The Building Owners' Protection Association (BSB) criticizes the current draft of the law to amend the Building Energy Act (GEG) as being too narrowly defined and not sufficiently open to technology. In a statement submitted to the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK) and the Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building (BMWSB), the BSB criticizes the neglect of potential savings through the building envelope.
The draft law stipulates that all residential buildings should be heated with 65% renewable energy from 2024 and lists certain heating technologies for this purpose. BSB Managing Director Florian Becker criticizes the fact that this will block the way for future innovations through regulatory restrictions on certain technologies. He emphasizes the need to enable innovation and strengthen research and development in the building technology sector in order to achieve greater resilience in the heat supply.
The BSB warns that consumers could fall into a cost trap if they invest in an oversized heating system, for example. It advocates a compensation option whereby the improvement of the building envelope can be offset against the 65% target for the heat supply. The BSB is also calling for a needs-based funding framework to mitigate cases of hardship and support owners directly. Subsidies should come into force at the same time as the GEG amendment and be sufficiently funded. The position paper can be found at bsb-ev.de/politik-presse/positionen-und-stellungnahmen.
Source: bsb-ev.de
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