TASK 4 :  EU Best Practices ( Hannover, Kronsberg, Germany)

1. KKKA 6414
SUSTAINABLE URBAN PLANNING
TASK 4 : EU Best Practices
Prof. Ir. Dr. RIZA ATIQ ABDULLAH
Dr. MUHAMAD NAZRI BIN BORHAN
STUDENTDS NAME : KHALEEL MOHAMMAD DURAID ALI ABDULLAH MOH’D
NO. MATRIK : P76689 P76704 P76687
City : Hannover, Kronsberg, Germany

2. Introduction
The local authority in the city of Hannover decided in the 1990s to
develop the new district of Kronsberg, close to the areas of the
coming World Exposition Expo 2000.
Kornberg is an eco-district in Hannover built on 1,200 hectares of
mainly agricultural land on the city margins.
It is located in the south-east of the city and was the last remaining
area in Hannover suitable for a large-scale building project.
Kornberg is a settlement with exceptionally high ecological
standards, buildings offering above-average quality of
accommodation and semi-natural open space design.

3. The population of Hannover, Germany is 515140
according to the Genomes geographical database

4. TARGET OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT
IN KRONSBERG
As a result, new standards are required for
Kronsberg in:
 urban development
 ecology
 social planning
The goal is also for the:
 planning process and
 civic participant
to be exemplary

5. Concept
 The development of Kronsberg followed the regional planning
principle, according to which residential development should
expand along local rail public transport routes and be concentrated
at urban densities in the catchment areas of the stops and stations.
The EXPO 2000 World Exposition was the occasion to apply this
planning approach to the Kronsberg area. Expo 2000 act as the
catalyst for the development of the Kronsberg area.
A concept was devised in 1994 for the entire area that covered the
EXPO grounds, the new settlement and the countryside.

6. Economy
 Hanover has very large number of tourist.
 It sit on a river call Leine, and has conjunctions of shops along
one heritage street, And it location to the west of Berlin and the
centre of the north, which made many passenger pass through.
 It’s the biggest small town in German, yet it has The Volkswagen
Commercial Vehicles Transporter (VWN) factory at Hannover-
Stöcken is the biggest employer in the region and operates a huge
plant at the northern edge of town.
 A few other factors and Hanover is home to many insurance
companies, many of which operate only in Germany. One major
global reinsurance company is Hannover Re, whose headquarters
are east of the city centre.

7. Economy

8. Funding
 Subsidies by the city and other sources, including the EU,
paid for the extra costs in both the larger systems
development and the building construction to allow the
project to function within the guidelines of the ecological
standards.
Publicly owned land was sold to private developers to raise
money for public amenities.
Federal, state, and local officials created a housing fund to
ensure that a mix of persons from different income levels
would be able to afford to live in Kronsberg.

9. Funding

10. Education
 Hanover has several
universities.
 The Leibniz University
Hannover is the largest funded
institution in Hanover for
providing higher education to
the students from around the
world.
 Newly opened Hannover
Medical Research School in
2003 for attracting the students
from biology background from
around the world.

11. Energy
 All the built structure were to meet Low
Energy House Standard (LEH).
 This was possible only when the design
had a compact building form with few
projections and recessions.
 The required space index is 55kWh/m2.
 This was possible through
 thicker insulation layers of walls
 airtight and windproof building
envelopes
 avoidance of thermal bridges
 installation of very well insulations
windows.

12. ENVIRONMENT ECOLOGICAL
STANDARDS ENERGY

13. PROJECT
1
• Solar City
2
• Passive solar houses
3
• Solar district heating system
4
• Wind turbines

14. SOLAR CITY
 Solar district heating system
 Passive solar houses : Passive solar houses in the project use heat
exchangers to meet their heating needs. One of the CHP plants is
run by fuel cells, and was a demonstration project for the
Exposition.
Wind turbines : Two wind turbines provide 3,000 dwellings with
electricity.
 Photovoltaic cell technology.

15. DISTRUCT HEATING
 Decentral cogeneration heating
plant
 Compulsory connection to the
network
 Only 5% more expensive than
new-build developments with
district heating connections
elsewhere in the city.

16. WIND ENERGY
 The most important
renewable energy
source on Kronsberg is
wind power.
 Tow large and one
smaller wind turbines
to provide enough
energy for 3,000
houses

17. TRANSPORTATION & CONNECTIVITY
Good transportation services and communication
linking people to jobs, school, health and other
services
 Tram route
 Traffic calming
 Amenities within easy walking distance
 Cycle priority route
 Parking space restrictions

18. Tram route
◦ A new direct light rail transit service links the
settlement with the city centre (17 minutes).
• Three tram stops serve Kronsberg, each within easy
walking distance of all homes, and providing a fast
service to Hanover city centre.
• The transport systems has been specially designed to
enable disabled access.
• The main motorised traffic flow is channelled along
the edge of the development beside the tramline to
minimise nuisance to residents

19. TRAFFIC CALMING
• In the residential area the car access is forbidden, except
for Kronsberg residents. Narrow sections on the roads,
30 kph zones, and priority to the right at junctions, are
effective traffic calming measures.
PARKING SPACE
• Car parking spaces are mainly arranged in small areas,
either set into the hill-side or at ground level.
• To reduce the parking space needs in the inner courts, a
parking space ratio of 0.8 per apartment was set at
Kongsberg.
• This was compensated for by a 0.2 increase in the ratio
for parking spaces on the public streets, which means
that they are better used over the day, and the area
needed for motorised access in built-up areas is reduced.

20. Transportation

21. Green Space
 weather of Hanover gave
advantage to have more green
space.
 it’s green and living city, that
has river to west and lake to
the south, then a large park all
along the east.
 many other small parks around
the town, making it available
to have green space in each
area.

22. Environment
Planning and construction emphasized on:
Environmentally friendly energy supply systems
Environmentally friendly building.
Preservation of natural resources.
This developed into the “Kronsberg-Standard”,
obligatory for all developers, and was applied across
the board.
It especially affected the areas of energy, rainwater,
building materials, and the ground.
The goal is to reduce CO2 emissions and household
energy consumption.

23. Ecological standard energy.
Energy use optimization.
District heating systems : Heating for all buildings is
supplied either through decentralized gas-fi red
cogeneration (CHP) plants, which are between 80-95%
efficient, or through alternative and renewable sources
of energy.
Low energy buildings.
Electricity saving measures.

25. Water Treatment
 The Kongsberg Water Concept deals with the effects that a large
development can have on the local water table, the necessity for water
conservation, and raising awareness of water issues through visible
systems.
 “The ‘Mulden-Rigolen’system for decentralized retention and
infiltration of rainwater” was used throughout Kongsberg to create a
system of retention and infiltration that would not cause large changes to
the local water ecology
 Of the daily usage of 142 L of drinking water per person in Germany,
most runs through the shower, bath, wash-basin and toilet straight to the
drains. Only about three liters are used either for drinking, or for
cooking. As water provider, the Hanover Municipal Water-works is
aiming to reduce that figure to 100 L per person. Economy aerators have
been installed in wash-basins. These reduce water-consumption greatly,
although it is barely perceptible. Flow-limiters and flow stabilizers are
also effective.

27. Waste Management
 The Kongsberg Waste Management Concept includes building waste,
and domestic and commercial waste.
Construction waste
 The city of Hannover reached a contractual agreement with
developers to use exclusively environmentally compatible and
healthy building materials.
 For construction phase they required to sort building waste on
site
 Signs were fixed to the various waste skips on site to make it
clear which waste belonged in which classification
 Developers are required to use materials for construction that are
non-toxic and recyclable, 80% of construction waste was not land
filled.

29. Cycling in Hannover
 Like many other cities in Germany,
Hannover has miles and miles of cycle
paths. Many of these are dedicated
sections on highways going through the
town yet there are also interesting paths
going through pleasant parkland. You can
hire bikes in the city by the hour or day
and also get on a tour of Hannover with a
guide

31. Hannover’s Walking Area
 Hannover is the leading cultural center of the
Lower-Saxony Region. Here you can spend
days if not weeks enjoying the different sights.
Take Cultural Walk to see all the best museums,
galleries and theaters the city has to offer.

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