EFA EnergieFakten Austria: New EU guidelines point the way for Austria’s heating market
The comprehensively revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED III), which came into force on November 20, 2023, sets, among other things, higher targets for the share of renewable energy in the gross final energy consumption of the member states by 2030.
Amendment to the European Buildings Directive: political agreement reached in the European Council and European Parliament
The amendment to the European Buildings Directive has led to a political agreement in the European Council and the European Parliament. The most important points of the new regulations are summarized here.
Austrian Standards Award 2024
The Living Standards Award honours innovative solutions, exportable ideas and future technologies to whose success standards have contributed As Austria’s most prestigious award for standardization and innovation, the prize recognizes companies, organizations, research institutions and start-ups that achieve outstanding results with the help of standards.
Innovation exchange with innovation labs on the TIKS RTI funding line
Participants presented their skills and defined ideas for a submission at the idea exchange of the RTI funding program TIKS. Relevant information about the TIKS 2023 funding program and support services from and through innovation labs were shown using examples. GRÜNSTATTGRAU presented its expertise on the respective tendering priorities
New position paper from the Life Cycle Building interest group on the topic of “Roof space utilization”
Under the leadership of GRÜNSTATTGRAU, the position paper for value-added roof space utilization was written – a guide for decision-makers, the real estate industry and municipalities.
The aim of the paper is to provide basic information and data for a value-added-oriented system decision when changing or extending the use of existing and new roof areas.
RENOWAVE welcomes the “Pionierstädte Österreich”
Several cities in Austria are allowed to bear the status of “Pionierstädte”. The BMK supports the necessary capacity and competence development in the cities within the framework of public-public cooperation (ÖÖK) with two million euros per pioneering city. In addition, customized funding formats are being developed in the areas of research, technology and innovation.
Renovation bonus 2024 – New subsidies for thermal renovations in multi-storey residential buildings
The BMK is massively increasing its subsidies with the renewable heat package to promote the rapid replacement of fossil fuel heating systems. The new subsidy package, which includes a significant increase in the assumption of costs for replacing heating systems to an average of 75% through federal and state subsidies and a tripling of the flat-rate subsidy for thermal building refurbishment, marks the start of a major refurbishment campaign. These steps are key contributions to achieving the national climate targets.
Impact Days (17./18.10.2023) – Review
On October 17 and 18 2023, the first congress on climate-neutral holistic refurbishment by the RENOWAVE.AT innovation laboratory took place at the Seifenfabrik in Graz. With over 300 participants, the event was a great success and provided a platform for in-depth discussions on topics such as digitalization, serial refurbishment, social processes and heat pumps.
Verbandsstatistik 2023 – the non-profit housing industry in figures
The „Verbandsstatistik 2023″ – the non-profit housing industry in figures” has been published and offers a fascinating journey through the figures and trends in housing construction in 2022!
ACR Institute AEE INTEC nominated for State Prize Patent 2022 with Energy Facade CEPA
The ACR Institute AEE INTEC, one of the founding institutes of the RENOWAVE.AT cooperative, is nominated for the State Prize Patent 2022 in the category “Best Patent”! This highest state award for inventions and trademarks is presented by the Austrian Patent Office and the Ministry of Climate Protection and shines a spotlight on particularly innovative achievements
