Single family houses in Germany consume much more resources than apartment houses – study
Erneuerbare Energien
Manufacturing the materials used to build an average single family house in Germany consumes about the same amount of energy as heating an average four-person household for 20 years, Nicole Weinhold writes in renewable energy magazine Erneuerbare Energien. According to a study by the Münster University of Applied Sciences, the area used for residential building and transport infrastructure has grown by over 20 percent since 1992 to nearly 50,000 square kilometres.
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