energy
Associations require clarity to the heating law
The heating law should go. But what does the successor look like? Affected industries call for clarification.
14 Associations from the energy and real estate industry quickly demand clarity from the Federal Government on the future of the so-called heating law. “In order to ensure a successful heating turnaround and strengthen the trust of everyone involved, it is urgently needed to clarify the objectives and measures,” write in a joint appeal.
New coalition wants to replace the heating law
The new black and red coalition wants to abolish the building energy network (opposite) and replace it with a successor to be “open technology-open, more flexible and easier”. It must now be quickly clarified how this should be understood, according to the signatories of the paper. They also demand reliable funding from the federal government.
Germany wants to be climate -neutral by 2045 – so no more greenhouse gases than can be saved again. In particular, the building and traffic sector lag behind. According to the associations, there must also be requirements for the use of renewable and climate -neutral energies in new heating systems.
New EU requirements, according to which all new buildings in the EU must be emission-free from 2030 and the entire building stock of the EU should make do without environmental emissions from 2050, should be implemented in this country one to one from the point of view of the associations.
Reich speaks of “compulsion to the heat pump”
Federal Minister of Economics Katherina Reiche (CDU) recently told the “Handelsblatt”: “It has to be the end of the compulsion to the heat pump. Instead of determining where they have to be installed everywhere, we have to define CO2 reduction goals and leave the homeowners how to achieve them. Hybrid solutions can be more sensible than prescribing a technological solution.”
However, such a compulsion does not contain the heating law that came into force in early 2024. The law generally stipulates that 65 percent of every newly built heating must be operated with renewable energies from 2024. That can, but does not have to be a heat pump.
The regulations initially only used new buildings in a new development area. Functioning heating can continue to be operated.
dpa
Source: Stern
