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20.07.2020 - Germany’s New Building Energy Act is a Missed Opportunity

In a contribution for the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam, Rainer Quitzow and Leonard Frank discuss the new Building Energy Act. Their verdict: The reforms are not sufficient for a climate-neutral future.
20.07.2020 - Germany’s New Building Energy Act is a Missed Opportunity

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The energy transition in the electricity sector is up and running thanks to plummeting prices for electricity generated from renewables. It has also been at the forefront of recent public debates on the coal exit and minimum distance rules for wind turbines. But it is the heating sector that accounts for most of Germany’s energy consumption - So the energy transition in the heating sector is a key arena for successful climate protection. Although the Building Energy Act (Gebäudeenergiegesetz) adopted by the German Bundestag on 18 June provides some clear improvements, it falls short of the requirements necessary for a fundamental socio-technical transformation of the heating supply, according to Leonard Frank and Rainer Quitzow.


Please view the full article here on the website of IASS Potsdam.