Heating and energy have become an ongoing topic in the property industry. Sooner or later, all homeowners will have to decide how they want to heat their homes in the future. Which direction will the trend take - heat pumps, solar energy, heating networks or ...?
The issue of heating and energy has come to a head and in some cases caused exasperation. In view of other major issues such as the war in Europe, high inflation and potential loss of prosperity, the pace set for the heating revolution in the housing industry seems excessive and far too expensive.
Prof Dietmar Walberg, Managing Director of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft für zeitgemäßes Bauen (ARGE), presented a feasibility study on the costs and affordability of a climate-neutral building stock in Schleswig-Holstein. According to the study, investments totalling up to 140 billion euros are required if all residential buildings in Schleswig-Holstein are to be climate-neutral by 2040.
Andreas Breitner, Director of the Association of North German Housing Companies (VNW), explains: "If we take Prof. Walberg's calculations as a basis, rents in Schleswig-Holstein will have to rise by an average of five to seven euros per square metre in order to pay for the investments in the energy transition. For an 80 square metre flat, this means that tenants will have to pay up to 560 euros more per month".
It would be desirable for the pace of the heating transition to be such that heating technology can be converted in the normal refurbishment cycle in such a way that tenants and landlords can actually afford the necessary investment. This would also be in line with technical developments, which are currently running at full speed.
The progress already visible concerns all areas of modern heating technology. We are talking about projects and applications that aim to supply individual houses, entire residential neighbourhoods, urban districts and industry with sustainable heat. The prospects for a socially acceptable heating transition are good.
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