Residential heating is responsible for one-fifth of Germany’s energy consumption. Heating costs were around 562 euros per year for an average apartment in 2016, which is more than a 13th month’s rent minus heating costs (Kaltmiete). These are the findings of the 2016 Heat Monitor, published...

The energy efficiency of the residential housing stock plays a key role in strategies to mitigate climate change and global warming. In this context, it is frequently argued that private investment and the quality of thermal upgrades is too low in the light of the challenges faced and the...

The impact of environmental regulation on technology diffusion and innovations is studied using a unique data set of German residential buildings. We analyze how energy efficiency regulations, in terms of minimum standards, affects energy-use in newly constructed buildings and how it induces...

Concerns about global warming and growing scarcity of fossile fuels require substantial changes in energy consumption patterns and energy systems, as targeted by many countries around the world. One key element to achieve such transformation is to increase energy efficiency of the housing stock....

The heating market plays a key role in achieving the Federal Government's energy and climate policy objectives. In particular, major savings need to be made in heating residential buildings if the majority of buildings are to be climate-neutral by 2050. In light of this, DIW Berlin and ista...

Um die energie- und klimapolitischen Ziele der Bundesregierung zu erreichen, müssen im Bereich der Raumwärme mittel- und langfristig große Energieeinsparungen erzielt werden. Vor diesem Hintergrund erhebt das DIW Berlin gemeinsam mit der ista Deutschland GmbH jährlich den Wärmemonitor, der...

Residential heating is responsible for one-fifth of Germany's energy consumption. Heating costs were around 562 euros per year for an average apartment in 2016, which is more than a 13th month's rent minus heating costs (Kaltmiete). These are the findings of the 2016 Heat Monitor, published by...

In Deutschland wird seit 1978 durch staatliche Energieeffizienzmindeststandards versucht, den Heizenergieverbrauch in Wohngebäuden zu reduzieren. So sollen Kosten verringert, die Abhängigkeit von Energieimporten reduziert und, im Rahmen der nationalen Klimaschutzbemühungen, die CO2-Emissionen...

Gut ein Fünftel des Energieverbrauchs in Deutschland entfällt auf den Raumwärmebedarf der privaten Haushalte. Die Kosten hierfür beliefen sich in einer durchschnittlichen Mietwohnung im Jahr 2016 auf etwa 562 Euro jährlich, was mehr als einer 13. Monatskaltmiete entspricht. Dies zeigen die...

The impact of environmental regulation on technology diffusion and innovations is studied using a unique data set of German residential buildings. We analyze how energy efficiency regulations, in terms of minimum standards, affects energy-use in newly constructed buildings and how it induces...