PANDION OFFICEHOME Pollux: innovative workplaces in a prime location
April 4, 2025 In Berlin Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg, the PANDION OFFICEHOME Pollux and two sister projects are creating an innovative New Work Hub. HOINKA GmbH is supporting the certification to DGNB Gold Standard. Office space with individual workstations, conference and event rooms, a food court and various cafés is being created on…
Managing Director Thomas Hoinka is a DGNB Senior Auditor
March 27, 2025 HOINKA Managing Director Thomas Hoinka is one of 67 DGNB Senior Auditors. The German Sustainable Building Council has awarded Thomas Hoinka the title of DGNB Senior Auditor. To be awarded this title, a DGNB auditor must demonstrate the relevant experience with the DGNB system, which means that…
HOINKA’s LCA software LCA Online is the first tool with LCA-DGNB interface
March 21, 25 HOINKA’s life cycle assessment software LCA Online is the first tool with an LCA-DGNB interface to be tested and recognized by the DGNB. Our tool LCA Online is the first DGNB-tested and recognized tool with an LCA-DGNB interface for validating LCA results! Our online software LCA Online…
Topping-out ceremony of the Estrel Tower Berlin
March 03, 2025 HOINKA GmbH is supporting the LEED Platinum certification for what will be Berlin’s tallest building. The topping-out ceremony marks another milestone in the project’s progress. On March 3, Thomas Hoinka was a guest at the topping-out ceremony for the Estrel Tower Berlin, which will be the tallest…
A guest at BAU 2025
January 16, 2025 We were at BAU again this year and were able to discuss the latest developments in the field of sustainable construction with our colleagues. The insights into the Innovation Hub and the Start-Up Area, where everything revolved around transformation, resource efficiency, resilience, cost-effectiveness and modular construction, were…
HOINKA project PANDION OFFICEHOME Zinc: New Work in Berlin Friedrichshain
December 04, 2024 With the OFFICEHOME Zinc, another PANDION project was completed, in which HOINKA GmbH was able to accompany the certification according to DGNB Gold Standard. OFFICEHOME Zinc is one of three buildings that together form the new Ostkreuzcampus in Berlin Friedrichshain. A total of around 50,000 m2 of…
HOINKA project PANDION OFFICEHOME Soul
November 28, 2024 With the PANDION OFFICEHOME Soul, modern and sustainable office space is being created on around 45,000 m2 in the Werksviertel district near Munich’s Ostbahnhof. HOINKA GmbH is supporting the DGNB and WiredScore certification. Together with its sister project “Beat”, the six-storey polygonal two-storey building (pictured left) forms…
HOINKA project coleman 10 awarded the DGNB gold pre-certificate
December 4, 2023 With an overall degree of fulfillment of 71.6 %, the coleman 10 project was awarded the DGNB Gold pre-certificate in the new construction/office and administration building category. The office building is located close to Frankfurt Airport and offers individual office space for large and small companies. In…
German Solar Prize for “Haus Hoinka”
30.10.2023 Following the “House of the Year” award, the straw bale house of builder and managing director of HOINKA GmbH Thomas Hoinka has now also been awarded the German Solar Prize. Hoinka House was awarded the plaque for outstanding structural and technical achievements in the field of renewable energies and…
Thomas Hoinka’s “straw bale house” is House of the Year 2023
20.10.2023 Managing Director Thomas Hoinka’s building project won out against numerous other entries in the competition organized by the Deutsches Architekturmuseum and Callwey Verlag and was named House of the Year 2023. In the center of Pfaffenhofen, near Stuttgart, Stroh insulates the 420 m² residential building with 4 residential units…
First WELL certification in Bavaria: WELL Gold certificate for MSD Germany headquarters
19.09.2023 The MSD Germany headquarters in the Macherei Munich has received WELL Gold certification. This makes MSD Germany one of the first companies in Germany and the first in Bavaria to be awarded this certificate. Nowadays, people spend more than 90% of their lives indoors, so it is important that…
Now finalized: DGNB System New Buildings, Version 2023
08.05.2023 Following the conclusion of the comment phase, the DGNB has now finalized the comprehensive revision of its certification system for new buildings. Changes have been made in the following areas with system version 2023: Higher requirements with regard to future climate targets Better applicability by reducing the number of…
New BEG promotion “Climate-friendly new build” (KFN)
01.02.2023 The Federal Building Ministry is supporting the climate-friendly construction of new buildings with a new subsidy as part of the Federal Subsidy for Efficient Buildings (BEG). The funding is intended to contribute to climate protection and compliance with national climate targets. From March 1, 2023, the Federal Building Ministry…
Changes to the Building Energy Act (GEG 2023)
20.01.2023 An amendment to the Building Energy Act came into force on January 1, 2023. A primary energy shortfall of 45% must now be demonstrated for new construction projects. Since November 01, 2020, the Building Energy Act. It contains requirements for the energy quality of buildings, the creation and use…
DGNB System New Buildings, Version 2023
09.12.2022 The German Sustainable Building Council has fundamentally revised its certification system for new buildings. In addition to new minimum requirements, the focus is on climate protection, circularity and investment security. The new system version is a further development of the DGNB Building New Construction System Version 2018. By combining…
SmartScore – the first global certification for smart buildings
07.02.2022 With SmartScore, WiredScore offers the first global certification system for smart buildings that combine future-proof design, innovative technologies and an exceptional user experience. With the SmartScore certification, WiredScore has created a certification system that supports real estate owners and planners in understanding smart user requirements and implementing the corresponding…
Thomas Hoinka as a guest at DGNB: Sustainable building in practice
26.11.2021 Digital solutions such as the life cycle assessment tool LCA Online and the building product platform Building Material Scout are becoming increasingly important in the realization of sustainable building projects. Thomas Hoinka was a virtual guest at the DGNB on November 16, 2021 in his role as DGNB auditor…
Benefit from additional BEG subsidies with the “Sustainable building quality seal”
01.11.2021 As part of the Federal Subsidy for Efficient Buildings (BEG), the federal government is promoting sustainability aspects for the first time through a separate NH class for efficiency buildings. The funding has been available to apply for since July 2021, and buildings with a sustainability certificate receive increased funding.…
greenproperty – a holistic seal of quality for sustainable real estate
29.07.2021 With greenproperty, Credit Suisse offers investors a certified sustainable real estate portfolio. The greenproperty seal of approval is the first holistic seal of approval for sustainable real estate in Switzerland that takes ESG criteria into account. Interest in sustainable and future-oriented real estate is steadily increasing. With a corresponding…
Up to 22.5 % subsidy with the “Federal subsidy for efficient buildings” (BEG)
05.03.2021 From July 2021, attractive grants of between 15% and 22.5% of the construction costs can be applied for for energy-efficient new construction projects (including non-residential buildings). For refurbishments, the grant amount is even 50%. The new grants under the “Federal Subsidy for Efficient Buildings” (BEG) are not tied to…
Bundestag passes new law to improve electric mobility infrastructure
03.03.2021 On February 11, 2021, the Bundestag passed the GEIG (Building Electromobility Infrastructure Act). The aim is to create an infrastructure for charging stations for electric vehicles in new buildings, renovations and existing buildings. The GEIG implements a requirement from the EU Buildings Directive for the development of charging and…
LEED Platinum certificate on the Greencity site in Zurich, Pergamin II
14.02.2021 On 07.01.2021, the Pergamin II office building on the Greencity site in the south of Zurich was awarded LEED Platinum certification with 88 out of 110 possible points. …
First WiredScore AP in Germany
19.02.2021 Ramona Schuster (HOINKA GmbH) is one of the first trained WiredScore APs in Germany. The training and exam was offered for the first time in Germany at the end of January. WiredScore certification is an important tool for integrating a modern digital infrastructure into construction projects at an early…
The Wired Score certification
27.01.2021 Digitalization plays a very important role, especially in these times. WiredScore certification is an important tool for integrating digital infrastructure and connectivity into building projects at an early stage. The WiredScore certification was first established in New York in 2013 and has also been available in Germany since 2017.…
Building Energy Act (GEG 2020) replaces EnEV, EnEG and EEWärmeG
08.10.2020 The new Building Energy Act (GEG 2020) comes into force on November 1, 2020, replacing the Energy Saving Ordinance (EnEV), the Energy Saving Act (EnEG) and the Renewable Energies Heat Act (EEWärmeG). The current EnEV basis for energy balancing for buildings is still valid until October 31,…
WELL Health-Safety Rating
31.07.2020 The WELL Health-Safety Rating was developed to give owners and operators in large and small companies the opportunity to take the necessary steps to ensure the health and safety of their employees, visitors and other users of the building with regard to COVID-19 Pandemic (Corona Virus). The WELL health…
Building Material Scout is official Partner of the LEED Better Materials Program
30.04.2020 One of the challenges facing global project teams is access to building material information. In order to make search for better building materials easy, Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) is adding leading global material platforms to its Better Materials Programm. Since April 2020, the Building Material Scouthas also been included…
WELL certification in a nutshell
10.02.2020 The WELL certification has an increasing demand in Germany and Europe. The standard with the building places a strong focus on the health and comfort of all building users. The WELL Building Standard® was published in 2014 by the International WELL Building Institute pbc (IWBI). 10 categories, so-called concepts, are…
Green Building Products Increasingly In Demand
27.06.2019 Since the launch of the digital service platform for healthy building materials, the Building Material Scout, a year ago, the number of these products in the database has grown to 31,000. …
Building Material Scout
01.03.2019 From now on we offer our services from greenbuildingproducts.eu via our new platform Building Material Scout www.building-material-scout.com. Building Material Scout with its improved features is increasingly used in building projects by builders, architects and construction companies. …
DGNB Gold Certificate for the new office building of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain in Aachen
30.06.2017 The new office building for the building product manufacturer Compagnie de Saint-Gobain at the Aachener Tivoli is awarded with the DGNB Gold certificate. Hence the building demonstrates the fulfillment of high standards of sustainable construction according to DGNB. The Green Building Certification according to the German DGNB process was executed…
Greenbuild EuroMed – Verona, Presentation “LEED v4 materials and resources”
19.10.2015 The international congress “GREENBUILD EUROPE & THE MEDITERRANEAN” took place in Verona from the 14 to 16 October 2015. The GREENBUILD is the European largest trade fair for sustainable building, which takes place in Los Angeles 2016. As a speaker Thomas Hoinka – CEO of HOINKA GmbH (greenbuildingproducts.eu) – presented…
LEED® Silver Certificate for the manufacturing building of ARaymond.
03.12.2013 The new manufacturing building of ARaymond is awarded with the LEED Silver certificate. Hence the building demonstrates the fulfillment of high standards of sustainable construction according to LEED. The Green Building Certification according to the international LEED process was executed by HOINKA GmbH. In the manufacturing building Bremgarten 150 persons are…
BREEAM In-Use – First office properties awarded BREEAM DE certificates
12.10.2012 To the beginning of Expo Real 2012 in Munich Stettiner Carré in Berlin and Campus Carré in Frankfurt am Main became the first existing properties in Germany to be distinguished with the new, internationally-acknowledged BREEAM DE certificate from the German Private Institute for Sustainable Real Estate (DIFNI). …
HOINKA GmbH becomes BREEAM in Use auditor
20.03.2012 Thomas Hoinka has to be trained as BREEAM in Use auditor. BREEAM in Use is the perfect opportunity to certify existing buildings in its portfolio. …
BARiT floor coatings fulfill LEED and DGNB criteria
08.11.2011 Now you can find BARiT floor coatings and finishes in the product database on www.greenbuildingproducts.eu. The listet floor coatings do contribute to fulfill credits in the LEED and DGNB system. With this BARiT supports his clients for a successful LEED and DGNB certification of buildings. …
Knauf products fulfill LEED and DGNB criteria
19.09.2011 Now you can find Knauf products and systems for drywalls, plaster and flooring in the product database on www.greenbuildingproducts.eu. The listet products like plasterboards, metal stud walls or plasterboard ceilings from Knauf Gips KG do contribute to fulfill credits in the LEED and DGNB system. With this Knauf supports…
PUR foam board purenit® fulfills LEED and DGNB criteria
23.09.2011 Now you can find the polyurethane board product purenit® 550 MD from puren GmbH in the product database greenbuildingproducts.eu. purenit® is a polyurethane product on (PUR/PIR) rigid foam basis, free of CFCs and HCFCs, with a high thermal insulation grade. You can process this high-performance multi-function material on any…
Wodego Chipboard fulfills LEED and DGNB criteria
15.09.2011 Now you can find the chipboard product “LivingBoard” from wodego in the product database greenbuildingproducts.eu. The low emitting particle board is free of formaldehyde resins and contribute to a high indoor environmental quality. Furthermore the timber is sourced responsible. Livingboard is available with an FSC certificate. …
Würth adhesives and sealants fulfill LEED and DGNB criteria
11.08.2011 Now you can find Würth adhesives and sealants in the product database on www.greenbuildingproducts.eu. The listed products do contribute to fulfill credits in the LEED and DGNB system. With this Würth supports his clients for a successful LEED and DGNB certification of buildings. Furthermore Würth provides the related product…
KAIFLEX adhesive fulfills LEED criteria
03.08.2011 Now you can find KAIFLEX Spezialkleber 494 in the product database greenbuildingproducts.eu. KAIFLEX special adhesive 494 is a black adhesive on the basis of synthetic rubber with reduced VOC content, free of aromatics. The special glue is used for adhering all flexible KAIFLEX insulation products (except KAIFLEX EPDM). The…
Pfleiderer Chipboard fulfills LEED and DGNB criteria
03.08.2011 Now you can find the chipboard product “LivingBoard” from Pfleiderer Holzwerkstoffe GmbH in the product database greenbuildingproducts.eu. The low emitting particle board is free of formaldehyde resins and contribute to a high indoor environmental quality. Furthermore the timber is sourced responsible. Livingboard is available with an FSC certificate. …
WAREMA roller blinds fulfill LEED and DGNB criteria
28.04.2011 Now you can find the WAREMA products Roller blind Trevira CS/Screen in the product database greenbuildingproducts.eu. …
Upofloor LifeLineTM Flooring fulfills LEED and DGNB criteria
17.05.2011 Now you can find the product Upofloor LifeLineTM in the product database greenbuildingproducts.eu. With their expressive pattern and durable ionomer surface, LifeLine tiles give the floor a long service life with low maintenance costs. LifeLine tiles are a safe and environmentally friendly choice for public premises subject to heavy…
contractworld – Hannover “Sustainable Products in the LEED und DGNB system”
01.12.2010 Thomas Hoinka – CEO of HOINKA GmbH – speaks on the contractworld-congress in Hannover on the 17.01.2011. The title of his speech is “Sustainable Products in the LEED und DGNB system”. …