News Digest Item
29 Sep 2016

“A big misconception“

Die Welt

Intensifying regulations for energy efficiency and insulation for commercial buildings would be expensive but bring little benefit, according to a study commissioned by the German Property Federation (ZIA), writes Christian Hunziker in Die Welt. “Additional measures on the building envelope don’t help us,” said Norbert Fischer, architect and author of the study. He suggests alternative efforts such as using more energy produced with renewable sources.

Read the article in German here.

Find first results from the study in German here.

Also read the CLEW dossier The Energiewende and Efficiency.

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