Research Database

IIBW, Umweltbundesamt (2021):

(Wien: IIBW & Umweltbundesamt, im Auftrag der Verbände Gebäudehülle+Dämmstoff Industrie 2050, WKO – Fachverband Steine und Keramische Industrie, Zentralverband industrieller Bauproduktehersteller).

With this monitoring system, IIBW and the Environment Agency Austria provide, for the first time, a continuous tool to observe housing renovation in Austria. It is targeted to support policy in reaching climate goals in the building sector.

IIBW (2024):

(Wien: IIBW, im Auftrag des Fachverbandes Steine-Keramik).

This booklet gives an overview of housing subsidies in Austria.

Amann (2024):

(im Auftrag des Landes Vorarlberg).

AEE INTEC, IIBW u.v.m. (2023-25):

(gefördert durch die FFG, FFG-Nr. 894534).

Under the lead of AEE Intec, the possibilities of deep renovations with prefabricated elements are analyzed and implemented on the basis of three sample projects.

Preßmair, G., Amann, W., Stipsits, A., Schoisengeier, S., Wenig, F. (2024):

Presented at 3rd International Sustainable Energy Conference ISEC 2024.

Thermally activated building structures (TABS) operated with heat pumps is becoming widely used in building construction. Among many other advantages, the inertia of this heating system can be used to stabilize electric power grids. In this paper, the outcomes of a IIBW study from 2023 is described.

EMI Epitesugyi Minosegellenorzo Innovacios (HU, coordinator), Solar Tech-Investment (HU), Zavod Za Gradbenistvo (SI), Gospodarska Zbornica (SI), RenoWave.AT, IIBW (2023-2025):

European Commission, funding by the Programme for the Environment and Climate Action (LIFE)

The aim of the EU-LIFE project “RENOINVEST – Roundtables enhancing smart investments in sustainable renovation of buildings” is to bring together all relevant stakeholders from the financial sector, the real estate and construction industry and politics in working groups and, above all, national roundtables to discuss urgently needed financing solutions for the climate-neutral renovation of our building stock and to jointly find feasible solutions by 2030.

IIBW (2024):

(In: www.iibw.at).

The short study presents the Austrian housing policy model with its core elements of limited-profit housing (LPHA) and housing subsidies.

Urban Innovation Vienna GmbH (Projektleitung), in Kooperation mit dem IIBW (2021-2025):

(Wien: Stadt der Zukunft, 8. Ausschreibung).

ZQ3Demo accompanies three innovative urban quarters in Vienna to demonstrate and further develop ecologically and economically sustainable solutions for the implementation of Plus-Energy-Quarters (PEQ) on the basis of real-life examples.

Mundt, A., Wagner, K., Angel, S., Amann, W. (2024):

In: The International Journal of Housing Policy.

This contribution to the International Journal of Housing Policy examines the question of why the home ownership rate amongst young households declined in Austria similar to other countries. The focus is on the national level, as well as on a detailed analysis of the situation in Lower Austria and Vorarlberg.

Amann, W., Oberhuber, A. Mundt, A. (2023):

(Wien: IIBW, im Auftrag des Landes Wien).

This study is the most comprehensive data collection and analysis available on the Austrian housing subsidy schemes.