At a major conference in the former state parliament meeting room at Rheinstraße 65 at the invitation of bauverein AG at the beginning of the year, experts will discuss energy-saving options for the future, including the topic of "Saving energy through the use of communication technology". The two EU-funded energy-saving projects BECA and AFTER, in which bauverein AG is involved, are also presented.

bauverein AG's second passive house project is making rapid progress: a good six months after the foundation stone was laid, "greenageone" celebrated its topping-out ceremony in February. As part of the European energy-saving BuildTog project, 37 comfortable owner-occupied flats with sophisticated architecture are being built in Darmstadt-Kranichstein. In March, bauverein AG, BUND and vhs invite you to a well-attended information event with a tour of the construction site of the new passive house.

The residential building at Goethestrasse 69-71, which was realised by bauverein AG and designed by architects Dubokovic and Greulich, received two awards: the Joseph Maria Olbrich Plaque as the best building in Darmstadt and the surrounding area between 2008 and 2012 and the "best architects 14" award in the "Residential construction and apartment buildings" category.

In March, the three tenant councillors elected in a by-election for the "South" district are welcomed. In future, this will be represented by Erika Reitz, Ursula Hildenbrandt and Ibrahim Omar Haji.

A safari lodge in the style of an African veranda has been offering zoo visitors to the Darmstadt Vivarium protection from rain and sun since April. The construction project is being financed by bauverein AG as part of its regional sponsorship concept.

Six prospective property and IT specialists at bauverein AG are gaining practical experience as part of the new trainee project launched in May. The trainees independently manage 15 properties in Darmstadt with a total of 106 residential units.

The new term of office of the Supervisory Board begins in June 2013 with some new and many familiar members. In addition to the previous Chairman of the Supervisory Board and City Councillor Ctirad Kotoucek, the Supervisory Board also includes City Councillor Barbara Akdeniz and the honorary members of the City Council Iris Behr, Rita Beller and Dr Wolfgang Gehrke. Hildegard Förster-Heldmann, Georg Hang and Helmut Klett and Dr Markus Hoschek from HEAG Holding AG are also members of the Supervisory Board. In addition to the re-elected employee representatives Markus Kissel (Construction & Maintenance), Andreas Engeldrum (Rental Management) and Monika Klein-Obeth (Rental Management), Yvonne Diefenbach (Rental Management) and Andreas Franz (Property Management) are new members. Another new member of the nine-strong supervisory body is city councillor Anna-Maria Sturm.

On 28 glossy pages, bauverein AG presents itself in a different way: The new image brochure has been available since July 2013 and provides information on core topics such as the residential offering, service, sustainable corporate management and property management.

The current Annual and CSR Report for 2012 documents another successful financial year. The net profit for the year of EUR 20,429 thousand is twice as high as in the previous year.

On the former site of the US Armed Forces Performing Arts Centre at Elisabeth-Schumacher-Strasse 2-6, 41 subsidised barrier-free flats are being built. The building design by architects Hirschmuellerschmidt Architektur GmbH blends into the meandering development of the estate and provides spacious 1- to 4-room flats with modern floor plans.

As part of a stakeholder survey, the expectations of various interest groups such as customers, employees, journalists and representatives from politics, authorities, banks and non-profit organisations will be surveyed for the second time in September 2013 (for the first time in 2011). A new feature this time is the survey of 1,000 stakeholders via an online questionnaire.

The office building at Rheinstrasse 65, refurbished to passive house standards, is honoured with the "Green Building Award". The bauverein AG project, designed by architects planungsgruppe DREI, receives the "Special prize for the refurbishment of a non-residential building". The award-winning building is the headquarters of the Institute for Housing and the Environment. The conversion project at Steubenplatz (Rheinstraße 63), realised by architect Ernst-Friedrich Krieger on behalf of bauverein AG, is awarded the "Bauherrenpreis 2013" in the "Modernisation" category.

The 6punkt1 construction project celebrates its topping-out ceremony in November 2013. Construction of the architecturally sophisticated property project began in the spring of the same year. It was designed by the architectural firm Beckenhaub + Hohm, Bad König. The design of 6punkt1 is characterised by the "drawer principle": certain parts of the building are pulled out of the cubic structure like drawers, giving it a dynamic façade structure.

bauverein AG celebrates the successful modernisation of the Fritz-Dächert-Siedlung together with the residents on 8 November. Careful modernisation instead of renovation and adding storeys to the 1950s buildings was the concept for improving the quality of living in the entire estate while at the same time maintaining affordable housing.

A large portrait of the Darmstadt poet Georg Büchner temporarily adorns the façade of the bauverein building at Marktplatz 14. The spray-painted Büchner portrait by Elmar Compes advertises an exhibition of the Mathildenhöhe in the darmstadtium until February 2014.