Tanja Kenkmann

eceee 2021 Summer Study proceedings - Panel: 3. Policy, finance and governance

Municipal climate action managers: Evaluating the impact

Germany has approximately 11,000 municipalities which can make a significant contribution towards achieving climate targets. The Local Authorities Funding Guideline (LAG) of the German National Climate Initiative (NCI) has supported municipalities in designing and implementing climate action since 2

Municipalities in focus: Evaluating the Local Authorities Guideline (LAG) within the National Climate Initiative (NCI) of Germany: challenges and findings

Germany has approximately 11,000 municipalities which can make a significant contribution towards achieving national climate targets. The Local Authorities Guideline (LAG) of the German National Climate Initiative (NCI) has been supporting municipalities in designing and implementing climate action

Evaluating the renewable heating and efficiency obligation for existing buildings – insights into the mechanisms of mandatory building requirements

Germany’s third largest state, Baden Württemberg, was the first to mandate the installation of renewable heating technologies in 2008. Owners of a heating system need to employ a minimum share of renewable energy of 15% of the heat demand when the heating system is replaced. Instead of employing

In the Spotlight

The heat transition: Progressing climate action in the building sector

Poorly insulated buildings and outdated heating systems use substantial amounts of energy. Overall, the building sector is responsible for around 25 percent of Germany’s carbon emissions and 30 percent of its final energy consumption. The German government aims to transform the German building sto

Instruments to achieve reductions in energy consumption through sufficiency: Financial impacts for households and distributional considerations

Behave 2018: F5. Policy implementation and evaluation II Results from a current project for the Federal Environment Agency (FKZ 37EV 16 124 0)

The role of refurbishment companies and skilled craft workers

How to make energy efficiency policies in buildings deliver?

Presentation by Dr. Sibylle Braungardt and Tanja Kenkmann, IEPPEC 2018, Vienna, 26th June.