Research
Quality Assessment
Climate Change Mitigation
Circularity and Resource Conservation
System Change
Funding body
Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport
Funding amount
8.000€
Consortium
Institute of Building Research & Innovation
SHARE architects
Anne Isopp
Short summary
EN.E.A. is developing a structured guideline for evidence-based decisions on preserving or demolishing existing buildings while balancing ecological, economic, and cultural factors to advance sustainable planning practice.
Objectives
EN.E.A. (original title: Entscheidungsprozesse zu Erhalt oder Abbruch von Bestandsgebäuden) seeks to develop a practical guideline enabling stakeholders to make transparent, evidence-based decisions on building preservation or demolition.
Phase one examines existing decision-making practices and identifies decisive pull and push factors. These lay the groundwork for practical insights and a schematic process overview, forming the basis for an initial guideline draft.
Methodology
The methodology relies on in-depth interviews with experts from planning, public administration, and building practice. These are transcribed and analyzed qualitatively to pinpoint key push and pull factors influencing preservation or demolition decisions. Insights shape a guideline prototype, refined through a public expert workshop.
Graphic representation of the desicion process
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