What do the GEG requirements mean for your properties?
The Building Energy Act (GEG) forms the central legal framework for energy requirements for new and existing buildings in Germany. It combines previous regulations such as the Energy Saving Ordinance (EnEV), the Energy Saving Act (EnEG) and the Renewable Energies Heat Act (EEWärmeG) – with the aim of sustainably increasing energy efficiency in the building sector.
For property owners, builders and investors, this means that
Certain energy standards must already be met for new builds, e.g. a maximum permissible primary energy requirement and mandatory use of renewable energies for heating and cooling. However, the GEG also stipulates certain retrofitting obligations for existing buildings, such as the insulation of uninsulated top storey ceilings or the replacement of outdated boilers. It is therefore important to always keep as accurate an overview as possible of energy consumption.
Why are the GEG targets important?
They naturally serve to achieve climate targets and directly influence the economic efficiency and sustainability of properties. In addition, however, compliance with the GEG is often a prerequisite for subsidies – for example from KfW or BAFA – and is made transparent when selling or renting through the energy performance certificate.
What can I do to meet the GEG requirements for buildings?
One thing above all is crucial: a complete, correct and up-to-date database. This includes information about the building envelope, heating and ventilation technology, insulation standards and energy consumption. Only if this data is properly documented and plausible can the legal requirements be correctly checked and complied with – for example with regard to retrofitting obligations, the energy performance certificate or potential refurbishment measures. Regular updates and plausibility checks of the existing information are also important in order to remain GEG-ready in the long term.
How can I comply with the GEG requirements as easily and simply as possible?
Numerous service providers currently collect consumption data at varying intervals and store it in different databases and systems. In addition, systems are often over-controlled instead of optimally set for the long term.
With BAScloud GreenMetrics Solutions, on the other hand, we offer you a comprehensive solution to not only analyse and optimize the current energy status of your property, but also to implement sustainable, legally compliant requirements. We develop a technical optimization plan based on a determined baseline. The BAScloud collects all relevant information in a central location. It is available there in a standardized format and can be accessed and used easily and securely via the BAScloud API.
- The BAScloud informs owners, managers and users about exact consumption. Precisely and at any time.
- The data forms the basis for optimizing property operations - in the areas of electricity, heating, cooling, gas and water consumption.
- Individual and behaviour-based optimization measures for tenants and property users are readily available.
- The effectiveness of savings measures can be measured directly and promptly.
- With BAScloud, you can reliably fulfill your obligation to provide evidence thanks to the close recording and documentation of building data.
- An overall picture of consumption - supplemented by other important data from the property - forms the basis for TGA systems.
With BAScloud GreenMetrics Solutions
“Expectations of the BAScloud were high – and they were right: Shortly after the introduction of the data cloud at the beginning of 2020, numerous added values became apparent, some of which are already having an impact today.”
Herbert Krüger, then Head of the Department of Building Construction and Building Management of the City of Aschaffenburg. The office looks after around 200 buildings in terms of building maintenance and building services.