| Popis: |
Buildings in Germany are responsible for more than 40 % of the total final energy consumption. The government already acknowledged the importance of the building sector in the late 1970s and thus started to develop a comprehensive policy framework. On an international level, Germany is especially known for its successful KfW incentive programmes related to energetic refurbishments of buildings that achieved significant reductions in terms of energy and emissions. But these programmes are just one piece of the entire framework. Thus, this chapter describes all parts of the policy framework that relate to the energetic refurbishment of buildings. It starts by describing the current status of a national nearly zero-energy building definition before presenting all relevant strategies and concepts including the targets of the government. After that, the regulatory policies, including the national building code the ‘Energy Saving Ordinance’ and the ‘Renewable Energy Heat Law’, are introduced before having a detailed look at the financial incentive programmes related to energy-related refurbishments and finally describing the most important market instruments. |
