KfW BEG funding stopped 261, 262, 263, 264, 461, 463, 464

If you’re aiming for a 40 standard anyway, you don’t have to wait with the signature. According to information from the KFW this Monday, only the start of construction must not be before the funding application... I explicitly asked about this to avoid price increases until resumption.

If the funding comes back then, you can quickly commission the energy consultant... Without funding, you can save yourself that.

I consider that a bold statement from the KfW employee. On the one hand, in the past, the relevant date was not the start of construction but the date of signing the contract for work. And on the other hand, even our government does not yet know what great ideas (:eek:) they will have in the future, or what regulations and deadlines will apply accordingly. So I wouldn’t rely on that...

Then it seems you only have to wait for the issue, although I would absolutely not be surprised if the "continuation" takes place under drastically different conditions, because basically the various funding levels do not differ in the orientation of their criteria, and there is indeed also criticism of the general approach.

In the bedroom, an energy expert from consumer protection is quoted as follows: "To achieve the KfW-40 standard, significant investments are necessary. Without government support, this will not be manageable in many cases," says the expert. She considers it very likely that the program for this efficiency standard will be continued in its old form. "It would be a huge administrative effort to change the funding conditions and requirements," says Götsch.

In the bedroom, an energy expert from consumer protection is quoted as follows:

"To achieve the KfW-40 standard, significant investments are necessary. Without government support, this will not be manageable in many cases," says the expert. She considers it very likely that the program for this efficiency standard will continue in its old form. "It would be a huge administrative effort to change the funding conditions and requirements," says Götsch.

Ok, that sounds good in our case, I think we will now have to wait 1-2 weeks!

In the bedroom, an energy expert from consumer protection is quoted as follows:

"To achieve the KfW-40 standard, significant investments are necessary. Without government support, this will not be manageable in many cases," says the expert. She considers it very likely that the program for this efficiency standard will continue in its old form. "It would be a huge administrative effort to change the funding conditions and requirements," says Götsch.

I’m willing to bet that:
1. The new energy standard will be stricter (more efficient) than before (Energy Saving Ordinance 2014)
2. If KfW 40 is subsidized, under 2.1 there will be tougher requirements aka KfW 35 or a lower funding amount

You can probably rely on the weather at the moment... I believe you can't really think in days or weeks here :/

We have already received cancellations from companies for construction starting spring 23... The interest rate is also expected to rise further, which is an amount over the entire term, so a statement from KFW regarding the funding application until construction start would also help many...

Also, a few weeks until signing can now delay the construction start by several months :'(

If you are aiming for a 40 standard anyway, you don't have to wait for the signature. According to information from KFW this Monday, only the start of construction may not be before the funding application... I explicitly asked about this to avoid price increases until resumption.

It would be desirable if the project start is actually set again to the groundbreaking instead of the contract signing. I just don’t really want to believe it, since the change of the project start was only introduced about half a year ago. And with this variant, the risk of windfall effects would also be high. KfW cannot reliably tell you anything about this; there is no legal basis for it. In principle, there is nothing against waiting another 1-2 weeks to see which direction politics takes. But without a new federal budget there is no money for this, and without money you can’t submit applications either.

I’ll put my hand in the fire for this: 1. The new energy standard will be stricter (more efficient) than before (Energy Saving Ordinance 2014) 2. If KFW 40 is funded, there will be tougher requirements under 2.1 aka kfw35 or a lower funding amount

It is planned anyway that in a few years all new buildings must be EH40. The logical consequence of this is that funding for new buildings will certainly be phased out by then, because the same money would achieve much more if used for renovating existing buildings instead of supporting 5 kWh more for a passive house. The big question is the transition period. My guess is that maybe there will still be a little funding for 40+, but very limited in time.