Wrap Up Warm - How can we achieve the heat transition?
Document type:
Zeitungsartikel
Author(s):
Gitta Rohling
Abstract:
Germany aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2045. This
means that greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by
over 88 % compared to 1990 levels, with remaining emissions
fully balanced by natural carbon sinks, such as forests, soils
and seas. The country also aims to become carbon negative
from 2050 onwards, meaning that the sum of emitted greenhouse
gases must be lower than the absorption of these
emissions by natural sinks. Germany’s federal government
has established these targets in the Federal Climate Change
Act, the Bundesklimaschutzgesetz.
But how can this be achieved for buildings and cities? We
spoke with TUM scientists who are researching strategies
and technologies for the heat transition. While this article primarily
casts light on the situation in Germany, these issues
affect every country that aspires to achieve climate-neutral
heating and energy supplies.
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Germany aims to achieve climate neutrality by 2045. This
means that greenhouse gas emissions must be reduced by
over 88 % compared to 1990 levels, with remaining emissions
fully balanced by natural carbon sinks, such as forests, soils
and seas. The country also aims to become carbon negative
from 2050 onwards, meaning that the sum of emitted greenhouse
gases must be lower than the absorption of these
emissions by natural sinks. Germany’s federal government
has established these targets i...
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Keywords:
climate neutrality, heat transition, energy supplies, Geothermal energy, Building Technology