Germany

On 18 May 2011, immediately following the publication of a draft bill on the simplification of the building law requirements introduced by the Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development, BSW-Solar conducted high-caliber expert talks, attended by a high-ranking representative of the responsible Federal Building Ministry and numerous representatives of the responsible State (Land) Ministries, to discuss with experts from the field the proposals on the table. BSW-Solar also took the opportunity of these talks to present to the experts in attendance its position on the current amendment to Federal and State regulations. Concrete PV LEGAL recommendations on how to simplify building law requirements were discussed with the audience.

Expert talks programme (Download – in German)

• Need for clarification of the Federal Building Code and the Building Use Ordinance: Recommendations of the PV sector
  Frederik Moch, Policy Officer, BSW-Solar
  
  
• Amendment to the Federal Building Code and the Building Use Ordinance: What is planned for renewable energies?
  MR Dr. Jörg Schliepkorte, Head of Unit Urban planning and zoning, Federal Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development
  
  
• Difficulties to plan PV systems: Experience report of a project developer
  Sven Germer, Project Manager, juwi Solar GmbH
  
  
• Building law requirements: A barrier to the development of ground-mounted PV systems
  Dr. Jochen Fischer, Partner of the law firm [Gaßner, Groth, Siederer & Coll.]
  
  
• Amendment to the Model Building Code: Political motivation and timeline
  LtdMR Henning Jäde, Head of Unit Building law, Bavarian Ministry of Interior, and Chairman of the Advisory Commission Building supervision of the Federal Building Minister Conference
  
  
• Solar energy in the Building Codes of the States: Recommendations for a simplification of building law requirements at State level
  Margarete von Oppen, Partner of the law firm Geiser&von Oppen
  
  
• Permitting procedures for PV systems in the different States: Experience from a project developer
  Roland Schmidt, Legal department, Gehrlicher Solar AG
  
  
• Energy and climate planning for cities and regions
  Ariane Ruff, Managing director of EKP Energie-Klima-Plan GmbH