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HeatTransition

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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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  Who pays for carbon? Germany’s answer to the landlord–tenant dilemma

  Blog 10/27/2025

  As Europe prepares for the start of ETS 2, the Emissions Trading System covering road transport and buildings, policymakers across the continent are facing a difficult question: How can carbon pricing be made socially fair – especially for those who have little control over their energy consumption?

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  Artificial intelligence in scientific research: ‘you need a certain basic scepticism’

  Blog 06/03/2025

  Artificial intelligence as a research assistant? It’s definitely an interesting option. After all, as in other fields, AI could take a lot of work off scientists’ hands – for example, when it comes to research or summarising findings. Oeko-Institut has therefore initiated its first projects on this topic.

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  Transcript of the podcast: The heat transition

  Blog 10/26/2022

  "Wenden, bitte!" [All change, please!] The podcast on science and sustainable transitions. Guest in episode 13 is the scientist Dr Veit Bürger from the Oeko-Institut

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  Biomass for heating in the context of the fit-for-55 package: How to ensure sustainability?

  Blog 06/21/2022

  What measures are needed to make the building sector climate neutral while ensuring that biomass is only used within sustainable limits?