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  • Sursee makes solar systems and green roofs standard

    Sursee makes solar systems and green roofs standard

    In future, the roofs of new buildings or roof renovations in the municipality of Sursee are to be fitted with solar panels. For flat roofs, the aim is also to green them. This was decided by the Sursee municipal council on 14 October with the majority approval of a counter-proposal to the municipal initiative for an independent and ecological energy supply (solar initiative). The initiative committee had withdrawn the solar initiative after the city council had drafted the counter-proposal.

    The counter-proposal is in line with the new cantonal energy law, which will come into force on 1 March 2025, subject to a referendum. New buildings will then have to be equipped with 60 per cent solar panels, and 30 per cent for roof renovations. If the requirements are not met, a replacement levy of CHF 1,000 per kilowatt will be due. In deviation from cantonal law, this levy will only be possible in Sursee if the construction and operation of the solar system is economically unreasonable.

    The new cantonal energy law does not specify any requirements for the greening of roofs. However, Sursee wants to use green roofs to improve the urban climate and as a substitute habitat for plants and animals. For this reason, a combination of green roofs and solar panels is being sought as standard on flat roofs.

    The solar utilisation of façades called for in the solar initiative is not provided for in the counter-proposal. The city council feared that this would have a negative impact on the townscape. In addition, the cost-benefit ratio of façade systems is currently even worse than that of roof systems.

  • Climate Foundation Switzerland awards 683,000 Swiss francs for innovative projects

    Climate Foundation Switzerland awards 683,000 Swiss francs for innovative projects

    The quality of the applications received by the Swiss Climate Foundation for the first round of funding in 2023 is “as high as ever”, according to a statement by the organisation. It has granted funding totalling 683,000 Swiss francs for six of them. Last year, the Swiss Climate Foundation decided on a change of strategy: since 1 January 2023, it has focused exclusively on climate-relevant innovations. In this way, “our funds develop their maximum leverage effect”, said Thomas Hügli, President of the Foundation Board, at the time. SMEs in Switzerland and Liechtenstein are eligible for support.

    In its latest announcement, the Swiss Climate Foundation cites the Sursee-based company HammerDrum as an example. It is receiving funding for its space-saving drilling technology for extracting geothermal energy. Instead of the area of a football field usually required for a deep geothermal probe, their drilling technology manages with 25 square metres, as is usual for two parking spaces. This gives even large properties in confined urban spaces the opportunity to switch to CO2-neutral geothermal energy.

    Overall, the balance of this first pure innovation year is strong, even if the influx of projects has declined as expected, says the press release, which also presents the 2022 annual report. Four new companies joined as partners last year: Mirabaud as well as the Graubündner, Basler and Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank. This means that 31 companies in Switzerland and Liechtenstein are now involved in the Swiss Climate Foundation. They finance the Climate Foundation with the refunds they receive from the CO2 tax.

    This year, the Climate Foundation is celebrating its 15th anniversary with two events: on 25 July in Zurich at the Allianz Cinema Night and on 13 September at the Raiffeisen Forum in Bern.

  • Hammerwald Sursee: Neuer Gewerbe- und Bürokomplex

    Hammerwald Sursee: Neuer Gewerbe- und Bürokomplex

    An der Allmendstrasse in Sursee erfolgt in wenigen Monaten der Spatenstich für das Gewerbeprojekt Hammerwald. Geplant sind zwei Gebäudekomplexe sowie ein dreigeschossiges Parkdeck mit 450 Autoabstell- sowie Veloparkplätzen. Der Neubau soll Platz für rund 600 Arbeitsplätze bieten. Die Flächen im Gebäude A1 werden vermietet, während diejenigen im Gebäude A2 zum Verkauf stehen. Die insgesamt 27’000 Quadratmeter umfassenden Flächen werden für eine flexible Nutzung konzipiert. Bis 2025/26 soll der Komplex fertiggestellt sein.

    Das Gebäude A1 erhält sieben Geschosse, deren Mietflächen sowohl vertikal als auch horizontal erschlossen werden können. Die Flächen im sechsgeschossigen Gebäude A2 werden im Stockwerkeigentum veräussert. Die Stadt Sursee ist in den letzten Jahren stark gewachsen – dadurch fehlt vielen lokalen Gewerblern der Platz, um sich weiterentwickeln zu können. Dieser Umstand war Paul Fuchs, Inhaber der Hoch- und Tiefbau AG, bewusst, weshalb er gemeinsam mit Alex und Jörg Lütolf von der Sustra AG sowie Urs Meyer und Christoph Geiser von der Cerutti Partner Architekten AG die Hammerwald AG gründete. Das Ziel: Ein umfassendes Gewerbegebäude für Sursee zu erschaffen. Die Inhaber sind sich einig: «Der Hammerwald soll für das lokale Gewerbe ein flexibles Flächenangebot zu attraktiven Konditionen bieten», so Paul Fuchs.

    Unter der architektonischen Leitung von Urs Meyer, Cerutti Partner AG, wird das Gebäude A1 mit Gewerbe-, Ausstellungs- und Büroflächen bestückt. Das Gebäude A2 erhält höhere Räume und wird für grössere Nutzlasten mit einem integrierten Autolift für Lieferwagen gebaut. Die im A2 entstehenden Einheiten sind speziell auf Handwerksbetriebe ausgelegt. Das Parkdeck ist für Lastwagen befahrbar und ermöglicht die ebenerdige Anlieferung in der Ebene 1. Dank Treppenhauskernen und Steigzonen sind flexible Unterteilungen der Flächen sowie vertikale Verbindungen über mehrere Ebenen möglich. Neben den Handwerksbetrieben soll der Hammerwald die unterschiedlichsten Unternehmen und Branchen ansprechen.

    Der Gebäudekomplex punktet mit seiner Nähe zum Autobahnzubringer sowie zum Bahnhof Sursee. Das Naherholungsgebiet Surseerwald liegt direkt angrenzend. Das nachhaltige Energiekonzept sieht die Energieerzeugung mittels Grundwassernutzung über Energiepfähle vor.

  • Largest wood module factory in Germany

    Largest wood module factory in Germany

    Renggli Deutschland GmbH is a joint venture between the four shareholders Renggli AG, Saxovent Smart Eco Investments GmbH, Sächsische Ärzteversorgung (SAEV) and MQ Real Estate GmbH. Renggli AG is committed to providing know-how and expertise. The new plant is being built in Eberswalde (state of Brandenburg), around 40 kilometers from the Berlin city limits. In February 2022, the purchase contract for the land of the production facility was signed. Construction will start in the third quarter of 2022 and completion is scheduled for the end of 2023. From 2024, wooden modules for sustainable and climate-friendly, multi-storey buildings will be manufactured in the modern plant on a production area of around 20,000 square meters.

    Great potential in Germany

    In the greater Berlin area, there is great potential for serially and industrially manufactured wooden modules. In modular construction, entire room units are prefabricated in the production plant and assembled on the construction site. Today, modular buildings meet all the requirements of modern and sustainable real estate and offer a solution for the realization of attractive, affordable and climate-friendly living space. Samuel Renggli says: “We want to meet the high demand for timber construction capacities in the Berlin/Brandenburg area as needed and thus make a significant contribution to resource-friendly and climate-neutral construction. With the performance of this modern production plant, we meet the high standards of quality, efficiency and reliability.»

    Market development in Germany – further development in Switzerland

    The investment is the consistent strategic further development of activities in Germany and is based on Renggli AG’s long-term business plan. The commitment in Germany will not affect the activities in Switzerland. As planned, Renggli AG will continue to strengthen its market position in Switzerland and invest in the digitization and further development of the company in parallel to its expansion in Germany. In the production plant in Schötz (LU), Renggli AG continues to realize industrially manufactured, high-quality and climate-friendly buildings in element and modular construction. It thus serves the demand from Switzerland for architecturally sophisticated, multi-storey wooden buildings for housing developments, office and commercial buildings or kindergartens and schools.