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The creation of a new buildings ministry by the next German government gives reason for hope that the country鈥檚 laggard sector will finally make more progress in emissions reduction, but hopes could also be crushed as the ministry is pushed aside by more powerful departments, Silke Kersting聽聽in business daily Handelsblatt. The ministry, which will be led by Social Democrat (SPD) Klara Geywitz, a ministerial newcomer, previously was a sub-department of the interior ministry, Kersting writes, adding that its exact tasks are still somewhat unclear since the novel climate and economy ministry led by Green Party politician Robert Habeck will absorb most of the competencies in climate policy. 鈥淩esponsibility for energy policy in the buildings sector should go to the new buildings ministry,鈥� said Lamia Messari-Becker, construction engineering researcher at the University of Siegen. 鈥淢ore climate action in the buildings sector is one of the main tasks in the next years. If energy projects and support policies continue to be decided in the economy ministry, the buildings ministry will instantly turn into a meaningless dwarf ministry,鈥� she argued. This would be true not only for climate-related policies but also for the SPD鈥檚 election promise to build up to 400,000 鈥� energy and resource efficient 鈥� new flats per year to alleviate pressure on Germany鈥檚 housing market, Messari-Becker added. The SPD鈥檚 coalition partner Free Democrats (FDP) already signaled that it will not easily let go of departments currently residing in its own ministries, Kersting writes. Apart from the climate and economy ministry, the new buildings ministry competes over rent regulation with the justice ministry, over digitalisation with the transport ministry and over construction support funds with the finance ministry.
In an article on Focus Online, Max Viessmann, CEO of heating company Viessmann, said 85 percent of Germany鈥檚 buildings are in need of energy-efficient refurbishment. 鈥淵ou don鈥檛 have to calculate a lot to understand that climate neutrality by 2045 will be a challenge,鈥� he said.

The buildings sector accounts for roughly a third of Germany鈥檚 total CO2聽emissions and has been slow to reduce its carbon footprint in the past years and failed to meet its 2020 reduction target. The outgoing government had launched an initiative to improve the sector鈥檚 emissions reduction record and private investments in energy efficiency and decarbonisation supported by state allowances already started to surge last year.