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Project Reform of federal funding for energy-efficient buildings:

Runtime 04/2026 – 10/2026

How can building subsidy schemes support energy-efficiency refurbishments more effectively whilst also ensuring affordable housing? In a brief study commissioned by the GdW Bundesverband, ifeu analyse

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

Project 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

Publication ProSuffizienz Poster - Reduktion des Energieverbrauchs von Prosumern

Authors: Julika Weiß , Monika Orlowski , Nadine Walikewitz , Lars-Arvid Brischke
Year: 2026

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Publication Immobilieneigentümer*innen zu energetischen Sanierungsmaßnahmen motivieren

Klimaschutz im Gebäudebereich voranbringen

Authors: Angelika Paar , Lisa Muckenfuß , Jens Bieker
Year: 2026

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Publication Vom Bestand zur Zukunft: Transformation von Wohnsiedlungen in Kleinstädten

Authors: Saskia Herbert , Sarah Bäcker , Lars-Arvid Brischke , Patrick Zimmermann
Year: 2026

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News Evaluation reports 2024 of the federal subsidy for efficient buildings (BEG)

With the ‘Federal Funding for Efficient Buildings’ (BEG), the federal government is promoting both the energy-efficient refurbishment efforts of building owners and the switch to heating with renewabl

News Shaping climate change in a socially responsible manner

Insights from Dr Brigitte Knopf at the ‘Treffpunkt Transformation’ event As part of the event series “Treffpunkt Transformation – Zukunftswissen im ifeu” (Meeting Point Transformation – Future Knowled

News Brochure: Shaping the heat transition – knowledge and ideas for local activists

Around 70 per cent of flats and houses in Germany are still heated with natural gas or heating oil. At the same time, valuable heat is lost in many buildings through leaky windows and uninsulated faca

Publication Building check: Is my house ready for a heat pump?

New online tool checks whether a house can be heated with a heat pump

Authors: Feliks Todtmann , Jakob Metz
Year: 2025

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