ᐅ Tips for BAFA Subsidies

Created on: 24 May 2016 20:01
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tabtab
Hello,

I am currently reviewing the application form for the air-to-water heat pump subsidy from BAFA. There are quite a few details to consider, fill out, and provide.

Now, a heat pump quality check is also required after one year of operation. With a subsidy of €1300, an estimated €300-400 will probably be spent on that.

Has anyone here applied for the BAFA subsidy and can share how the process went and how smoothly everything was handled?

It raises the question of whether the effort is worth the subsidy.
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Deliverer
25 May 2016 11:55
But isn’t this calculation dependent on many object-specific factors that are not listed anywhere?! Supply and return temperatures, heating water versus domestic hot water, location, insulation values...
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world-e
25 May 2016 13:06
Using an annual performance factor calculator, I can only achieve a coefficient of performance just above 4.0 for this heat pump.
tabtab25 May 2016 18:12
We are dealing with the Wolf BWL1a. It is also listed. I assume that it will then be eligible for subsidies.
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world-e
30 May 2016 13:07
I sent an email to BAFA regarding the list of heat pumps and which ones are eligible for funding. From their response, it appears, as I had suspected, that this list only includes devices that are eligible at all. However, the actual funding depends on the calculated annual performance factor, which must be greater than 4.5. Below is the message from BAFA:
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Dear Mr. ...,

The list of heat pumps with test certificates includes all heat pumps that are eligible for funding in principle. Air-to-water heat pumps are mainly eligible for funding in existing buildings because they only require an annual performance factor of 3.5 there.
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tabtab30 May 2016 13:35
Okay, so how is the annual performance factor calculated that you will refer to?
For example, the Wolf system is sometimes specified with a value of 4.8, depending on the outside temperature.
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world-e
30 May 2016 13:42
Just try googling "seasonal performance factor calculator." However, the complete calculation should definitely come from the heating engineer.