Building Energy Act

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Basic data
Title: Law on saving energy and using renewable energies for heating and cooling in buildings
Short title: Building Energy Act
Abbreviation: GEG
Type: Federal law
Scope: Federal Republic of Germany
Legal matter: Commercial administrative law ,
construction law , environmental law
References : 754-30
Issued on: August 8, 2020
( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1728 )
Entry into force on: November 1, 2020
GESTA : E029
Please note the note on the applicable legal version.

The Building Energy Act ( GEG ) is a German federal law. It brings together the Energy Saving Act , the Energy Saving Ordinance and the Renewable Energies Heat Act . It was enacted as Art. 1 of the law of August 8, 2020 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1728 ), which unifies energy saving law for buildings and changes other laws.

Emergence

The GEG is related to the EU Buildings Directive, according to which new non-residential public buildings must be built from 2019 and all new buildings from 2021 as zero-energy buildings. A corresponding standard had to be established for this. Originally, this should be determined in an ordinance in accordance with Section 2a of the Energy Saving Act . The responsible ministries then agreed to standardize the regulations on energy requirements for buildings. A first draft was not pursued in 2017. A revised draft was published in November 2018. On October 23, 2019, the federal cabinet approved another draft. The consolidation and standardization of the previous regulations are intended to facilitate their application and enforcement. On December 20, 2019, the Federal Council issued its opinion on this draft pursuant to Article 76 (2) of the Basic Law. On January 29, 2020, the draft was dealt with in the first reading in the Bundestag and adopted in a modified form on June 18, 2020. On July 3, 2020, the Federal Council approved the Building Energy Act.

aims

The aim of the GEG is to use energy in buildings as sparingly as possible, including the increasing use of renewable energies to generate heat, cold and electricity for building operations (Section 1 (1)). The public sector is intended to act as a role model (Section 4).

Structure and control technology

The GEG, which is divided into nine parts, regulates, according to a general part, in part 2 (§§ 10–45) requirements for new buildings. Part 3 (§§ 46–56) contains provisions on existing buildings, Part 4 (§§ 57–78) on systems for heating and cooling technology, hot water supply and room ventilation. Part 5 (§§ 79–88) deals with energy certificates. Part 6 contains in §§ 89–91 provisions on the financial support for the use of renewable energies. Parts 7–9 conclude the GEG with provisions on special cases as well as enforcement and transitional provisions.

The specific requirements are regularly regulated in the GEG by reference to DIN standards . For example, in Section 20 (1): "For the residential building to be constructed and the reference building, the annual primary energy requirement must be determined in accordance with DIN V 18599: 2018-09."

Regulations in detail

Requirements for new buildings

Lowest energy building standard

The lowest energy building standard is determined in § 10. The draft does not go beyond the requirements of the existing regulations. A new building according to GEG should therefore have a final energy requirement of 45–60 kWh / m² per year. However, the requirements according to Section 9 are to be reviewed in 2023 and a legislative proposal made for their further development. In this case, the affordability of building and housing must again be taken into account (Section 9 (1) sentence 2).

Crediting of electricity from renewable energies

According to Section 23 Paragraph 1, electricity generated from renewable energies close to the building may be deducted from the annual primary energy requirement of the building if it is used immediately after generation or after temporary storage in the building itself. Section 23 (2) regulates the amount of the deduction for residential buildings differently in the event that an electricity storage system is used or not. In any case, the deduction is a maximum of 30 or 45%. Section 23 (3) contains a corresponding provision for non-residential buildings. Section 23 (4) limits the deduction in the event that the electricity generated close to the building is used for heating purposes.

Existing building

The energetic quality of existing buildings must not be deteriorated (Section 46). The top floor ceiling must be insulated (Section 47).

Regulations for heating and cooling systems

According to the GEG, new heating systems that are charged with oil or solid fossil fuel should only be allowed to be installed in existing buildings from January 1, 2026 if the heating requirement is partly covered by renewable energies (Section 72 (4)).

Energy certificates

The regulations on energy certificates for buildings are contained in §§ 79-88 of the draft. According to the GEG, the obligation to submit documents for sale, renting and leasing should not only apply to sellers or landlords, but also to real estate agents (Section 80 (3) to (5)). When selling a one- or two-family house, the buyer must, in accordance with Section 80, Paragraph 4, Sentence 6, conduct an informational consultation on the energy performance certificate with a person authorized to issue it in accordance with Section 88, provided this is offered free of charge. Section 85 regulates the information that must be included in the energy certificate; it essentially corresponds to the previous mandatory information.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Art. 9 of Directive 2010/31 / EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153 of 18.6.2010, p. 13, OJ L 155 of 22.6. 2010, p. 61).
  2. ↑ Melita Tuschinski: GEG draft temporarily frozen! It should continue after the general election! April 24, 2017. Retrieved February 13, 2019 .
  3. ↑ The Federal Cabinet has passed the draft law for the Building Energy Act (GEG). October 23, 2019, accessed October 24, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: The new Building Energy Act - in short. October 23, 2019, accessed October 24, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Federal Council: BR-Drs 584/19. December 20, 2019, accessed December 25, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Bundestag, Documentation and Information System: Law for the Unification of Energy Saving Law for Buildings. Retrieved June 21, 2020 .
  7. ^ Federal Council: Item 14 Building Energy. July 3, 2020, accessed July 6, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: The new Building Energy Act - in short. October 23, 2019, accessed October 24, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy: The new Building Energy Act - in short. October 23, 2019, accessed October 24, 2019 .

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