The Building Energy Act is intended to herald the farewell to climate-damaging gas and oil heating systems. The Greens are pushing for the law to be passed before the parliamentary summer recess.
The FDP, on the other hand, is calling for more time for changes – on the grounds that Parliament has lost the central point of contact for the issue with State Secretary Patrick Graichen. The bill also mentions a connection to district heating, direct electricity heating, solar thermal energy and hybrid heating with heat pump plus gas or biomass heating.