Energy Saving Act

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Basic data
Title: Law on saving energy in buildings
Short title: Energy Saving Act
Abbreviation: EnEG
Type: Federal Ordinance
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Legal matter: Commercial administrative law ,
construction law , environmental law
References : 754-4
Original version from: July 22, 1976
( Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1873 )
Entry into force on: July 29, 1976
New announcement from: September 1, 2005
( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2684 )
Last change by: Art. 1 G of July 4, 2013
( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2197 )
Expiry: November 1, 2020
Art. 10 G of August 8, 2020
( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1728, 1794 )
GESTA : J039
Weblink: Text of the law
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The Energy Saving Act ( EnEG ) is part of German commercial administrative law. Its full title is Energy Conservation Law in Buildings .

It was adopted in the course of the first oil crisis in 1976, and was last published in 2005. The aim is to save energy in buildings . The law authorizes the federal government to regulate the details of thermal insulation through the Energy Saving Ordinance in such a way that avoidable energy losses are avoided during heating and cooling ( Section 1 (1) EnEG).

Individual evidence

  1. Law on the Saving of Energy in Buildings (Energy Saving Law - EnEG). Current version. July 4, 2013, accessed July 8, 2014 .