Sustainable Constructions

With individual energy consulting and an energy saving concept, we offer small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) - but also larger companies - an important and informative tool: Our qualified and independent subsidy consulting and concept development helps to reduce information deficits, recognize energy saving potentials, realize energy savings and ultimately generate subsidies.

In the new support programme Energy Efficiency and Process Heat from Renewable Energies, also known as the Industrial Programme, the previous support from BAFA and KfW for the economy will be combined as of 01.01.2019. The Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW Programme 295) and the BAFA have already supported small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), but also large companies, with various promotional offers on the subject of energy efficiency and renewable energies in the past. However, the new combined promotional offer creates more opportunities for energy optimisation and supports them with a higher promotional amount of up to 30 % to 45 % in the form of non-repayable grants for large enterprises and 40 % to 55 % for small and medium-sized enterprises.

As this funding is valid from the beginning of January, the programmes of KfW (including KfW 294/494) and BAFA (including QST - cross-sectional technologies) will be discontinued on 31 December 2018. Commercial and municipal enterprises as well as freelancers and contractors are still eligible to apply, regardless of their turnover size. The investments in plant and process modernisation are divided into four funding modules:

Within the framework of the optimisation of technical systems, the replacement, renewal and new installation of cross-sectional technologies, including the technical systems in which they are integrated, are subsidised by BAFA on the basis of a company-specific concept.

The following types of cross-sectional technologies are eligible for funding:

• Electric motors and drives
• Ventilation systems
• Air Compressors
• Heat recovery and waste heat recovery systems (ovens)
• Pump systems
• Insulation of industrial plants or plant components
• Extraction systems
• Spray booths

In addition, the new installation of the above-mentioned cross-sectional technologies, including the plant components required for integration into a technical system, will be supported.

KfW provides a repayment grant of up to 40% of the eligible costs, and up to 30% for non-SMEs. BAFA provides a grant without loans. The funding regime is either under the de minimis regulation or under the AGVO (Art. 38). A maximum of 200,000 € per location is subsidised.

This measure promotes the supply of process heat from the following plants:

• Biomass plants
• Solar collectors
• Heat pumps

In addition, costs for installed measuring and data acquisition devices for yield monitoring and error detection, as well as costs for integrating the system into an existing process can also be subsidised.

Funding is available in the form of a (redemption) grant of up to 45% of the eligible costs, or with an SME bonus plus 10%. The funding regime is either the de minimis regulation or according to AGVO (Art. 41). A maximum of € 10 million will be funded under this scheme.

In the third module the purchase and installation of MSR technology (measurement and control technology) and sensor technology is subsidised. Energy management software is also subsidised, as is training by third parties.

Subsidies of up to 40% of the eligible costs, non-SMEs up to 30%, are provided via a redemption grant. The funding regime is either the de minimis regulation or according to AGVO (Art. 38). A maximum of € 10 million will be funded.

In the fourth module, intensive measures for energy optimisation to reduce energy consumption are promoted. This means the following measures of industrial and commercial processes in companies:

• Waste heat utilisation
• Avoidance of energy losses in the production process
• Process heat/cold from an energy-efficient supply
• Building systems engineering
• Conversion to efficient technologies and energetic optimisation of production processes