Civil Engineering Reference
In-Depth Information
Fig. 4 Simplified illustration
of the German building
sector policy framework
3.1 Strategies and Concepts Influencing the Building Sector
The Federal Government continually develops strategies and concepts influencing
the building sector. Based on these strategies and concepts, the government
develops suitable regulatory policies, financial incentives and market instruments.
In addition to that, Federal State governments may also develop concepts on local
level which, however, are not described here. The following strategies and concepts
are chronologically sorted in order to give a good overview about the development
of the ambitions of the German Federal Government (Bigalke et al.
2012
).
3.1.1 National Climate Protection Programme 2000 and 2005
The objectives of the National Climate Protection Programme are the reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions and increasing the share of renewable energies. To
achieve these goals, the Federal Government implemented different measures such
as the 'Energy Saving Ordinance' (EnEV), the further development of the CO
2
building refurbishment programme (today: Energy Efficient Refurbishment) and
the extension of public relations and consultation programmes. Simultaneously, it
established the 'Renewable Energy Sources Act' (EEG). The National Climate
Protection Programme was updated in 2005, and in this process, the government
also introduced the energy performance certificates, market incentive programmes
for solar and biomass technologies, the on-site energy advice programme and
advanced training and further qualification of the handcraft sector (BMU
2005
).
