Climate protection impulses: heating promotion lowers CO2 emissions by millions!

Climate protection impulses: heating promotion lowers CO2 emissions by millions!

Laimgrubengasse 10, 1060 Wien, Österreich - Austria experiences a remarkable upheaval in the heating landscape! The current funding measures for the heating exchange use and show impressive successes. According to renewable Energy Austria (EEÖ), the investments in new heating systems that were made by households and companies in 2024 were reduced by CO2 emissions by over 1.2 million tons per year. This year alone, total investments of 1.7 billion euros were triggered. Martina Prechtl-Grundnig, Managing Director of the EEÖ, emphasizes that the new government has to maintain the incentives for the heating exchange in order to promote climate protection at the same time and to enable the economy to grow, such as ots reported .

efficiency of the grants and increasing numbers

Current statistics show that 52,652 applications for the funding program "Out of oil and gas" were submitted by the beginning of December 2024. The switch to renewable heating systems is increasingly efficient, with costs of only EUR 31.1 per tonne CO2 saved-a considerable value that is far below the figures of the WKO-related platform Oecolution. Among other things, wood heating, heat pumps and solar thermal systems are funded. The Trend shows that the number of changes in heating has spoken out in the past four years. In order to reach the climate goals, it is important to exchange up to 100,000 fossil heating systems annually, such as KfW reported .

But there are also important innovations: From September 1, 2024, applications before the start of the project must be submitted. Before that, it is necessary to conclude a contract with a specialist company in which the planned implementation time is clearly determined. These innovations are intended to ensure that the funding is used specifically and efficiently to support Austria's ambitious climate goals.