germany environmental
Gas heating for single flat
<p>Assume you own a flat in a larger house with floor heating in Germany and your gas heating breaks down in 2024.</p>
<p>Now a new gas heating is not possible because a new heating requires to be 65% &quot;renewable&quot; by the new law.</p>
<p>If you own the complete house you can either use photovoltaic for that or insulate your house, replace the radiators and use a heat pump.</p>
<p>If you only own one flat, this is more difficult:</p>
<ul>
<li>Are there exceptions for that?</li>
<li>Or is the community of owners obliged to build a photovoltaic, insulate the house, ... ?</li>
<li>Or is the owner of the flat just out of luck and relies on the goodwill of the community of owners?</li>
</ul>

<p>AFAIK, the new regulation isn't law yet. Currently there is only a concept by the Ministry of Commerce and Climate Protection: <a href="https://www.bmwk.de/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/Energie/65-prozent-erneuerbare-energien-beim-einbau-von-neuen-heizungen-ab-2024.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.bmwk.de/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/Energie/65-prozent-erneuerbare-energien-beim-einbau-von-neuen-heizungen-ab-2024.pdf</a></p>
<p>Your case is handled on page 9. When the first heater in the house breaks, the house owners (all appartment owners, <em>Eigentümergemeinschaft</em>) would have three years to decide how they intent to replace the old systems and then they would have an additional three years to replace all heating systems in the house with a heater that fulfills the requirement (preferably a central heating system). Meanwhile, you could replace your heater without the 65 % renewables requirement.</p>
