Example projects: living together, building sustainably
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Example projects will appear here: cooperatives, shared housing projects and conversions with a named sustainability feature — only after completion and without marketing.
Examples, not offers: we do not arrange flats and do not link to rental or sales pages.
5 example projects
Ausbauhaus Neukölln
Shared housing project Community living
Joint building venture (Baugruppe) with 24 flats; according to the group, the aim was to build very cost-effectively while leaving room for individual wishes. Completed at the end of 2014.
- Organisation Ausbauhaus Neukölln GbR (Baugruppe)
- Location Neukölln
- Completed 2014
Source: Ausbauhaus Neukölln (eigene Website), checked on 02.10.2026
Bremer Höhe
Cooperative Conversion of existing buildings
Cooperative housing complex from the 1850s in Prenzlauer Berg; during the 2001–2003 renovation, vacant small flats were combined into family-sized homes.
- Organisation Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft „Bremer Höhe" eG
- Location Prenzlauer Berg, Pankow
- Feature according to the cooperative: modern living in a listed building — renovation of the existing stock 2001–2003
- New members currently not accepting according to the organisation
Source: Wohnungsbaugenossenschaft „Bremer Höhe" eG (eigene Website), checked on 02.10.2026
Mietersonne Kaulsdorf
Neighbourhood Photovoltaics
Solar tenant electricity for residents in Kaulsdorf (Marzahn-Hellersdorf), created in a cooperation between the housing company berlinovo and Berliner Stadtwerke.
- Organisation berlinovo und Berliner Stadtwerke (Kooperation)
- Location Kaulsdorf, Marzahn-Hellersdorf
- Feature according to the provider: 85 residential buildings with a total of 39 solar systems
Source: Berliner Stadtwerke, Projektseite „Mietersonne Kaulsdorf" (kein Link: Tarifangebote auf derselben Seite), checked on 02.10.2026
Möckernkiez
Cooperative Community living
Cooperative for self-managed, social and ecological housing on the edge of Gleisdreieck Park in Kreuzberg (self-description of the cooperative).
- Organisation Möckernkiez eG
- Location Kreuzberg, Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
- Feature according to the cooperative: its own energy concept and high insulation standards
Source: Möckernkiez eG (eigene Website), checked on 02.10.2026
Spreefeld
Shared housing project Community living
Housing project in Berlin on the border of Mitte, Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain (self-description of the project).
- Organisation Wohnprojekt Spreefeld
- Location no clear district given by the source
Source: spreefeld.org (Startseite; kein Link, weil die Seite Räume vermietet), checked on 02.10.2026