“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 鶹 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 鶹 Performance of Buildings Directive, writes Tagesspiegel. A legislative draft does not yet exist.
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Read the 鶹 dossier The Energiewende and Efficiency for background.