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The newspapers of the Funke media group reported that 48,804 applications for heat pump subsidies were submitted to the German Federal Office of Economics and Export Control in the first half of the year. In the same period last year, there were still 97,766 applications.
“The numbers are a testament to the enormous uncertainty that the planned heating law has triggered. Our companies do not know how they can give legally secure advice on how to proceed with the funding backdrop,” said Frank Ebisch, spokesman for the Central Association for Sanitary, Heating and Air Conditioning.
The Germans are also apparently holding back when it comes to renovating. In the first half of 2023, a total of 14.88 million square meters of building area was insulated with thermal insulation composite systems – a decrease of 14.82 percent compared to the previous year, the media reports, citing preliminary sales figures from B+L market data.
Source: Nachrichten
