Welcome to Berlin! This city is widely appreciated for its lively culture, history and tourist attractions has taken a front seat in being environmental-friendly. From integrated renewable electricity to green mobility, Berlin has come a long way in a bid to embrace a sustainable future. In this blog post, we’ll walk you through some of the most outstanding sustainability projects in Berlin and how you can visit them during your walking tours. This new side of Berlin is all about preserving the environment and doing all one can to make it a better place.
1. Green Buildings & Urban Architecture
Many innovative structures and uniquely designed green buildings and architectures for sustainable living are found in Berlin. Some of them include the Main Building of the Technische Universität Berlin that is cost by solar energy; for water consumption, the University has embraced the use of rainwater.
The latter college being known as the Technische Universität Berlin and its main building designed by the architect G.5.
Furthermore, the architectural concept of the winning House at Müggelsee by the Holcim Awards illustrates sustainable approach to building design. This house uses natural ventilation, efficient natural lighting, and treatment of water in the house with harvested rainwater. And that’s what sustainable design is all about in this era of modern urban architecture.
Innovative House at Müggelsee: brief overview of the winning project of Holcim Awards
2. Renewable Energy and Green Infra: The induction of renewable energy and green infrastructure to sustainable construction practice.
Sustainability in Berlin relies majorly on Renewable energy sources, an essential aspect for the city’s progressive progress. Explore
Teufelsberg—an artificial hill made of the remains of the WWII-where is the Functional Sculpture. Indeed, this sculpture can be considered by Berlin as demonstration of the city’s concern about sustainability problems due to the existences of wind turbine inside of the artwork to generate renewable energy for the city.
TeufelsbergFunctional Sculpture
The second outstanding example can be referred to the Solar Settlement in Adlershof. Each roof of this residential complex smoothly incorporates the use of solar power, a sign that the use of sun power can be scaled up in the congested regions. Explore this progressive area on foot and see how the sun can work its magic.
Solar Settlement in Adlershof
3. Green Spaces and Parks
The city boasts of beautiful parks and greens throughout the city that are incredibly welcoming and refreshing greenaries in the midst of the concrete jungle. The Tempelhofer Feld has the characteristic that it has been developed from an airport airport to a large leisure area. This space might be used for rent for activities like picnic, cycling and even planting plants within the urban area.
Tempelhofer Feld
For a much more relaxed sightseeing experience, visit Tiergarten, which is Berlin’s trendiest park by far. Wander through over a kilometer of greenery and look at how energy efficient lighting and compost stations are incorporated. This is a reminder of one of the goals that berlin has committed itself to; that of achieving a green city that practices proper city gardening.
Tiergarten
- This paper focuses on bicycle and sustainable transport.
Bicycles are not only transportation means in Berlin, but also more than that, it is a lifestyle. This means the city is very cyclist friendly having a large network of bike lanes all over the city. Immerse in Berlin and ride a bike following people’s examples and going through sights, districts, and even some significant spots. Cycling is a green mode of transport, and it also lets you be as much a part of the city’s atmosphere as you want to be.
It will be helpful to drop by at the Bicycle District of Kreuzberg-Friedrichshain to see the spadework the community is doing toward advocating for sustainable means of transport. The following is living testaments to its cycling culture; ‘cyling shops, bike repair workshops and cycling events’. Take your coffee at one of the comfortable cafes, and become the Berliner by accepting all the cycling traditions.
Bicycle District of Kreuzberg – Friedrichshain
5. Sustainable Dining
When you are examining Berlin’s approach to sustainability, do not forget about Berlin’s rapidly growing food scene, full of environmentally friendly restaurants. Visit Kopp’s Curry, this restaurant is the best place for Currywurst, a Berlin specialty. One thing that leaves Kopp’s Curry unique is the fact that they stick to the organic and locally sourced products; this does it without compromising on the essence of great tasting meals.
Kopp’s Curry
For a more up market sustainable dining go to Nobelhart & Schmutzig. This restaurant is a Michelin star restaurant that only uses locally sourced ingredients which are seasonal and produced sustainably. Taste delicious dishes and choose favorite producers to help support sustainable local food industry in Berlin.
Nobelhart & Schmutzig
Summary
Before you focus your camera on any beautiful building or monument while out on your Berlin walking tour, spare a glance at how new-age Berlin is a model sustainable city. In Berlin, amazing structures including green buildings, renewable energy landmarks, beautiful parks, and sustainable dining places are now in vogue. Through sharing these measures, we aim at encouraging people, living in and visiting the area, to become more environmentally friendly and promote the idea of green living.
However, it’s important to recall that the presented initiatives were just a drop in the ocean of Berlin’s sustainability projects. Well, never mind, get your walking shoes on, take out your map and come and see what I mean, the eco-friendly Glasgow. Prepare to be amazed by Berlin that has embraced sustainability as a trend while having fun exploring what this fantastic city has to offer.
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