The Rhein-Galerie shopping centre in Ludwigshafen has been awarded a preliminary gold certificate by the German Sustainable Building Council (DGNB) during the EXPO REAL fair held this week in Munich. The mall, which is part of Union Investment Real Estate's portfolio and which was developed by ECE, combines some 30,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of retail floor space with around 25,000 m[sup]2[/sup] of Rhine promenade.