Climate protection in the old town: Study group plans solar frames for monuments

Climate protection in the old town: Study group plans solar frames for monuments

Landsberg am Lech, Deutschland - An exciting excursion of the architectural students of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is the focus of current developments in Landsberg am Lech. Under the motto "Sonne meets monument protection", 21 students deal with the challenge of combining monument protection and climate protection. Your goal: The sustainable use of renewable energies in the charming old town, which is rich in historical building fabric. The students explore how the newly changed Bavarian Monument Protection Act of 2023, which allows certain measures to use renewable energies in monuments, can be used in practice. It is important that monument protection is not affected, which makes the starting point exciting. This is reported by the city of Landsberg am Lech on its website here .

An elementary part of this project is the creation of a solar frame plan that serves as a planning instrument for municipalities with historical buildings. This plan is intended to define the potential and requirements for the use of renewable energies and at the same time maintain the historical values. So far, extensive analyzes have been carried out on the historical room qualities, the visibility and the design criteria of the old town. Talks between the city of Landsberg am Lech, the Kit and the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments (BLFD) run together to find the best solutions.

Landsberg relies on innovative approaches

The process for creating the solar frame plan was started on September 11, 2024, and an intermediate score was presented on March 26, 2025 in the construction, planning and environmental committee. The students have analyzed numerous individual monuments and art -historically valuable cityscapes and prepared geodata in order to create a data -based basis for future decisions. The классификация of the partial roof areas of the old town takes place in categories from individual coordination options to lower design requirements, which should help to assess the visibility in the installation of solar systems.

new brochure as help

To offer helpful information to offer builders and monument owners, the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments has published a new brochure entitled "Solar Energy and Monument Conservation". These informative pages show how solar systems can be installed on or near monuments without disturbing the overall visual impression. The brochure also contains legal requirements and valuable information on the design of the solar systems. It introduces successful practical examples and is aimed at everyone who is interested in the reconciliation of monument conservation and climate protection. Interested parties can get the brochure in a cost-confident way from the official website of the state office and thus get an overview of the best practices here .

A current judgment of an administrative court illustrates how important the individual case test in the context is monument protection. A homeowner was able to successfully obtain approval to install a solar system on its listed half -timbered house, although the monument protection authority initially rejected. The judges decided that the visibility and changes in the building already made kept the optical impairment low and thus an exception to installation was possible. This shows that good compromises can be made in the interaction of monument protection and renewable energies, provided that they respect the interests of both sides. You can find out more at here .