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heating systems). As a result, owners of inefficient heating systems that no longer
comply with the new more ambitious standards exchange these systems and in this
process would need to comply with the requirements of the EEWärmeG.
However, whether the EEWärmeG will finally be expanded to existing build-
ings is still unsure. But, especially as Directive 2009/28/EC requires that member
states set requirements regarding the use of minimum levels of energy from
renewable sources in existing buildings that are subject to major renovation and
due to the positive experiences in Baden-Württemberg, it can be expected that the
Federal Government, somehow, will extend the EEWärmeG.
3.2.4 Heating Cost Ordinance, 2008
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The ordinance was introduced for the first time in 1981 and was revised three
times in 1984, 1989 and 2008 (started in 2009). The first version of the document
deals mainly with the obligation of the building owners to install metering systems
and to report costs of heating and hot water supply to the consumers/users. The
regulation aims to create an incentive for more rational use of heat and hot water
by providing information on energy consumption and costs. Whereas the 2009
amendment of the ordinance engages with energy policy goals, the previous
revisions aimed to eliminate failures which occurred in the practice.
One important new element that has been introduced in the 2008 amendment is
an exemption of the obligation for new or refurbished buildings which have an
annual heating demand of less than 15 kWh/m
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(passive houses). The aim is to
create an additional incentive to achieve this passive house standard during new
construction and refurbishment of buildings (Lilova
2012
).
3.3 Incentives for Energy-Related Building Refurbishments
The building-related incentive programmes on national level are mainly provided
by the governmentally owned KfW bank and the Federal Office of Economics and
Export Control (BAFA). The KfW bank group offers a large number of financing
programmes for both energy efficient refurbishment and new energy efficient
buildings (KfW
2013
):
• Programme 151 'Energy Efficient Refurbishment—KfW Efficiency house' (soft
loan)
• Programme 152 'Energy Efficient Refurbishment—Single measures' (soft loan)
• Programme 153 'Energy Efficient Construction' (soft loan)
• Programme 274 'Renewable energies standard—Photovoltaic' (soft loan)
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(Verordnung über die verbrauchsabhängige Abrechnung der Heiz- und Warmwasserkosten
(Verordnung über Heizkostenabrechnung—Heizkosten V)), 2009.
