ᐅ How can you bypass energy-saving regulations and avoid bureaucratic hassle?

Hello everyone,

Is it possible to build without following the energy saving regulations?
I want to avoid unnecessary insulation and similar measures. At the same time, I want to maintain the great indoor climate that exists in this building from 1959.
Although it was barely insulated, the house remains completely dry and the indoor climate is excellent.

I am planning to build an extension that fits this outstanding indoor climate. All these modern insulation methods are not helpful in this case.

Does anyone have some kind of exemption from the energy saving regulation and can share how they obtained it?

Thanks in advance.
Best regards

You also think homeopathy is a great thing, right?

In my opinion, homeopathy can help with certain things... but that’s not the topic here.

Of course, I understand and accept that everyone has their own preferences. Personally, I consider today’s new buildings to be like bad thermoses with an unpleasant indoor climate. However, that is purely a matter of taste. I respect if others find the climate in such a building absolutely great.

I would appreciate any tips on how to "bypass" the energy-saving regulations.

Best regards

The Energy Saving Ordinance cannot be bypassed. Overall, the Energy Saving Ordinance is a good measure. Claims that the climate in old houses is better are simply just repeated opinions without basis.

Lumpi_LE schrieb:
You can’t bypass the Energy Saving Ordinance. The Energy Saving Ordinance is basically a good thing. And the idea that the climate in old houses is better is just someone repeating what others say, nothing more.

Hello Lumpi,

So, the basic idea of an Energy Saving Ordinance is probably quite good. But in my opinion, the implementation is terrible.

And why I should just parrot someone else’s opinion about the bad indoor climate is beyond me. I have visited numerous model home parks in northern and western Germany. Mostly, my partner and I found the indoor climate undesirable.

Friends of ours here in Hamburg also have detached houses built according to the Energy Saving Ordinance standards. There, too, we don’t really like the indoor climate. It’s not completely bad or anything... but just not how we imagine it.
Why we can’t just keep the windows open all day “should/allowed,” we find unpleasant. Too many things to consider, too much technology, too much complexity.

We now have a house with direct lake access that we want to renovate and expand. This idyllic setting doesn’t fit a cyber-hyper-air cleaner-refresh-double-compensator with heat recovery and re-switching.

We just want a natural construction. That should be possible somehow.

This is also easily achievable with the Energy Saving Ordinance.