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Marlene Walz-Riegert

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Marlene Walz-Riegert

Finance & Accounting
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Freiburg
Oeko-Institut Consult GmbH
+49 761 45295-216
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Carbon cost splitting in practice – how much do landlords and tenants pay?

Blog 04/15/2026

Fossil heating causes carbon emissions — but who should pay for them in rental homes? Germany splits these costs between landlords and tenants based on building efficiency. In this blog post, Dr Sibylle Braungardt explains what the first evaluation reveals about how this works in practice.
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Nuclear cultural heritage as a basis for the search for a final repository?

Blog 03/25/2026

Our approach to dealing with radioactive waste and remembering its dangers is reflected in our nuclear cultural heritage. Germany already has nuclear cultural heritage from which lessons can be learned in the search for a final repository. In this blog series, Dr. Melanie Mbah describes this heritage, the analysed case studies in Germany, and the lessons learned. In the final post, she explains what lessons can be drawn for the search for a final repository.