1. Energiesprong:
NetZero retrofitting
as an attractive
product.
German activities offer high market
potential
Knut Höller

2. The Housing Initiative for Eastern Europe (IWO)
… is an NGO founded in 2001 to help
▪ develop market-oriented structures in the housing sector and the building
industry in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
▪ foster sustainable urban development in the project regions
▪ improve living and housing conditions in the project regions
… forms – jointly with its members and partners – a European network of expertise
… fosters partnerships and cooperation of stakeholders in Germany and abroad, that is,
private and public companies and organisations as well as committed individuals and
experts
… follows a wholistic, systemic approach in cooperation and projects initiated and
developed by IWO, coordinating transfer of knowhow and experiences in the fields of
business economics, technology, energy and finance for sustainable and tailored project
results. 2

3. 3
*2001
IWO’s network and member structure about 30 active and sustaining members, among them

4. 01.06.2023 4

5. 5
Education & training
Successful project management and networking of 22 years in the Baltics
Energy-efficient
refurbishment
Transnational
projects in the
Baltic Sea
region
Energy-efficient
redevelopment of
urban areas
Innovative & cooperative
rental housing in Latvia
(DBU)

6. New business opportunities for Latvian companies
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Platform for
solution providers
https://www.ener
giesprong.de/mar
ktentwicklung-
aktuell/anbieterda
tenbank/

7. EU building stock
> 215 million homes
+ 11 million non-residential buildings
> 40% of energy consumption
> 36% of CO2-emissions
> Market volume for refurbishment of
about 300 Billion € / year
Sources: https://ec.europa.eu/info/news/focus-energy-efficiency-buildings-2020-lut-17_en
https://ec.europa.eu/energy/eu-buildings-database_en

8. >
https://www.renovate-europe.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Finance-Infographic-no-bleed.pdf

9. What the EU can do
> Create new ways to finance Market
Development Teams over 10+ years in all
MS
> Many EU project networks die after 36
months…
> Financial Support for Prefab Retrofit
Projects (e. g. first 10.000 units per country),
technical development (Subsidies,
Guarantees) and Gigafactories
> Legal and public support of Prefab Retrofit
➔Prefab retrofits („standardised industrial
solutions“ in Renovation Wave) as IPCEI!
(Important Project of Common European Interest)

10. > Governmental Support
National funding for market development of serial retrofit / less focus on
new buildings
• BEG (Bundesprogramm Energieeffiziente Gebäude)
+15 % of investment costs / low interest rates
(in total up to 45% grant)
• BAFA: development costs for construction companies
• Remove obstacles in the laws for buildings
i.e. regulation on neighbour-distancde, or on parking space in case of
additional storeys
• Market development team

11. Overview of modules Federal funding for serial
renovation (according to BAFA)
Modul I Modul II Modul III
R&D feasibility study
[Article 25 AGVO]
Feasibility study Pilot
[Article 49 AGVO]
R&D for serial refurbishment
component processes
[Article 25 AGVO]
Production of a sample and
prototype element and testing
on the building
[Article 25 AGVO]
Application of serial
refurbishment components
[Artikel 38 und 41 AGVO]
Applicant SME only
Complementary investment
aid for the development of
production capacities
[Art. 17 Abs. 3 AGVO]
Detailed information can be found in the BAFA fact sheets at: https://www.bafa.de/DE/Energie/Energieeffizienz/Serielles_Sanieren/serielles_sanieren_node.html

12. First delivery of prefab-facades from Estonia to a
German Energiesprong project in 2022

13. Home ownership
and administrative management portfolio
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58,8%
22,0%
5,8%
5,5%
5,4%
2,5%
Privatpersonen (58,8 %) / Private
Owner
Wohnungseigentümergemeinschaft
en (22 %) / Home owner
associations
Kommune oder kommunales
Wohnungsunternehmen (5,8 %) /
Municipal owned housing company
Privatwirtschaftliche
Wohnungsunternehmen (5,5 %)
Private owned housing company
Wohnungsgenossenschaft (5,4 %)
housing cooperative
Sonstige / other

14. Housing stock
and administrative management portfolio in Germany
01.06.2023
Source: Destatis (2013): Zensus 2011
17
Housing stock in Germany:
40.545.000 flats*
Professional housing
suppliers:
8.273.000 flats
Co-operatives
2.145.000 flats
Municipal housing
companies:
2.347.000 flats
Public housing
companies:
305.000 flats
Private housing
companies:
3.152.000 flats**
Churches and
non-profit
organisations
324.000 flats
Private Ownership:
32.685.000 flats
Home Owner
Associations:
8.956.000 flats
Owner-occupied
condominiums:
3.745.000 flats
Rented
condominiums:
4.847.000 flats
Owners of Single and
Multi-Family
Buildings:
23.729.000 flats
Own use:
13.547.000 flats
Rented flats:
9.037.000 flats
* Increase of flats from 2010 to
end of 2018 by 4,3% or 1,8 mln.
flats
= 42,2 mln. flats in total
**incl. credit institutions, insurance companies, real estate funds, other corporations
Low for
profit
or non
for
profit
housing
you can
find
here

15. Housing stock
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• a total of 40.5 (2018: 42,2) million
apartments in 19 million buildings in
Germany
• 9 million owner-occupied flats = 22
percent of all flats
• 1.8 million home-owner associations
(WEG) = 10 percent of all buildings
13 million inhabitants in appox. > 5 million flats are living either in
co-operatives or in municipal housing ~ 30 % 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑠
54% of Germans live in rented accommodation –
more than in any other country in Europe.
Only roughly 46% own a house or apartment.

16. Rent level
at GdW companies in 2017 almost 20 % below the rent index level
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17. 2 │ Development of pilot pilots and demonstration projects
“Energy efficiency of Jelgava residential houses”
in Jelgava, Lettland, EIB ELENA Programm

18. Housing Initiative for Eastern Europe (IWO e.V.)
Knut Höller
Alt-Moabit 101A
10559 Berlin
Germany
Telefon · Phone · Tелефон +49 (0) 30 2067 9802
Telefax · Fax · Tелефакс +49 (0) 30 2067 9804
E-mail hoeller@iwoev.org

19. Vielen Dank!