The 87 networks examined save over a million tons of CO2 per year.

The strategy provides a roadmap for energy-efficient retrofitting of the national building stock

Germany’s new Building Energy Act (Gebäudeenergiegesetz or GEG) has cleared an important hurdle in the legislative process.

The German Solar Association BSW says demand for solar heating systems in Germany has risen markedly in the first three months of 2020, Clean Energy Wire reports.

Hamburg considers itself somewhat a pioneer in decarbonized heat and is home to a number of pioneering projects.

The German government has agreed to make energy efficiency a key criterion for public procurement, Clean Energy Wire reports.

The second meeting of the “District Heating 2.0 Energy Efficiency Network” was hosted by the German city of Dortmund’s local power and water utility, DEW21.

The abundance of municipal utilities is a defining characteristic of the German energy market.

The German heating industry is expecting a positive 2020. Uwe Glock, president of the German Heating Industry Association BDH, considers growth rates of up to 10 percent possible for heating systems that combine efficiency and renewable energy.

In Fall of 2019, the German government introduced new and binding climate goals. To help met these, several incentive programs for energy efficient construction and renovation were improved and relaunched at the start of 2020.