Germans Required To Replace 30-Year Old Gas Furnaces…New Oil Furnaces Banned Starting 2026
By P Gosselin on 7. January 2023
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Germany continues to intensify draconian measures to cut energy consumption…
Germans struggling to keep warm. (Symbol image, cropped here).
As if the costs for heating in Germany weren’t expensive enough. Already addled with high natural gas and heating oil costs, German residential building owners are now being required to replace gas furnaces that are 30 years old or more, according to a new law that went into effect on January 1st.
Violators will see their heating systems shut down
German site Blackout News.de here: “Homeowners in Germany are legally obligated under the Building Energy Act § 72 (GEG) to replace their old boilers after 30 years. This affects about 2 million oil and gas heating systems in Germany at the end of the year. Refusal or failure to do so will result in fines and the responsible chimney sweeper can even have the heating system shut down.”
In Germany, by law, all chimneys are inspected at least annually by chimney sweepers, who will be checking the gas heater’s nameplate. Of course, “heating systems that are powered by renewable energies, e.g. wood pellets burners, are exempt from the obligations.”
https://notrickszone.com/2023/01/07/germans-required-to-replace-30-year-old-gas-furnaces-new-oil-furnaces-banned-starting-2026/
