Overall Economic Effects of Measures Affecting the Climate Within the Scope of Domestic Environmental Funding in 2009

The study uses a detailed economic model to analyse the overall economic effects of investments in climate-relevant measures made in 2009 within the scope of domestic environmental funding. This includes projects for the thermal refurbishment of households and businesses subsidised by funds from the "Second Stimulus Package". The 3,386 projects of domestic environmental funding and 14,871 projects of thermal refurbishment involved an investment volume of € 992 million and government funding of € 155 million. The overall effects are estimated with due regard to the crisis situation in 2009.