“New law aims at regulating heating in a different way”
The federal economy ministry has proposed merging existing energy legislation in the heating and building sector into one “Building Energy Law”, writes Reinhart Bünger in Der Tagesspiegel. One of the main goals is to change the way energy efficiency in buildings is assessed, according to a BMWi concept, seen by Tagesspiegel. The efficiency should not only be based on energy consumption, but also on how the energy was generated and transported. A reform is necessary because of the grand coalition agreement for this legislative period and requirements from the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, writes Tagesspiegel. A legislative draft does not yet exist.
Read the article in German here.
Read the CLEW dossier The Energiewende and Efficiency for background.