The federal government wants to develop a concept for energy-efficient measures in buildings

Bern , June 2022

A motion from the LDP calls on the Federal Council to develop an implementation concept for energy-efficient measures in buildings. After being adopted by the National Council, it was also adopted by the Council of States with one change. Now it's up to the National Council again.

In his motion of September 26, 2019, the then National Councilor Christoph Eymann (LDP/BS) asked the Federal Council to “submit an implementation concept for energy-efficient Minergie-P measures to reduce the 80 percent energy losses in the building sector and also the use of roof and facade surfaces for solar energy production”. The National Council approved the initiative in June last year. At its meeting on May 31, the Council of States also approved the motion, the parliamentary services inform in a statement .

However, because the Council of States has made an addition to the text, the motion will first go back to the National Council, is explained further in the communication. Specifically, the cantons should be involved in the development of the concept. This was recommended by the State Council Commission for the Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy ( Urek-S ) due to major cantonal differences in the existing building program.

The Federal Council supports Eymann’s motion. “In view of the increased energy prices, for example because of the Ukraine war, the concern is not only important in terms of climate policy, but also economically,” quoted the Parliamentary Services Environment Minister Simonetta Sommaruga. “The population can be relieved in this way.”

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