The noventic group's second DNK Report is now available. Once again, all departments involved and the Group's CSR Committee worked closely together to produce a wide-ranging report on the 2021/22 financial year complying with the standards of the German Sustainability Code (Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitskodex - DNK). We have had the formal completeness of the report checked and certified by the Office of the German Sustainability Code (Büro Deutscher Nachhaltigkeitskodex).
Sustainability involves much more than just maintaining the status quo. It can also be a key driver of innovation. One sector that could benefit from that is real estate: if the industry is to achieve the goal of virtual climate neutrality by 2045, it must rapidly undergo fundamental transformation.
The climate protection policy of the European Union (EU) is now one of the most important, most present and most publicly discussed policy areas of the EU institutions and the subject of a wide range of EU legislation.
On May 5 2023 the digital version of Berliner Energietage came to a successful end. More than 60 events took place over the three days of the online congress. In the panel discussion “Digital Control: Housing Companies and Tenant Households Working Together for the Heat Transition in Existing Buildings”, Dr. Dirk Then, CEO of the noventic group, together with Dr. Christian Osthus, General Counsel (Justiziar) at the IVD Federal Association, Ralf Michels, Member of the Executive Committee of the VDIV and Professor Kunibert Lennerts, Professor of Facility Management at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), looked into the role of residents in climate protection in the housing industry and how to involve them in the heating transition.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has sounded the alarm: the 1.5-degree target will be missed without more resolute action by the international community. There is no shortage of ambitious targets, with Germany aiming to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by at least 65 per cent by 2030.
Building owners and managers face various challenges when trying to manage their building stock in an energy-efficient and sustainable manner. Short-term results with a lasting effect cannot be achieved through modernization. The digitalization of the energy transition is the key to making the housing stock energy-efficient and energy-saving as quickly and as low-investment as possible.
This year the issue of energy saving has taken on a new relevance among the wider public. Whereas in previous years one generally had the feeling that climate protection requirements were a tiresome duty that had to be performed, this year it is different: Triggered by Russiaʼs war in Ukraine and the associated supply and energy crisis, the issue has clearly gained traction.
Experts and industry stakeholders alike agree that there is huge potential for energy savings in the existing building stock. However, without the professional housing industry the energy and heating transition cannot succeed. To date, though, real estate has lagged dramatically behind on the decarbonisation front, and much greater efforts will be needed to achieve the goal set by politicians of reducing all CO2 emissions to net zero by 2045 in Germany and by 2050 in Europe.
noventic talk with Marco Hofmann, ZIA Committee Chairman for Digitalisation, and Dr Dirk Then, Managing Director of noventic GmbH, on the topic of data, digitalisation and climate protection in the housing industry.
noventic talk with Maria Hill, ZIA Committee Chairwoman for Energy and Building Technology, and Dr Dirk Then, Managing Director of noventic GmbH, at the 2022 Real Estate Industry Day on the topics of data protection in the housing industry, climate protection, energy and CO₂ savings in existing buildings (only available in German).
Stephan Bause, Managing Director of noventic, talks to Stefan Seidler, Member of the German Parliament, about the role of digitalisation on the way to a climate-neutral building stock - and what we can learn from our Scandinavian neighbours along the way.
The energy transition debate has long since moved from 'if' to 'how' - the goals of reducing energy consumption and CO2 emissions could not be more relevant today.
