Monthly Archive: November 2015

The exponential growth in quality of life in Freiburg is both a blessing and a curse. The arrival of numerous new settlers has considerably reduced the availability of affordable housing. A shift in thinking is required to meet these challenges in future.

During the Real Estate Dialog in Freiburg, city councils, real estate industry and consultants discussed new ways and (living) concepts to sustainably ensure high standards of living in Freiburg. This, for instance, will require new intellectual approaches that explore ideas outside of the conventional standards in housing construction.

The primary focus of the year’s planner forums in Stuttgart were:

• SIMARIS Tools
• Single-conductor cable and UPS units
• Construction of low-voltage substations
• Busbar versus cable
• Future of building management
• Development of civic infrastructure

The forum offers an exciting opportunity to gain some momentum by getting into conversations with excellent experts. The planner lounge buzzed with planning aids that came to good use during the daily brainstorming sessions. Wolfgang Frey made the keynote talk during the event, titled “Development of Municipal Infrastructure, Comparing Germany and China.”