The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) promotes measures to increase energy efficiency.

You can receive a loan of up to EUR 25 million for the following measures:

• New construction or purchase of energy-efficient non-residential buildings in the municipal and social infrastructure that meet the requirements for a KfW efficiency building,
• energy-efficient expansion of non-residential buildings of municipal and social infrastructure that do not yet fall within the scope of the Energy Saving Ordinance (EnEV), but meet the requirements for a KfW efficiency building after expansion,
• energy-efficient expansion of non-residential buildings of the municipal and social infrastructure by more than 50 square meters that meet the requirements for a KfW efficiency building.

The funding covers measures for the preparation, implementation and commissioning of the funded measure, such as ancillary work or planning costs.
You will not receive funding:

• for buildings with an oil-fired heating system,
• for cash loans and debt rescheduling of already completed and fully financed projects,
• if you have already started the measure before submitting the application.

There is a benchmark for energy-efficient buildings, the KfW Efficiency Building Standard. The lower the number, the more efficient your building is and the less energy you need. The following standards are subsidized:

• KfW Efficiency Building 55,
• KfW Efficiency Building 70.

If you carry out your measure in accordance with the KfW Efficiency Building 55 standard, you can receive a repayment subsidy of 5 percent of the loan amount. You can receive a maximum repayment subsidy of EUR 50 for every square meter of renovated net floor area.

If you carry out your measure in accordance with the KfW Efficiency Building 70 standard, you will not receive a repayment subsidy.

You will only receive the repayment subsidy once you have completed your project and provided proof of completion to KfW. You must provide proof of this:

• that you have used the money for the measure applied for,
• that you have achieved the KfW Efficiency Building Standard.

You must keep all invoices and documents relating to the measure.

Applications for funding are processed by the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW).

You have no claim to approval of the funding.