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NRW grants for ventilation and renewables

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Funding programme progres.nrw extended

North Rhine-Westphalia has extended the progres.nrw programme until the end of 2016. The programme complements and expands existing programmes such as the market incentive programme or KfW funding.

Subsidies are available, among other things, for domestic ventilation systems/appliances with heat recovery and solar thermal systems. For the latter, however, only if they are not required anyway in order to comply with the Renewable Heat Act in new buildings.

In the case of PV, only so-called multiplier systems are eligible for funding. These include systems on ultra-low-energy or passive houses, particularly efficient technologies or façade-integrated PV. A subsidy is available for biomass systems if they are installed in conjunction with a solar thermal system. Subsidies are also available for highly efficient decentralised CHP systems for heat and power generation with an electrical output of up to 20 kW. Special energy storage systems and systems with an extraordinary degree of innovation or multiplier effect are also eligible for funding. This is decided on a case-by-case basis.

A grant is also available for residential buildings in the passive house standard including ventilation systems and for residential buildings in the 3-litre house standard including ventilation systems, as well as for studies on energy efficiency in which there is particular interest on the part of the state. The amount of the subsidies is flat-rate. For example, 4,700 euros are available for a passive house with a ventilation system.

In 2015, a total of more than 6,000 measures were funded under the programme. Applications for funding can be submitted by private individuals as well as small and medium-sized enterprises or municipalities. A total of 10 million euros is available for the programme in 2016. Source: progres.nrw / pgl


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More [than] living space! StadtBauKultur NRW Conference

on 6 July 2016 in Oberhausen

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More living space!
This is the message of the hour, because we urgently need housing. Especially for people who are unable to participate in social life due to their income, social status or education: e.g. transfer recipients, the homeless and, of course, refugees who enter the housing market as soon as they leave their initial accommodation.

This is the theme of our conference, because these people not only need housing, but living space in which they can find employment, establish social networks and offer their children a dignified and safe environment.

Building offers a wide range of opportunities for the integration of socially disadvantaged people: Building can create the spatial conditions for good coexistence; building can create a sense of community; building can offer employment and enable vocational training.

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- present exemplary projects for communal building and living as well as integrative neighbourhood development
- let practitioners report on their experiences - invite all interested parties to listen, ask questions and join in the discussion.

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Wednesday, 6 July 2016
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Solarwatt market study 2023 shows: 84% of German homeowners rely on photovoltaics
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Solarwatt market study 2023 shows: 84% of German homeowners rely on photovoltaics

  • One third of homeowners plan to install in the next twelve months
  • High electricity prices fuel demand for cheap solar energy
  • Online survey of 1,000 people - representative survey by age and gender

Germany is increasingly becoming a solar country: this is shown by the Solarwatt Market Study 2023, which the Hamburg-based opinion research institute Appinio conducted in March on behalf of the leading photovoltaic provider. According to the study, 84 percent of homeowners in Germany already have their own photovoltaic system or want to purchase one to generate clean solar energy. Solarwatt conducted the market study for the second time this year after 2022. For the representative survey by age and gender, a total of 1,000 German homeowners were surveyed online in the period from 7 to 14 March 2023.

One third of homeowners plan solar installation in the next twelve months

Just under a third of homeowners who do not currently use solar power are even planning to install a system in the next twelve months (31.8 percent). In the context of the first Solarwatt market study in March 2022, around 25 percent of those surveyed still stated that they wanted to install their own photovoltaic system in the next twelve months. A photovoltaic system (18.2 percent) is already installed in around one fifth of single-family homes in Germany. In 2022, the share was still 14.6 percent, which corresponds to an increase of only 3.6 percent in the past twelve months.

The Solarwatt Market Study 2023 also shows that the main motive for German homeowners to buy a photovoltaic system is currently the potential to save on energy costs (68.2 percent), followed by the desire for more independence from the energy market (61.8 percent) and the desire to do something good for the environment (43.8 percent). "A ten-kilowatt-peak solar system consisting of durable glass-glass solar modules generates clean energy for around ten cents per kilowatt hour from the moment it is installed - and for more than thirty years," explains Solarwatt managing director Detlef Neuhaus. With such a system, homeowners could save tens of thousands of euros over the entire period.

Solar expansion: industry, politics and investors join forces

According to Neuhaus, the Solarwatt Market Study 2023 confirms the population's sustained desire for solar power: "The use of a solar system makes absolute sense for homeowners from an economic and ecological perspective. Moreover, the technology is now fully mature. But if we want to keep and build up the added value here in Germany and Europe in the future, we need a solidarity between industry, politics and investors. Only in this way can we establish a strong solar industry on the old continent in the long term." Solarwatt is one of the pioneers and innovation drivers of the European solar industry with 30 years of experience. In the meantime, every fifth solar system up to ten kilowatt peak in Germany comes from Solarwatt.

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