Profil, 02.2010According to the latest CO2 building report from the German Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Affairs (BMVBS), buildings - that is, around 17.3 million residential buildings (including 39 million units) and 1.5 million non-residential buildings - account for 40% of CO2 emissions in Germany. Energy efficiency of the existing buildings needs to be improved through the use of innovative technologies, and it needs to be modified so that use can be made of renewable energies. Investigations conducted by the German Energy Agency (dena) indicate that the amount of energy consumed by existing buildings can potentially be reduced by up to 85%.
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