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Active use of solar energy: More than 450 m2solar collectors were built in the first section and about 120 kWp are produced through
photovoltaic systems by the end of 2000 (continuous increase because of federal and regional subsidy).
All together Vauban is estimated to be one of the largest solar districts in Europe.
Traffic/public transport:
Car usage reduction in the city district with a noticeably higher quality of life: The goal of the traffic concept is not a small, car-free
enclave, but rather reducing the use of cars in the entire district to everybody's benefit. The result is the combination of two forms of
living that are usually not integrated into one concept, i.e. "parking-free" and "car-free" living.
No parking at the doorstep: For large parts of the residential area, the development plan for Vauban prohibits the building of parking
space on private property. Instead, private cars are parked in a community car park located at the periphery of the residential area
("parking-free" living). Cars are only allowed into the residental area for pick-up and delivery. The speed limit on the district's main
road is 30 km/h, in the residential area cars should not drive faster than "walking speed" (5 km/h).
Support of "car-free" living: Residents without cars are exempted from participating in the community car park. Car-free households
thus save the substantial cost of a parking space. The same is true for development companies who put up car-free apartments for rent.
The community car park is therefore not subsidized by the "car-free" households (fair distribution of expenses). Car owners have to
accept walking a short distance to reach their cars. This soft break with the omnipresence of private cars is offset by a higher quality of
living that is valued especially by the car-free households.
Implementation of the traffic concept: Because of the building regulations of the Federal state of Baden-Württemberg it was
necessary to invent a legal framework to make this concept possible. The association for car-free living in Vauban (Verein für autofreies
Wohnen) was founded as a legal body for the implementation of the concept (further details see www.forum-vauban.de. With more
than 140 households within the first developing section alone, Vauban is one of the biggest projects of "car-free" living in Germany.
'District of short distances': A school, kindergardens, a farmer's market, businesses, a shopping centre, a food coop, recreation
areas, and approximately 600 jobs will all be within walking and cycling distance.
Public Transport: By now, two buslines are connecting Vauban with the city center, the main railway station and the recreation area
"Hexental". A tram-line and a suburban train line are planned until 2006.
Car Sharing: As a first step, the car sharing company "Freiburger Auto Gemeinschaft" offers five cars and one van especially for people
living in Vauban. They are parked in the community car park.
Special mobility package for the first development section: Those residents who joined the car sharing organisation not only have
access to the shared cars but also received a one-year free pass for all public transportation within Freiburg as well as a one-year 50 %
reduction on every train ticket in form of the "Bahncard".
Building:
Strong support for joint building processes such as Baugruppen and co-operative building: New inhabitants can influence their future
living conditions and directly receive economical benefits because building takes place on a larger scale without the engagement of
private investors (cost savings up to 25%), Vauban is one of the first communities to integrate this type of development since as far as
we know Baugruppen-projects in a remarcable dimension are only existing in Freiburg and Tübingen. The Genova co-operative builds
apartments for rent within a collective process. Additionaly, the self-organized S.U.S.I.-settlement initiative refurbished four old barrack
buildings which became home for more than 200 young people.
District-based information: About 40 major workshops and excursions were organized by Forum Vauban to spread information about
ecological building corresponding to the current needs of builders and Baugruppen (see also "public dialogue")
Implementation forced by private builders and Baugruppen: Besides the low-energy standard and the "parking-free" area, the
marketing concept and the development plan include some more regulations to ecological building such as the greening of roofs, the
conservation and planting of trees, rainwater infiltration, etc. Further progressive standards were self-sufficiently implemented by many
of the Baugruppen and co-operative (Genova and S.U.S.I.) building projects (e.g. using ecological materials such as wood, clay, and
other locally produced energy-extensive building material)
Water:
Infiltration of rainwater into the ground: The system covers 80% of the residential area.The infiltration of rainwater is an innovative
concept but also implemented in other new districts
New ecological sewage system within one pilot project (Model house of the Baugruppe "Wohnen und Arbeiten"): Through vacuum
pipes faeces are transported into a biogas plant. There they ferment anaerobically together with organic household waste, thus
generating biogas, which is used for cooking. Remaining waste water (grey-water) is cleaned in biofilm plants and returned to the water
cycle.
Freiburg-Vauban was presented as "German Best Practice" at the UN Habitat II Conference 1996 in Istanbul because of the cooperative planning
process.
Public Dialogue
Between 1996 and the End of the year 2000, Forum Vauban as legal body of the participation process organized about 40 major workshops and
excursions, three district's festivals and the international conference "UrbanVisions" as a pre-event of the UN "Urban 21" conference in Berlin.
About 10 events were co-organized with the City of Freiburg. The workshops were mainly adressing future housing owners, architects,
craftsmen, the building industry and financial institutes. For example, the workshops were focusing on
Additional, numerous regular working groups' gatherings and meetings of special projects or Baugruppen / co-housing groups linked with o r
situated at Vauban took place regulary. Currently, there are about four meetings of district groups each week in the rooms of Forum Vauban.
The working groups' issues are: traffic / mobility, energy, coordination of Baugruppen, social life (roundtable and advisory board of social
initiatives, representatives from the City of Freiburg and some welfare institutions), business (roundtable with Baugruppen, commercial
representatives and the City of Freiburg), and others.
A detailed description of the consultation and participation process between may 1997 and december 1999 can be found in the Forum's final
report of the project LIFE97 ENV/D/000469 "Realisation of the Sustainable District Vauban", submited to the European Commission, DG XI, at the
30th of march 2000.
Continuous press reports (regional, nationwide, international) about Vauban reveal the public interest. The main media for local
information/communication are the Forum's bi-monthly district magazine "Vauban actuel" and this website http://www.vauban.de.
Last but not least, the regular meetings of the "Gemeinderätliche Arbeitsgruppe Vauban", the City Council's Vauban committee (see partnership
structure) and the meetings of the City Council itself have major influence on the public dialogue.
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