on 95 gram carbon dioxide per kilometer (g CO2/km) in the year 2020 are present. Therefore this limit value should become also European Union law. Finally the environment does not only profit from such a structural change of the energy supply and the energy consumption; Enterprise as well as final consumer inside and - consumers can lower so their energy consumption clearly and save thus in the medium term costs.
Still the global greenhouse gas missions continue to rise. In order to avoid intolerable consequences for humans and environment, we must limit – so the international climatic advice, a committee of renowned climatologists – global warming world-wide on 2 degrees in relation to the preindustrial level.
In order not to cross this critical branch wheel threshold, all states must reduce world-wide their greenhouse gas missions so soon and as strongly as possible: Up to the year 2020 the growth of the emissions must be stopped. 2050 may be only half as large the world-wide output at greenhouse gases as in the year 1990. &
The background paper „ climate protection concretely: Courage for acting \ " is available in the Inernet to the download.

National climate policy: UBA pleads for more courage for acting

06.23.09

& We must become more courageous, around us and our environment on a long-term basis against the consequences of the climatic change to protect \ " , Dr. Thomas says wood man, vice-president of the Federal Office for Environment Protection (UBA). This message including a stocktaking of the German climatic protection politics also the new UBA background paper arranges „ for climate protection concretely: Courage for acting \ " , which is published on the occasion of on 23 June 2009 in Brussels starting Green Week.
The Green Week is the annually taking place, largest environment conference of the European union (European Union) with approximately 3,500 participant inside and participants from institutions for European Union, economics, non-governmental organizations, administration and science they stands in this year under the slogan „ for Climate CHANGE – act and Adapt \ ".
The background paper gives an overview of the recent reforms in the climatic protection politics to the Federal Government, analyzes possible obstacles for a successful conversion and designates proposals for solution. The UBA pleads for courageous acting for the protection of the climate: So far insufficiently opened possibilities for climate protection - for instance with the energetic redevelopment of existing buildings, during the conversion of environmentalfair mobility concepts or a more emissionsärmeren supply of river and warmth - must be opened. Thus Germany needs for example an energy system, which can put a high portion of renewable energies to the Verbraucherinnen and consumers at the disposal. The energy saving regulation, which specifies maximum values for the energy consumption of buildings, may not only on the paper stand, but must effectively be converted. The technical possibilities for a lowering of the average output at carbon dioxide of the new vehicle fleet on 95 gram carbon dioxide per kilometer (g CO2/km) in the year 2020 are present. Therefore this limit value should become also European Union law. Finally the environment does not only profit from such a structural change of the energy supply and the energy consumption; Enterprise as well as final consumer inside and - consumers can lower so their energy consumption clearly and save thus in the medium term costs.
Still the global greenhouse gas missions continue to rise. In order to avoid intolerable consequences for humans and environment, we must limit – so the international climatic advice, a committee of renowned climatologists – global warming world-wide on 2 degrees in relation to the preindustrial level. In order not to cross this critical branch wheel threshold, all states must reduce world-wide their greenhouse gas missions so soon and as strongly as possible: Up to the year 2020 the growth of the emissions must be stopped. 2050 may be only half as large the world-wide output at greenhouse gases as in the year 1990. &
The background paper „ climate protection concretely: Courage for acting \ " download is located to the Verfügung.&amp in the Internet under http://www.umweltdaten.de/publikationen/fpdf-l/3809.pdfzum; &

Haufe economic situation cockpit: Small enterprises think strengthened of operational notices

06.23.09

Asked after courses of action in the crisis operational notices in rear place land of seven given action alternatives with enterprises with more than 50 coworkers. With enterprises with less than 50 coworkers against it operational notices in eye-asked seize after meaningful impulses in the crisis set large like small enterprises strongly on the lowering of the health insurance contributions and national assistance with short-time work for smaller enterprises are substantially more important the further training of the coworkers than for larger over half of the asked ones.
In the Haufe entrepreneurs experience economic situation cockpit, with which instruments the responsible persons of other enterprises react to the economic crisis. It informed over current survey data, evaluates chances and risks and gives concrete recommendations for action for practice. The inquiries in the cockpit cover also different aspects and are at present still resumed.
Interested can participate under http://www.konjunktur-cockpit.de

The 10 golden rules for the using machine purchase

06.22.09

Germany according to own data purchase co-operation leading the market of independent construction machine and construction equipment dealers guesses/advises: Four eyes see more than two. Carry yourselves forward to the purchase a person of your confidence, for example mechanic leaving you on your first impression - it mostly does not deceive. Is the yard swept, which presents commodity responding? Inform first: Is there a repair and a maintenance service in your proximity for the desired machine? The workshop should be distant from your location maximally 100 kilometers. Inquire about the prehistory of the machine. It does not have to be old necessarily, in order to exhibit wear. The round around the clock employment in a multi-shift operation leads already after short time to enormous wear respecting you particularly on the lacquer finish. The original color is an important indication for the fact that so far neither damages nor repairs resulted. Take mobile parts such as joints or pins, the hydraulic drive system and the engine exactly under the magnifying glass; they are particularly wear susceptible. Test the machine! A respectable dealer &quot at least with „ drying exercises \; no problem. With the price the rule of thumb is valid: Compact machines are in the age of 5 years about worth half of the purchase price. Large machines lose after 10 years half their original value before cash are with the purchase of used construction machines the rule and not as dubious to be rated. Also warranty assumptions or guarantees are uncommonly – skillful with led negotiations however quite possible. Control the adherence to the rule for the prevention of accidents (UVV). The specialist dealer is obligated, once in the year maintenance would drive through to leave. A plaque at the machine and a test report, which you as a potenzieller customer may see, document this investigation.

GiardinaKARLSRUHE - for 2010 on good way: Exhibitor and organizer in the dialogue at info. evening

06.22.09

In the middle of June took place the second information meeting to the GiardinaKARLSRUHE 2010, in which many partners of many years, in addition, some new faces participated. Competent specialists offered interesting impulse lectures for an optimal use and effective presentation on the GiardinaKARLSRUHE. Among other things Showgartenpartner of the GiardinaKARLSRUHE, strengthen like for example the last year GiardinaAWARD winner in gold for the most beautiful Showgarten, enriched the discussion round garden & Landscape gardening GmbH from wine garden, which engage themselves during the conception organization of the fair with.
Roger Brauchli, leader public exhibitions, MCH Group Switzerland, presented the success concept of the GiardinaZÜRICH, which already are since 1997 on the market. & Both quantitatively and qualitatively the GiardinaZÜRICH as well as its exhibitors grew. Concepts, planning and the conversion of the ideas are compiled together here and developed further permanently. We constantly stand in the dialogue with our Partnern& , so Brauchli, which is convinced of the fact that such meetings make only sense, if they take place annually.
The elegant mix from garden fair and high-quality exhibition for all senses as well as the valuable marketing platform for the exhibitors constitute the success of the GiardinaKARLSRUHE since always. This conviction is also Thomas’s toggle of Jansen garden & Landscape gardening from Karl bath. Since the first edition of the GiardinaKARLSRUHE in the year 2005 are the garden professionals of Jansen continuously also from the portion and with the meeting grew. & In now five times participation important orders were generated, which quite shows that an even participation in the annual rotation secures importantly actual the ideal meeting date in February the situation concerning orders for the current year - the origin of the offer inquiries extended from year to year and has meanwhile a radius of almost 100 Kilometern& , so Thomas’s toggle of Jansen garden & Landscape gardening.
States the GiardinaKARLSRUHE Projektleiterin Elvira suitor in the fact encourages that a constructional & Miteinander& between exhibitors and Messemachern is closely with the success of such a fair linked: & We stand in very close exchange with our partners. Many ideas and suggestions are taken up time near and flexibly to the meeting conception. Both exhibitors of many years and new partners will lend the GiardinaKARLSRUHE in the coming year new and innovative accents. More than ever the marketing platform will more near bring singular and creative ideas here to visitors and for the exhibitors an optimally selective inquiring and order potential bescheren& , so suitors.
The GiardinaKARLSRUHE finds of 18. - 21 February 2010 in resounds to 1 of the fair Karlsruhe instead of. Parallel to it visitors with the same entrance ticket can visit the RendezVino, a benefit meeting with unusual and high-quality wine varieties as well as the INVENTA - kind OF Living. Here the visitors find new ideas and individual solutions about building and living.

Volkswagen Caddy is again best commercial motor vehicle

06.22.09

Already victory for the Caddy: with the choice „ the best commercial motor vehicles 2009 \ " decided 67.5 per cent of all readers in the class of the delivery vans for the popular compact transporter of Volkswagen commercial motor vehicles. The Caddy achieved thereby the best single result of all which are available automotive industry rows. After the choice to „ the KEP transporter of the yearly \ " in April 2009 this is the second high-ranking honor of the commercial motor vehicle industry for the Caddy in this year.
Once a year select the readers and reader of the three technical periodicals Stuttgart ETM publishing house „ lorry bus \ " , „ Fernfahrer \ " and „ transaktuell \ " the best commercial motor vehicles of the yearly. 8,078 readers had to make their choice under 167 vehicle models in ten categories.
The Caddy is sold in the current version since 2004. Since commencement of production Poznan of approximately 700,000 vehicles of this model row ran of the volume in the work. For the Caddy two wheel bases stand and – depending upon model – up to seven different motorizing to the choice: two Benziner with 1.4 litres capacity and 59 KW/80 HP and/or 1,6 litres with 75 KW/102 HP; four Diesels (SDI with 51 KW) and 1,9 TDI with 55 KW/75 HP and 77 KW/105 HP and the strong 2,0 TDI with 103 KW/140 HP. Beyond that there are the Caddy also with natural gas drive as EcoFuel with 80 KW (109 HP) as well as with the all-wheel drive 4MOTION. In the program the particularly economic Caddy Maxi EcoFuel is completely fresh.

Tree school industry frightens over new regulation in the federal nature protection law

06.22.09

Gebietliche differentiation of domestic wood after regional origins now legally for cultivation in free nature prescribed.
After more than three years fight against the differentiation of wood after their regional origin, domestic demanded of nature protection federations, in Germany, had to grant BdB president Karl-Heinz Plum after the decision of the Bundestag on Friday, 19 June, over a again-calm federal nature protection law that this fight at the end without success remained, although itself the Upper House of Parliament in its meeting to 15. May expressly in the sense of the nursery gardens had expressed. Regardless of its Plum thanked all Member of the Bundestag, who had supported the BdB, among them in particular the delegate Dr. Ole Schröder, Pinneberg, and Cajus J. Caesar, Kreis lip, which on used themselves with outstanding commitment of beginning of the amendment procedure up to the conclusion for the position of the tree school economy.
After again in that federalnature protection-set taken up regulation, § 40, & it becomes fictitious that domestic wood in one determined itself „ \ " Region of Germany genetically differentiate from wood the same kind in another region of Germany, without there is for it a proof or a check procedure suitable for it. Besides the law does not prescribe, in which way these regional areas are to be defined from each other, i.e. these are to have which expansion in each case.
„ in this form the law is not convertible, we assumes that it does not correspond to the constitutional state requirement of the art. 20 paragraph 3 Basic Law because of its uncertainty \ " , president said Plum in a first statement. One will examine, how one will deal with this regulation.
Nevertheless with approximately 200000 Varietäten by wood at the market the business risk by a further gebietliche differentiation one multiply clearly. Not to invent is the economic consequence, if the European customer states existenziell important for the German tree school economy should decide to similar regulations. Then these foreign markets for the German tree school economy would break down. „ we cannot reconstruct, why our main argument was taken up not also by the Bundestag, which consisted of making only then and to that extent a differentiation within a kind of wood as far as there is a scientific proof for heterogeneity one, to which also its precipitation in the scientific designation found, \ " Plum said. Without clear identification of the wood which can be differentiated the production or the trade of wood is not conceivable, it is, one prescribes this in the detailed way, how it took place in the forest forest property lawforest property law.
Source: Federation of German nursery gardens (BdB) registered association.

Green roof visions perfectly converted

06.19.09

Carried of the leitmotiv „ Bringing Nature bake tons of Town ” met green roof specialists from all over the world to intensive exchange of experience. Scarcely 300 participants from 40 countries and 5 continents proved that the roof planting &quot itself to one „ global players \; within the range of lasting building concepts developed. In Germany still most roof areas world-wide begrünt – innovative and spectacular sample applications to find itself meanwhile however rather abroad. The experiences won thereby can give new impulses to the German roof planting market. Of that internationally the Green Roof Association (IGRA) and the German roof gardener federation (DDV) organized congress supplied a current locating of the roof planting in technological, political, ecological and economic regard. The fact that the roof planting is firmly embodied in all four ranges points also the trade-spreading network Kooperationspartner.Eine also for the German audience unknown abundance at innovative sample applications to the use „ of the fifth front \ " illustrated numerous representatives of renowned architect’s offices from the whole were world-presented objects from Copenhagen (Mountain Dwellings; Bjarke Ingels Group), London (new Providence Wharf; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill), San Francisco (California Academy OF Science; rana creek), Warsaw (trade area Platinum; R-S Architektura Krajobrazu), Nimwegen (FiftyTwoDegrees; mecanoo), Freiburg (sun ship, architect’s office Rolf Disch) and many many more architecten. Energetic aspects (Professor Manfred Köhler, FH new Brandenburg) and the employment of begrünter roofs as module of the water management of settlements (Professor Stephan Roth Kleyer FH Wiesbaden, Alfred Diem, engineer’s office more diem.baker) the rounded pallet of the sample applications off. In the category „ architecture/building \ " the Jurong Town corporation (JTC) from Singapore for the project was &quot „ Fusionopolis \; distinguished as well as the Rastatter architect’s office Donnig + Unterstab for in passive household pool of broadcasting corporations built „ school center Neckargemünd \ " (warm-damming roof planting with Photovoltaikanlage). In the category „ municipalities \ " if the cities Duesseldorf and Copenhagen for their modelful commitment received the IGRA Award.Die municipalities for the promotion of begrünter roofs are by the employment from supporting measures like direct financial subsidies, etc. substantial engine for the development of the green roof markets reduced waste water fees, appointment in development plans. Abroad, in particular there the congress showed the different promotion situation in German cities and is supporting measures further to be established. International green roof congress came 2009 a piece more near.

„ green roof visions perfectly converted “

06.19.09

Carried of the leitmotiv „ Bringing Nature bake tons of Town ” met green roof specialists from all over the world to intensive exchange of experience. Scarcely 300 participants from 40 countries and 5 continents proved that the roof planting &quot itself to one „ global players \; within the range of lasting building concepts developed. In Germany still most roof areas world-wide begrünt – innovative and spectacular sample applications to find itself meanwhile however rather abroad. The experiences won thereby can give new impulses to the German roof planting market. Of that internationally the Green Roof Association (IGRA) and the German roof gardener federation (DDV) organized congress supplied a current locating of the roof planting in technological, political, ecological and economic regard. The fact that the roof planting is firmly embodied in all four ranges points also the trade-spreading network Kooperationspartner.Eine also for the German audience unknown abundance at innovative sample applications to the use „ of the fifth front \ " illustrated numerous representatives of renowned architect’s offices from the whole were world-presented objects from Copenhagen (Mountain Dwellings; Bjarke Ingels Group), London (new Providence Wharf; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill), San Francisco (California Academy OF Science; rana creek), Warsaw (trade area Platinum; R-S Architektura Krajobrazu), Nimwegen (FiftyTwoDegrees; mecanoo), Freiburg (sun ship, architect’s office Rolf Disch) and many many more architecten. Energetic aspects (Professor Manfred Köhler, FH new Brandenburg) and the employment of begrünter roofs as module of the water management of settlements (Professor Stephan Roth Kleyer FH Wiesbaden, Alfred Diem, engineer’s office more diem.baker) the rounded pallet of the sample applications off. In the category „ architecture/building \ " the Jurong Town corporation (JTC) from Singapore for the project was &quot „ Fusionopolis \; distinguished as well as the Rastatter architect’s office Donnig + Unterstab for in passive household pool of broadcasting corporations built „ school center Neckargemünd \ " (warm-damming roof planting with Photovoltaikanlage). In the category „ municipalities \ " if the cities Duesseldorf and Copenhagen for their modelful commitment received the IGRA Award.Die municipalities for the promotion of begrünter roofs are by the employment from supporting measures like direct financial subsidies, etc. substantial engine for the development of the green roof markets reduced waste water fees, appointment in development plans. Abroad, in particular there the congress showed the different promotion situation in German cities and is supporting measures further to be established. International green roof congress came 2009 a piece more near.

1. Westersteder GaLaBau Infotag

06.19.09