Scope of funding: Up to EUR 18,000 per housing unit
Provided by: Bavarian government
Scope: Bavaria
With the EnergieBonusBayern, the Free State of Bavaria supports innovative homeowners and builders who carry out energy modernisation measures on existing residential buildings or construct new energy-efficient residential buildings.
The subsidy applies to the "EnergySystemHouse" as part of fundamental renovations or energy-efficient new buildings.
For a grant, the residential building must be located in Bavaria and may comprise a maximum of two residential units (after completion). The residential property must be used predominantly for residential purposes. The planned measures must be completed within specified time periods.
The EnergySystemHouse programme component will be suspended on 31 January 2020. Applications can still be submitted until then. The programme part will be revised in order to set new priorities.
The bonus in the 10,000 Houses Programme is granted as a grant of between 1,000 and 18,000 euros and can generally be combined with the federal programmes (KfW, BAFA).
In its 2.10.2017 published opinion the German Advisory Council on the Environment calls on the incoming German government to initiate the coal phase-out without delay. The upcoming legislative period offers the last chance to set the course for an appropriate implementation of the Paris climate goals in Germany.
"Germany must reduce power generation from coal as quickly as possible and end it in the medium term, otherwise the climate targets in Germany cannot be achieved. The structurally compatible coal phase-out should therefore be initiated immediately. The last power plant must be taken off the grid in 20 years at the latest," explains Prof. Claudia Kemfert.
The basis of the coal phase-out should be a budget of the total amount of greenhouse gases that may still be emitted by coal-fired power plants until their final shutdown. This amount should be fixed by law. "From a scientific point of view, the remaining emissions budget for coal-fired power generation in Germany should be 2,000 megatonnes of CO2 Prof. Wolfgang Lucht specifies.
In its report, the SRU proposes a phase-out in three phases: The most emission-intensive power plants should be taken off the grid by 2020. On this basis, more modern plants could continue to operate at reduced capacity until about 2030 to ensure security of supply and to preserve jobs. In the 2030s, these power plants should then also be decommissioned. The federal government must now define the framework for this.
Climate protection and the shaping of structural change must go hand in hand. A long-term and structured phase-out path offers those affected planning security and can ensure that the burden is shared as fairly as possible. The phase-out path and its structural policy support should therefore be discussed in a commission together with the affected regions, companies, trade unions and environmental protection associations.
The German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) has been advising the German government on environmental policy issues for almost 45 years. The Council's composition of seven professors from different disciplines ensures a scientifically independent and comprehensive assessment, both from a scientific and technical perspective as well as from an economic, legal and health science perspective.
The Council currently consists of the following members:
Prof. Dr Claudia Hornberg (Chair), Bielefeld University
Prof. Dr Manfred Niekisch (Vice-Chairman), Goethe University and Frankfurt Zoological Garden
Prof. Dr. Christian Calliess, Free University of Berlin
Prof. Dr. Claudia Kemfert, Hertie School of Governance and German Institute for Economic Research
Prof. Dr Wolfgang Lucht, Humboldt University Berlin and Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lamia Messari-Becker, University of Siegen
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Vera Susanne Rotter, Technical University Berlin
German Advisory Council on the Environment, Berlin www.umweltrat.de
In December 2020, the German Timber Industry Association (HDH) launched the "Initiative for Climate Protection in the Timber Industry". The aim is to support the industry companies in the necessary reduction of CO2 emissions. The initiative is now being further developed into an innovation cluster.
"We started with the claim to offer companies CO2 accounting and to accompany them to certified climate neutrality," says HDH CEO Denny Ohnesorge. "The response has been overwhelming: more than 40 companies have joined the initiative so far. We quickly realised that this can only be a first step. Climate neutrality is good, but further reducing energy consumption in processes and thus saving energy and greenhouse gases is even better. The best energy is the energy that is not consumed.
Under this motto, an Erfa group is to be established within the framework of the cluster and concrete ideas and measures are to be developed with the participation of consultants, service providers and science. This promotes the transfer of knowledge in this subject area and helps the companies to identify further CO2 saving opportunities in all operational areas, to introduce process innovations and to initiate corresponding projects. The innovation cluster will start with three online seminars for all interested parties:
1st CO2 balancing: 08.11.2021, 15-16 hrs
2. climate strategy for companies: 06.12.2021, 3 - 4 p.m.
3. sustainable mobility concepts for companies, 13.12.2021, 3 - 4 p.m.
The HDH is supported by the Gesellschaft für Klimaschutz Holzindustrie - GKH GmbH, which also carries out the certification of climate neutrality according to internationally recognised standards. Further information is provided on the website of the industry initiative climateprotectionwoodindustry.com and on woodindustry.com published. The establishment of the innovation cluster is supported by the Agency of Renewable Resources (Fachagentur Nachwachsende Rohstoffe e. V.). (FNR) and funded by the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
The complete Programme of the seminar series and all information about registration is available here.
Background
In December 2020, the German Association of the Wood and Plastics Processing Industries and Related Industries (HDH) launched the CLIMATE PROTECTION IN THE WOOD INDUSTRY initiative. The goal: to support companies in making their contribution to climate protection by reducing greenhouse gases - for a climate-neutral industry. The initiative builds on the experiences of the climate pact of the furniture industry. Against the background of increasingly important climate protection measures, it is an offer to all companies in the sector to become climate neutral with the support of the HDH and its member associations.
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