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Welcome to Media Tour KfW Germany. Volker Christmann, Managing Director, Deutsche ROCKWOOL. Welcome to today’s programme (Part 1).
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Media Tour – KfW Germany, 8 November 2012 Welcome to Media Tour KfW Germany Volker Christmann, Managing Director, Deutsche ROCKWOOL
Media Tour – KfW Germany, 8 November 2012 Welcome to today’s programme (Part 1) 9:30 – 9:45 ‘Why is such an energy efficiency scheme so important for the building industry and for green growth?’ Volker Christmann, Managing Director of Deutsche ROCKWOOL9:45 – 10:15 ‘What have we achieved with the KfW? Why are we politicians so keen about energy efficiency? What elements can I recommend my international colleagues to use?’ Johannes Remmel, Minister of the Environment for North Rhine- Westphalia 10:25 – 11:00 ‘Key results and key principles for the KfW Energy Efficiency Programme’ Sonja Höpfner & Dirk Markfort, KfW Banking Group11:00 - 11:30 ‘The “best policy for climate and economic recovery” – Why is Germany’s energy efficiency programme for buildings so successful? What can other countries do?’ Theodora Petroula, Climate & Energy Policy Officer, WWF European Policy Office11:40 – 12:00 ‘Bird Phoenix: Rising from the ashes of closed coal mines. How Energy Efficiency helps the Ruhr city pave an innovative way out of the crisis’ Bernd Tischler, Mayor of Bottrop (InnovationCity Ruhr)
Media Tour – KfW Germany, 8 November 2012 Today’s programme (Part 2) – interviews & visits 12:00 Lunch & interviews 13:15 People on bus13:45 – 14:35 Visit energy renovated single-family house in Zeppelinstrasse 60: ‘What difference did the energy modernization of my home have to me? How did the funding help me?’ visit home of Eva Aurich + energy consultant Björn Gottemeier14:50 – 15:40 Visit to social housing area in Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Strasse 55: ‘How does KfW help us make better homes and create green jobs?’ by architect Michael Klump and Hans-Jürgen Bode from Bottrop Wohnungsbaugesellschaft17:00 – 17:20 Check-in at airport
Media Tour – KfW Germany, 8 November 2012 ROCKWOOL Germany in brief - The largest company in the Rockwool Group = 15% of Group sales - 1000+ employees - Doing well - 3 factories, headquarter in Gladbeck (approx. 8 km away from Bottrop) - Partner of InnovationCity Ruhr
Media Tour – KfW Germany, 8 November 2012 Germany’s building industry is growingIndicators for German residential building sector (2013 to LY) Buildinginvestments Completions Insulationmarket (cbm) Euroconstruct
Media Tour – KfW Germany, 8 November 2012 Many old buildings for (energetic) modernisation – the KfW helps generate the financing 74% (29 mill. units) of the buildings are built before 1978 => thereof refurbishment demand of approx. 25 mill. units
Media Tour – KfW Germany, 8 November 2012 German Government incentives fuel growth • Goals: • Reduction of heating energy consumption by 20% by 2020 • Double energy renovation rate of buildings from 1% to 2% • Exit from nuclear power by 2020 – also reducing energy demand • Reduction of primary energy consumption by approx. 80% before 2050 • Climate-neutral standard of buildings by 2050 • KfW programmes (EUR 1.5 billion / year) • Up to EUR 75,000 in low interest loans or grants per home for energy efficiency & renewables • The more energy efficient the better the KfW co-financing
Media Tour – KfW Germany, 8 November 2012 A money machine that generates growth and jobs ”For every euro that went into the promotion of energy-efficient construction and refurbishment in 2010, public authorities collected four to five euros in revenue.” (Jülich Research Centre, 2011. www.kfw.de ) STATE = public authorities 2011:251,000 jobs created or safeguarded
Media Tour – KfW Germany, 8 November 2012 Impact of the KfW for ROCKWOOL Germany The KfW funding means significantly more energy renovations and much better energy renovations KfW in general contributes to reach the goal of the government to increase renovation rate from 1% to 2% With the KfW, employment is improved. And German citizens in draughty homes waste less money and CO2. Why not do the same? The Rockwool Forum has trained more than 300 energy consultants over the past 10 years We have more than 80 KfW qualified products and solutions
Media Tour – KfW Germany, 8 November 2012 Welcome to our next speaker 9:45 – 10:15 ‘What have we achieved with the KfW? Why are we politicians so keen about energy efficiency? What elements can I recommend my international colleagues to use?’ Johannes Remmel, Minister of the Environment for Nordrhein-Westfalen 10:15 – 10:25 Break10:25 – 11:00 ‘Key results and key principles for the KfW Energy Efficiency Programme’ Sonja Höpfner & Dirk Markfort, KfW Banking Group11:00 - 11:30 ‘The “best policy for climate and economic recovery” – Why is Germany’s energy efficiency programme for buildings so successful? What can other countries do?’ Theodora Petroula, Climate & Energy Policy Officer, WWF European Policy Office11:30 – 11:40 Break11:40 – 12:00 ‘Bird Phoenix: Rising from the ashes of closed coal mines. How Energy Efficiency helps the Ruhr city pave an innovative way out of the crisis’ Bernd Tischler, Mayor of Bottrop (Innovation-City Ruhr)