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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 , Dr. Jakob Metz
Year: 2025

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News Ready for a heat pump? Online tool gives homeowners an initial assessment

Is my house suitable for heating with a heat pump? The new ‘Heat Pump Building Check’ provides homeowners with a quick assessment. Using a simplified room-by-room heating load analysis, the online too

News Building Modernisation Act as an opportunity

Thinking about heat generation and efficiency together – for growth, jobs and acceptance The announcement by the coalition committee that the current Building Energy Act will be replaced by a ‘Buildin

News Study on CO2-neutral state administration published

On behalf of the Hessian Ministry of HMLU, ifeu has investigated how the state administration can achieve its climate policy goals by 2030. To this end, ifeu has developed various scenarios that show

News Current market analysis on energy services published

Since 2015, the Federal Agency for Energy Efficiency (BfEE) has been working with a consortium consisting of Prognos AG, the ifeu Institute and Verian to regularly examine the markets for energy consu

News Discussion paper ‘Future Standard for Old Buildings’ published – How we can accelerate building renovation and make it fairer

Building renovation faces a dilemma: on the one hand, renovation must be carried out more quickly and cost-effectively, but on the other hand, climate protection and social justice must not be neglect

Publication Zukunftsstandard Altbau

Förderung vereinfachen, Einzelmaßnahmenförderung stärken, mehr sanieren. Diskussionspapier.

Authors: Martin Pehnt , Thomas Auer
Year: 2025

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News A new emissions trading scheme for buildings and transport – TREFFPUNKT TRANSFORMATION with Dr. Jana Nysten

Yesterday evening, we welcomed Dr. Jana Nysten from the Environmental Energy Law Foundation to the ifeu Institute in Heidelberg for an exciting lecture as part of our lecture series “Treffpunkt Transf