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Talks and Poster Presentations (with Proceedings-Entry):

M. Lorbek, I. Kovacic, M. Höflinger:
"The Future of Red Vienna. Portfolio Approach to Building Stocks.";
Talk: CESB13 - Central Europe towards Sustainable Building 2013, Prag; 06-26-2013 - 06-28-2013; in: "CESB13 - Central Europe towards Sustainable Building 2013", CESB13 - Central Europe towards Sustainable Building 2013, (2013), ISBN: 978-80-247-5015-6; 107 - 110.



English abstract:
Refurbishment practices, subsidy policies and even assessment tools deal predominantly with single buildings and small ensembles. Large portfolios of social housing building stock are suitable for case study research on sustainable features of historic built environment and for developing long term, portfolio-based strategies.

The social housing of Red Vienna was examined a case study. This building stock consists of interdependent elements: small dwelling units, based on the principle of sufficiency and complementary communal facilities. The buildings were located next to existing material infrastructures and in the vicinity of public transport. Research on building stocks revealed several original features, which are sustainable according to contemporary criteria.

Portfolio approach to long-term refurbishment, in which several scenarios are assessed, allows historic building stocks to be transformed through reactivation of social facilities, ownership options and targeted tenant allocation and thus including further options for reducing emissions and enabling sustainable use of cultural resources.

Keywords:
Red Vienna, social housing, portfolio, scenario-based, refurbishment

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