Tenants and homeowners are burdened by an EU renovation obligation

Insulation for older buildings becomes mandatory

Craftsman laid insulating wool in the attic. If the EU has its way, millions of buildings in Europe will have to be better insulated by 2030.

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Frankfurt German real estate owners probably don’t have much time left. If the Commission’s draft directive recently passed in the EU Parliament has its way, millions of property owners will have to carry out thorough energy-related refurbishment of their buildings in a few years.

Replacing windows, new solar systems on the roof and more insulation on the facade: houses and apartments in the EU, which have so far been classified in the worst energy classes in the country, are to be required to achieve a higher energy standard by the end of the decade.

The decision is not final yet. The EU plan needs the approval of the member states – but resistance is forming in them.

The project is part of the so-called Green Deal of the international community. This is how the member countries describe the plan to achieve climate neutrality in less than three decades.

How badly does the plan affect German owners and tenants? How many houses and buildings in Germany are affected? The following are the most important facts that those affected should know better.

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