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Annual Biennial Continuous Event-triggered Monthly One-time Other Quarterly Weekly

Regulation-wide (no rule set) Whoever constructs a building Owners of existing residential and non-residential buildings heated to at least 19 degrees Celsius for at least four months a year Existing buildings where external building elements are renewed, replaced or installed for the first time Owners of existing buildings or building networks replacing the heating system Existing buildings with a gas, heating oil or LPG heating system newly installed after 29 July 2026 Non-residential buildings with a system rated output above 70 kilowatts Operators of heating, cooling and ventilation systems and hot water supply systems Heat pumps in buildings with at least six dwellings or self-contained units, commissioned after 31 December 2023, without remote monitoring and without a maintenance contract Water-based heating systems in buildings with at least six dwellings or self-contained units Water-based heating systems after installation of a heating system in buildings with at least six dwellings Operators of air conditioning systems and combined air conditioning and ventilation systems with more than 12 and up to 70 kilowatts of cooling output Operators of air conditioning, combined air conditioning and ventilation and ventilation systems above 70 kilowatts Developers and owners on construction, alteration, sale and letting Sellers, landlords, lessors, financial lessors and estate agents Developers and owners of buildings to be constructed and of altered buildings Companies carrying out works on or in existing buildings in the course of business Inspecting persons Building owners holding a contractor declaration Buildings where distribution equipment, air conditioning systems, ventilation systems or pipes are installed or replaced Buildings to be constructed, except buildings serving national and alliance defence New non-residential buildings with more than 250 square metres of useful floor area Existing non-residential buildings above 500 square metres of useful floor area undergoing alterations of external building elements Existing public non-residential buildings above 2 000 square metres of useful floor area Existing public non-residential buildings above 750 square metres of useful floor area New residential buildings and new roofed car parks Existing public non-residential buildings above 250 square metres of useful floor area Owners of existing non-residential buildings built before 1996 without biomass, heat pump or district heating Owners of existing non-residential buildings New buildings above 1 000 square metres of useful floor area

From 1 January 2028 the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions must be determined for new buildings with more than 1 000 square metres of useful floor area. From 1 January 2030 the duty applies to all new buildings; that second stage is recorded as a separate obligation. The emissions are determined according to the state of the art under Section 7(5) and set out in a life-cycle greenhouse gas balance report. That report is a non-independent part serving the disclosure of the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions in the energy performance certificate, and must be transmitted to the issuer of that certificate in a machine-readable electronic format. The federal ministry publishes a template for the report and the requirements for the data exchange format in the Federal Gazette. Only a person who has successfully completed continuing education in applied life-cycle assessment for buildings and who is entitled to issue energy performance certificates, is entitled to submit building documents, or is entitled under Land building regulations to prepare such a report may issue it. The company must therefore commission an authorised issuer. Further references: Sections 88b and 88c as in force from 1 January 2027, Section 85(1), point 17, Section 7(5), DIN SPEC 91606: 2026-07.

Ab dem 1. Januar 2028 sind die Lebenszyklus-Treibhausgasemissionen für neu zu errichtende Gebäude mit einer Nutzfläche von mehr als 1 000 Quadratmetern zu ermitteln. Ab dem 1. Januar 2030 gilt die Pflicht für alle neu zu errichtenden Gebäude; diese zweite Stufe ist als eigene Pflicht erfasst. Die Ermittlung erfolgt nach den Regeln der Technik nach § 7 Absatz 5; das Ergebnis ist in einem Bericht zur Treibhausgas-Bilanz im Lebenszyklus auszustellen. Der Bericht ist ein unselbständiger Teil, der der Ausstellung der Lebenszyklus-Treibhausgasemissionen im Energieausweis dient, und ist dem Aussteller des Energieausweises in einem maschinenlesbaren elektronischen Format zu übermitteln. Muster und Datenaustauschformat macht das zuständige Bundesministerium im Bundesanzeiger bekannt. Den Bericht ausstellen darf nur, wer eine Fortbildung im Bereich der angewandten Ökobilanz für Gebäude erfolgreich abgeschlossen hat und zur Ausstellung von Energieausweisen berechtigt, bauvorlageberechtigt oder nach Landesrecht zur Erstellung eines solchen Berichts berechtigt ist. Das Unternehmen hat daher eine berechtigte Person zu beauftragen. Weitere Fundstellen: §§ 88b und 88c in der ab 1. Januar 2027 geltenden Fassung, § 85 Absatz 1 Nummer 17, § 7 Absatz 5, DIN SPEC 91606: 2026-07.

New buildings of the company with more than 1 000 square metres of useful floor area from 2028, and all its new buildings from 2030.

Neu errichtete Gebäude des Unternehmens mit mehr als 1 000 Quadratmetern Nutzfläche ab 2028 und ab 2030 alle neu errichteten Gebäude.

Developer or owner under Section 8; operationally construction and real estate management with the design team.

Bauherr oder Eigentümer nach § 8; operativ Bau- und Immobilienmanagement gemeinsam mit der Fachplanung.

Life-cycle greenhouse gas balance report on the published template, issued by an authorised person and transmitted to the issuer of the energy performance certificate in the published machine-readable format.

Bericht zur Treibhausgas-Bilanz im Lebenszyklus nach dem bekannt gemachten Muster, ausgestellt von einer berechtigten Person und dem Aussteller des Energieausweises im bekannt gemachten maschinenlesbaren Format übermittelt.