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Verschärfte Klimaziele: die Bedeutung für den Gebäudesektor
Bis zum Jahr 2050 soll Deutschland – über alle Sektoren hinweg – klimaneutral sein. So das Ziel, das EU-Kommissionspräsidentin von der Leyen im Europäischen Green Deal formuliert hat. Die Zwischenziele auf dem Weg zur Klimaneutralität hat die EU-Kommission jetzt weiter verschärft: Bis 2030 sollen die Emissionen um 55 Prozent gesenkt werden; das derzeit noch gültige Reduktionsziel beträgt 40 Prozent. Nachdem die Bundesregierung kürzlich im Klimaschutzbericht positiv über die Erreichung der festgelegten Ziele für 2019 berichtet hat, wird die europäische Wirtschaft nun vor größere Herausforderungen gestellt.
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Interview
German 2020 presidency of the Council of the EU: agenda for the real estate industry
Am 1. Juli 2020 hat Deutschland für ein halbes Jahr die EU-Ratspräsidentschaft übernommen. Neben dem Schwerpunktthema der Bekämpfung und Bewältigung sozioökonomischer Folgen der COVID-19-Pandemie stehen auch Themen der Immobilienwirtschaft im Fokus. Welche das sind, beantwortet RA Thies Grothe, Head of Public Affairs der noventic group im Interview.
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Building Energy Act passed, laying the basis for heating costs regulation and the EED
On 18 June the Bundestag (the directly-elected German lower House of Parliament) passed the Building Energy Act (Gebäudeenergiegesetz – GEG), and on 3 July 2020, the Bundesrat (= Federal Council: the upper House) gave it final approval. The Act will enter into force at the beginning of October. The GEG will unify the provisions of energy saving law for buildings.
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News
Stimulus package: opportunity for climate-smart buildings?
Discussions over recent weeks have shown that, alongside Covid-19, familiar issues such as climate protection, digitalization and integrated energy have not gone away. The protective measures taken against the pandemic in recent months have created new impetus, for instance the federal government's stimulus package. What does that mean for the climate-smart transformation of our building stock?
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COVID-19 contact tracing app: smart digital solution?
The federal government finally launched the new COVID-19 contact tracing app at the start of this week. The aim of the app is to notify people that they have come into contact with infected individuals before they develop any symptoms themselves.
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Smart meter rollout: cross-sectoral cooperations the key
As the smart meter rollout proceeds, the energy industry and the real estate sector are growing ever closer. At the Berliner Energietage (Berlin Energy Days), which took place for the first time this year as the “digital summer of the energy transition”, it was once again clear what opportunities the smart meter rollout had opened up for companies from both sectors. On Tuesday 9 June the sectoral experts Axel Gedaschko (President of the GdW (Bundesverband deutscher Wohnungs- und Immobilienunternehmen, Federal Association of German Housing and Real Estate Enterprise Registered Associations)), Michael Wübbels (Deputy Managing Director of the VKU (Verband kommunaler Unternehmen, Association of Local Public Utilities) and Ingo Schönberg (director responsible for energy technology at ZVEI (Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie, Central Association of the Electrical and Electronic Industry) and managing director of PPC (Power Plus Communications)) came together for a virtual dialogue. Where do we stand today, almost six months after the official launch of the smart meter rollout? What opportunities can municipal utility providers and housing associations see? And how can potential opportunities best be exploited by municipal players?