The residential buildings meet the KfW Effizienzhaus 55 EE standard. Heat is generated in the neighborhood primarily with renewable energies through heat pumps and photovoltaic systems. A modern gas condensing boiler is only used selectively to cover peak loads.
The new construction project will also unseal soil: A plot of land that was previously 100 percent sealed will be largely unsealed and landscaped in the course of the neighborhood development. This allows the precipitation water to seep away completely on the property or to return to the natural water cycle through evaporation, and in the future it will no longer be necessary to discharge rainwater into the public sewage system.