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Building Energy Act (GEG)
The German law setting requirements for heating systems and buildings , gradually pushing back fossil heating.
Definition
Away from pure oil
The Building Energy Act bundles the rules on energy efficiency and heating technology in buildings. New heating systems must gradually run with a growing share of renewable energy.
Existing oil heating may keep running and be repaired, but in the long run the law steers away from purely fossil heating.
In brief
- Existing systems: current oil heating may stay.
- New build/renovation: growing mandatory share of renewable energy.
- Direction: oil heating is a phase-out model , consider alternatives.
Related terms: Carbon levy.
Source
- Building Energy Act , Wikipedia