Every year natural hazards and especially hailstorms cause damages to the building stock amounting to millions or even billions of Euros in Germany. The accelerating climate change involves an increasing amount of (convective) energy within the atmosphere with adherent additional damage issues....

The global climate change is an ongoing process which is significantly affected by human activities. Due to the impact to our and future generations as well as the restraint of resources it is necessary to countervail the growing global environmental issues. The real estate industry plays a...

Every year natural hazards cause damages to the building stock amounting to millions or even billions of Euros in Germany. The accelerating climate change involves an increasing number of extreme weather events with adherent additional issues. These extreme weather events lead to restrictions of...

In terms of climate change mitigation, the response of the property sector is apparent by the diffusion of green buildings. Hence, it is necessary to analyse its diffusion pattern in order to identify the current stage of adoption. By now, the focus of the green building diffusion literature...

As the real estate industry is responsible for about 40% of the economy's end energy consumption, its potential to contribute to a sustainable development is accordingly high. In terms of climate change mitigation, the response of the property sector is apparent by the diffusion of green...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the functionality and main results of the ImmoRisk tool. The aim of the project of the Federal Ministry for Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS), in corporation with the Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs...