Project Innovative community-based heat supply – IGWarm
Runtime 04/2026 – 03/2028
What opportunities do community heating networks offer for an alternative, neighbourhood-based heat supply – and under what conditions can they be successfully implemented? Grid-based heat supply is a
moreProject Standards for Municipal Climate Action Monitoring
Runtime 04/2026 – 04/2029
Municipalities play a key role in implementing climate action to achieve national climate targets. To assess the effectiveness and alignment of local climate action, municipalities need practical and
moreProject SUSTAINOW
Runtime 11/2025 – 10/2028
Offshore wind is a cornerstone of Europe’s clean energy future: Europe aims for 300 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2050. To support the growth of offshore wind in Europe’s seas, more integrated appro
moreProject A heat pump? I can do that!
Runtime 09/2025 – 02/2028
Background Despite generous subsidies, demand for heat pumps is declining in 2024, meaning that the target of installing six million new heat pumps by 2030 and three million by the end of 2025 is like
moreProject Circular use of living space (ZiWoNu)
Runtime 08/2025 – 07/2030
Through transdisciplinary collaboration, a concrete methodology is being developed to promote more efficient use of housing at the local and national levels. The “Circular Housing Use” project focuses
moreProject biovolatil
Runtime 08/2025 – 07/2028
The aim of the ‘biovolatil’ project is to make the energy supply of municipalities more resilient. To this end, self-sufficient and climate-neutral solutions for energy generation and storage are bein
moreProject HeaTogether
Runtime 07/2025 – 06/2028
The established forms of heat supply, namely conventional large district heating networks on the one side and individual heating systems on the other side, have limited potential for decarbonisation:
moreProject Per capita consumption in Germany by population group
Runtime 01/2025 – 03/2028
With its CO 2 calculator, the German Federal Environment Agency provides the public with a tool that allows everyone to calculate their own carbon footprint in the areas of housing, mobility, nutritio
moreProject Expert opinion on the GEG and the implementation of the EPBD
Runtime 12/2024 – 12/2027
The building sector faces ambitious targets: climate neutrality by 2045, a 65% reduction in emissions by 2030 and 88% by 2040 (in each case compared to 1990), and compliance with the total annual emis
moreProject Implementing and financing the heating transition
Runtime 11/2024 – 11/2027
The heating transition is a central component of the energy transition in Germany and is crucial to achieving the climate and energy targets. Germany is aiming to become climate-neutral by 2045. This
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