PlusEnergy - Freiburg: Terraced Houses I
The south side of the terraced houses have big windows and balconies.
PlusEnergy homes produce more energy than they consume. All of the houses in this neighbourhood have large photovoltaic roofs. The supplementary income heavily outweighs the low additional building costs. All houses are wooden and built only with healthy building materials.
There are no parking places around the houses nor in the narrow streets. The street sign says that cars have to adapt to walking people and playing children. For the cars there´s instead a parking garage underneath the nearby service center building. The inhabitants who want so can participate in a well organized Car-Sharing system. At the service center there are also stops for the city trams.
Vauban district, Freiburg City, Germany.
Architect: Rolf Disch. Rolf Disch Solar Architecture www.rolfdisch.de (website also in English)
PlusEnergy - Freiburg: Terraced Houses I
The south side of the terraced houses have big windows and balconies.
PlusEnergy homes produce more energy than they consume. All of the houses in this neighbourhood have large photovoltaic roofs. The supplementary income heavily outweighs the low additional building costs. All houses are wooden and built only with healthy building materials.
There are no parking places around the houses nor in the narrow streets. The street sign says that cars have to adapt to walking people and playing children. For the cars there´s instead a parking garage underneath the nearby service center building. The inhabitants who want so can participate in a well organized Car-Sharing system. At the service center there are also stops for the city trams.
Vauban district, Freiburg City, Germany.
Architect: Rolf Disch. Rolf Disch Solar Architecture www.rolfdisch.de (website also in English)