Contemporary 16 apartment building block

We have to end the time when our energy came mostly from coal mines, oil wells, and gas extraction. So from where should all the energy come from?






Space and material for a 16-apartment building block in Germany:

Brick/Masonry Construction (Ziegel-Mauerwerksbau) Traditional and common (highest market share in Germany): Load-bearing brick walls, concrete floors/slabs.
  • Standard range: 1,200–2,400 m² (0.12–0.24 hectares)
  • Bricks/masonry (load-bearing walls, often high-insulation filled bricks like Poroton): 500–700 kg/m² BGF → 1,200–1,680 tons total. (Higher mass due to thicker walls ~30–42 cm for thermal performance.)
  • Concrete (mainly floors/ceilings, basement/garage): 250–350 kg/m² BGF → 600–840 tons total. (Less than pure concrete build, as walls carry load.)
  • Steel reinforcement: 40–60 kg/m² BGF → 96–144 tons total.
  • Only 20 to 40 kW photovoltaic.
We have to end the time when our energy came mostly from coal mines, oil wells, and gas extraction. So from where should all the energy come from?

I predicted in 1992 that the electricity demand in Germany would increase from 500 TWh to 1,200 TWh because we have to change all the use of thermal energy to electricity; the yield of biomass is magnitudes too low to continue with burning to produce heat or mechanical energy.

Prof. Volker Quaschning wrote in 2016 in “Sektor­kopplung durch die Energie­wende” (Sector coupling through the energy transition) that the electricity demand will increase from 600 TWh to 1,300 TWh. Some new studies predict more, some less, but let's see what 1,300 TWh means: 1,300 TWh divided by 83.5 million inhabitants is 15,687 kWh per inhabitant. With an average of 2 inhabitants per apartment: 31,138 kWh. With 16 apartments in this block: 498 MWh.
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  Cost optimization — the key to energy transition and climate protection


Paper written for the CORP.at conference March 22 to 25 2026 in Vienna. My 2025 participation was a last-minute action, but now I have much time to prepare the paper.

Abstract
To meet the necessary cost optimization targets, we cannot hold the energy problem separate from all other problems: another major problem is housing.


Introduction
Many imaginations about our future had been created in the past with completely different parameters. Unchecked conclusions from the past endanger our future with unbearable costs.


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Energy transition
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Conclusion
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References
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