Strategic Partnerships
Munich for Climate Protection is a partnership between the City of Munich authority and local members committed to reducing the city’s impact on the environment, including major companies and NGOs. A number of projects have been developed such as “Climate Friendly Oktoberfest” which encourages local hotels to adopt measures to reduce their and their guests’ carbon footprints. Measures include energy auditing, advice on renewable energy and electric scooters. (München für Klimaschutz, 2014)
Incentive schemes
Munich has for many years been funding energy efficiency in private and commercial buildings. Subsidies cover a wide range of measures such as building insulation, heat generation and solar thermal systems. Investments triggered by the programmes are ten times higher than the subsidy input, and CO2 emissions have dropped (Climate Alliance, 2014a). Grants are combined with loans from banks and national energy efficiency schemes.
Eligible measures include (Munich Portal, 2014):
- Establishment of energy retrofit schemes
- Thermal insulation of exterior walls of dwellings with and without exchange of lying in the outer wall surface of window.
- New construction or retrofit to PassivHaus standard (residential and commercial use)
- New connections to district heating networks
Solar thermal systems