Consulting and support for the BMWSB in the preparation of the Climate Protection Report and Projection Report in 2026 and 2027

In accordance with § 5a of the Climate Protection Act (KSG 2024), amended in 2024, the Federal Environment Agency annually prepares GHG projection data for all sectors. The projection data, based on available GHG emission data, depicts emission developments for all years up to 2030 and for the years 2035, 2040, and 2045. Due to its responsibility for the building sector, the BMWSB is involved in the process of preparing the projection data. Within the scope of this project, the BMWSB is to be scientifically supported and advised until the end of 2027. This includes, among other activities: • Coordination and demonstration of the effects on the building sector of possible calculation boundary conditions for the preparation of projection data (e.g., approaches to climate adjustment, price data, data on construction activity and population development…) • (Short-term) participation in discussion rounds • Elaborations and impact assessments of climate protection measures • Development of a balancing methodology for estimating the GHG reduction effect of cross-sectoral climate protection measures in the building sector. In particular, the allocation of the climate protection effect of the BMWSB new construction promotion to the industry, energy industry, and building sectors. According to §10 KSG, a Climate Protection Report must also be prepared annually, which deals with, among other things, the development of GHG emissions and the status of the implementation of climate protection programs (according to § 9 KSG). Analogous to the projection data, ongoing scientific support for the BMWSB in this process is to be provided within the project until the end of 2027. This includes, for example: • (Short-term) review and, if applicable, commenting on report sections and drafts regarding connections to the building sector and points of contact with the BMWSB in general • (Short-term) participation in discussion rounds • Development of text modules as BMWSB's contribution to the Climate Protection Report. This may require coordination with individual specialist departments of BMWSB and BBSR. The project also includes ad hoc consulting for the BMWSB regarding European or international reporting, as far as it concerns the building sector in Germany, and the development of a balancing methodology for cross-sectoral GHG reduction measures. The latter is to focus primarily on BMWSB new construction promotion.