Tag: Energy saving
What Japan wants to learn from Germany
Asia Technonomics In the weekly column we take turns writing about innovation and economic trends in Asia. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy) Tokyo Japanese industry is considered to be very energy efficient.…
The EU Parliament wants to tighten the obligation to renovate real estate
Insulation of a school building The European Parliament wants to significantly tighten the specifications for energy-related renovations. (Photo: imago stock&people) Brussels While the federal government is currently working on mandating…
LEG founds joint venture for hydronic balancing
Smart thermostat from Seero According to the company, the energy savings potential totals around 30 percent. Dusseldorf A year ago, in sunny Cannes at the big annual meeting of the…
The European Parliament wants to tighten the planned renovation obligation
Brussels While the federal government is currently working on mandating climate-friendly heating systems, the EU is working on new insulation regulations. The European Parliament is demanding that certain residential buildings…
How much more energy can we save?
Dusseldorf Germany is one of the industrially most important countries in Europe – but faces the challenge of decarbonizing its CO2-intensive economy in the coming years. The goal of climate…
Habeck wants to promote heating exchange with billions
Robert Habeck “Climate neutrality must not become a social problem.” (Photo: dpa) Berlin Economics Minister Robert Habeck wants to accompany the increased switch to climate-friendly heating systems from 2024 with…
Habeck wants to promote heating exchange with billions
Robert Habeck The Economics Minister wants to support low-income households in particular when replacing the heating system. (Photo: IMAGO/Bernd Elmenthaler) Berlin Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck wants to accompany the…
Why consumption has hardly decreased for years
Limburg (Lahn) The man steering an orange forklift past pallets and industrial robots is lucky that his boss doesn’t see him. Because the vehicles otherwise glide autonomously through the Blechwarenfabrik…
Electricity customers could get the right to long-term contracts
Habeck: Heating must not become a social issue Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck has promised state support for households to bid farewell to oil and gas heating. The heat…
From 2024, 500,000 heat pumps will be installed each year
Habeck: Heating must not become a social issue Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck has promised state support for households to bid farewell to oil and gas heating. The heat…
How consumers save money with power outages
Dusseldorf Every day at 10.45 a.m. the power goes out at Julian Affeldt’s. The teacher from Brandenburg cannot charge his electric car for an hour and a half. And the…
This will apply to owners from 2024
Gas heater chimney Almost half of the 41 million households in Germany are heated with natural gas. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In order to reduce the use of fossil fuels in…
What will change when replacing the heating system from 2024
Gas heater chimney Almost half of the 41 million households in Germany are heated with natural gas. (Photo: dpa) Berlin In order to reduce the use of fossil fuels in…
Global CO2 emissions rise to a record high
Black Pump coal-fired power plant Global CO2 emissions from coal increased in 2022. (Photo: IMAGO/mhphoto) Paris The International Energy Agency (IEA) is calling for more speed in the energy transition…
Electricity price brake and gas price brake: what consumers need to know
Dusseldorf Do you have an e-mail from your energy supplier in your inbox? Then your provider will probably inform you that from March 1, 2023 to April 20, 2024 you…
As of today, new KfW funding 2023 applies to new buildings
Construction site in Potsdam From March there will be new KfW funding for energy-efficient buildings. (Photo: dpa) Berlin From March 1st, the state development bank KfW will be accepting applications…
From March 1, KfW will be promoting energy-efficient new buildings
Construction site in Potsdam From March there will be new KfW funding for energy-efficient buildings. (Photo: dpa) Berlin From March 1st, the state development bank KfW will be accepting applications…
This is how energy suppliers hide dynamic electricity tariffs
smart meters Intelligent electricity meters should enable the use of dynamic tariffs. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) Dusseldorf Germany’s major electricity providers are currently playing hide and seek. More precisely: Hide tariffs.…
What consumers need to know about the price brake
Dusseldorf Do you have an e-mail from your energy supplier in your inbox? Then your provider will probably inform you that from March 1, 2023 to April 20, 2024 you…
Given the high electricity prices, is an electric car still worth it?
Dusseldorf According to the will of the federal government, 15 million electric cars are to roll on German roads by 2030. Right now it’s not even a million. The ambitious…