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The new draft law on the energy efficiency of 聽buildings, proposed by Germany鈥檚 interior (BMI) and economy and energy (BMWi) ministries, does not stipulate tighter energy standards for new buildings, Susanne Ehlerding writes for the Tagesspiegel. Under the so-called Building 麻豆无码版 Law, new buildings will only have to meet an efficiency standard of 0.75 percent primary energy consumption of a reference building, the standard already in place under Germany鈥檚 energy saving ordinance, and not the proposed and more rigorous standard of 0.55 percent, which now only applies if house builders want to be eligible for financial support from the state鈥檚 development bank KfW. The government coalition of the conservative CDU-CSU alliance and the Social Democrats (SPD) thereby 鈥渘ot only ignores the ongoing climate crisis but also the state of technology,鈥� said the Green Party鈥檚 Julia Verlinden. The draft law also scraps a provision from the coalition treaty that would make the 0.55 percent standard binding for public buildings, and contains an 鈥渋nnovation clause鈥� that would make it possible to offset the emissions of older, less efficient buildings with those of modern ones in city districts if refurbishment is deemed to be too costly, the article says.

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For background on the role of efficiency in the Energiewende, read the dossier Taming the appetite for energy.