Tag: building technology
Boom even before planned simplifications
balcony power plant Many Germans want to generate energy with solar cells on the balcony – and thus save money. (Photo: dpa) Bonn/Berlin More and more citizens in Germany have…
This is how digitization and AI accelerate the installation of solar systems
Roof and facade of a residential building with photovoltaic systems Many owners who want to install a PV system currently have to wait a long time. (Photo: IMAGO/blickwinkel) The expansion…
Heating meter reader Techem starts preparations for IPO
Heating Techem’s core business is considered boring but highly attractive. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt The heating and water meter reader Techem has started preparations for an IPO, which could be the…
Owners have to reckon with these costs
Checking the oil heater Functioning heaters do not have to be replaced, but the funding is expected to increase significantly in 2024. (Photo: dpa) Berlin With the amendment of the…
What owners should pay attention to when buying a photovoltaic system
electricity from the roof Since January, 11,000 solar systems with an output of up to 30 kilowatts have been put into operation on average per week on German roofs. (Photo:…
The GEG is being finalized – this is how it will continue
Heat pump in the front yard of a terraced house in Langenfeld, North Rhine-Westphalia In addition to heat pumps, the heating law now also allows hybrid or pellet heating systems.…
When will our water run out?
Dusseldorf The lack of water is visible these days: New York is shrouded in yellowish smoke because the forests in nearby Canada are burning. It transforms soils in Spain into…
What Germany can learn from the heat transition in other EU countries
Installation of a heat pump Heat pumps are also heavily subsidized by the state in other European countries. (Photo: In Pictures/Getty Images) Düsseldorf, Vienna, Paris, Rome Germany is fighting for…
Economy welcomes the compromise on the heating law
heat pump Property owners only have to convert their heating system once their municipality has completed a heat plan. (Photo: dpa) Berlin, Dusseldorf The sectors involved in the heat transition…
This is how high the price surcharges are for properties with heat pumps
Heat pump in a family home Houses and apartments with such a heating system are currently in demand on the market. (Photo: IMAGO/Robert Poorten) Frankfurt David Gitlin leaves no doubt…
This subsidy is available from the Treasury for energetic refurbishment
Roofer at the thermal insulation The tax office reimburses 20 percent of the renovation costs per property up to a maximum of 40,000 euros. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt Whether owners in…
Breakthrough in the heating law – traffic light coalition reaches agreement
Berlin The controversial law on replacing old oil and gas heating systems is to be introduced in the Bundestag on Thursday. The heads of the coalition factions reached a compromise…
Breakthrough in the heating law – traffic light coalition reaches agreement
Olaf Scholz The Chancellor is now negotiating with the traffic light groups on the draft law on the GEG. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The controversial law on replacing old oil and…
Bundestag discusses heating law – agreement in sight.
Olaf Scholz The Chancellor is now negotiating with the traffic light groups on the draft law on the GEG. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The heating law could now be passed soon…
Bundestag is not initially advising on the heating law – Scholz, Lindner and Habeck intervene
Olaf Scholz The Chancellor is now negotiating with the traffic light groups on the draft law on the GEG. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The controversial law for replacing old oil and…
Bundestag is not initially discussing the heating law – Dröge expects an agreement before the summer break
Catherine Droge The parliamentary group leader of the Greens expects that the GEG will be passed before the summer break. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The controversial law for replacing old oil…
Coal-fired power plants as electricity storage – Old kilns help with the energy transition
Storage for renewable energy Coal-fired power plants, which still produce electricity today, could be used as electricity storage in the future. (Photo: IMAGO/imagebroker) Dusseldorf It is the right time for…
When district heating makes replacing the heating system superfluous
heat pump The installation of a heat pump is associated with high costs. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) wants to make progress with the expansion…
When district heating makes replacing the heating system superfluous
heat pump The installation of a heat pump is associated with high costs. (Photo: dpa) Berlin Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens) wants to make progress with the expansion…
When district heating makes replacing the heating system superfluous
Berlin The municipal utility is convinced that heating networks can play a key role in heating in the future – and save many owners expensive investments in a heat pump.…