Sustainability
Improved insulation, advanced condensing technology and control technology, block-type thermal power stations, combined heat and power generation, higher levels of space efficiency, and better training of building users are just some of the methods for achieving significant energy savings without sacrificing any of the buildings' comfort.
Challenges for building construction and modernization
To ensure a sustainable, responsible use of resources, buildings will have to be far more efficient in the future than they are today. At the same time, the buildings will have to adapt themselves as well as possible to the users' changing needs and to fluctuating environmental conditions. To achieve this goal, buildings' life cycles have to be viewed holistically and new technologies must be developed.Besides being economically efficient and environmentally friendly, sustainable buildings help to conserve resources. They are healthy to live in and are optimally integrated into their sociocultural environments. Sustainable buildings thus preserve their high value over the long term – for investors, owners, and users alike.
Our approach
HOCHTIEF promotes the smooth interaction of business, social commitment, and environmental protection. As a good corporate citizen, we take on responsibility for people and the environment. We make long-term plans and provide responsible support during a project's entire life cycle. We are also setting standards by promoting and developing innovative technology.We are always ready to serve as a partner in collaborative solutions such as public-private partnerships. HOCHTIEF already plans, finances, builds, and operates city halls, schools, military housing, and other public facilities. Thanks to the company's holistic approach to viewing real estate, building efficiency increases by 15 to 20 percent.
As a leading provider of contracting services, HOCHTIEF helps its customers to increase the energy efficiency of existing buildings. We are also involved in other types of projects, such as the expansion of transportation infrastructures. In addition to eliminating areas prone to traffic congestion, HOCHTIEF Construction is involved in rail and port facility projects that help transfer freight from trucks to other, more efficient means of transport. We also promote sustainable building initiatives worldwide.
HOCHTIEF Construction is not only one of the world's leading builders of power plants – it's also a pioneer when it comes to climate protection. To this end, it makes important contributions in many areas by, for example, modernizing existing power stations and constructing and operating innovative new types of power plants.
Renewable sources of energy
Renewable sources of energy will grow in importance in the coming years. We think that offshore wind power and geothermal energy have the biggest potential here, which is why HOCHTIEF is playing a key role as a driver of innovations in these sectors.We have supported and considerably helped to implement important offshore wind power projects from an early stage. With our know-how and key equipment such as offshore jack-up platforms, we are helping to open up this market's potential.
As a developer, investor, general contractor, and operator in the area of geothermal power plants, HOCHTIEF is helping to strengthen Germany's role in geothermal energy.
