Such an occasion: A 32-Year – old, who outlined his “climate plan of the Canton of Zürich” has been underestimated, rarely- the organizers were afraid that no one comes. They were happy, as a handful of journalists showed up. Six weeks later, all of them are smarter: This Martin Neukom, the spoke, is now elected to the Zurich cantonal Council. And because he could be the next Director of public works, has its climate plan a different weight.
After the green wave of success in the elections from the weekend, it was said vaguely that climate policy is to get more weight. You can concrete say: Should New take with a green majority in Parliament in the back of the building Department, there are likely to be in Zurich first, soon more money for home owners who renovate their properties energetically. Secondly, it would be difficult to put the replacement of old heating systems in Buildings to Oil firing, what is happening today in two of three cases. Sugar bread and whip. Both of these measures has propagated Neukom, and different than, for example, flight ticket charges are both lie in the competence of a Baudirektors.
Nowhere is the cantonal policy has a stronger lever, on the Paris climate protection goals, as in the case of building renovations. The houses are, according to the Swiss Federal office of energy for a third of the CO2 emissions. They are isolated, has improved this balance, but even more effective is the installation of heaters, which run with renewable energy is that The CO2 could thus “close to zero” cut.
Zurich is lagging behind
“The renovation of buildings is progressing too slowly,” criticized Martin Neukom prior to his election. The worst consequences of climate change, avert, it is necessary to reduce by 2050 the CO2 to zero. At the current rate of Redevelopment, it takes around 100 years until the last house was converted. You have to triple the pace tripled, and the cost of money. Therefore, the need to make tax cuts of the Bourgeois undo.
The Canton of Zurich is one of the lights in the promotion of renovations across the country. The report of the Federal buildings program. The Federal government pays millions each year from the CO2 tax to the cantons to support with this money, renovation willing to house owners. The more funding, the cantons of their own cash to contribute, the more you receive from the Federal government. Zurich pays about 4 million Swiss francs per year, but decided in the last round of cuts, to distribute the Federal money. The result: Of the 174 million Swiss francs by the Federal government in 2017, paid off, went to a relatively small part of Zürich. Only five cantons received per capita less.
surprise winner, Martin Neukom, on the day of his election. If he is the Director of planning, decided on may 6. May. Photo: Dominique Meienberg
According to low, the incentives for house owners in Zurich, its CO2-to improve the balance sheet. This is true when it comes to the insulation of the outer shell: The Glarner about received least twice as high subsidies. Only thanks to a special action of Zurich, there is currently something better. It is also true when it comes to the replacement of Oil heating systems by heat pumps. For this purpose, a Glarner gets up to 50’000 Swiss francs, in Zurich, Switzerland, on the other hand: nothing.
Action instead of check
In Zurich, to be reviewed by 2020 to 2023, the first in-depth, whether you want to promote the replacement of Oil – and gas heaters at all. So it is in a plan of action for the climate, the acting Director of building, Markus Kägi (SVP) published at the end of last year. Zurich’s reluctance is justified: in order for heat pumps to be efficient, it need only be a good building envelope.
Neukom criticized Kägis plan of action before the election as too vague and too slow: “We have known for 35 years by climate change.” He is not propagated only more funding, but also relies on a negative incentive. The Canton should set a CO2 limit value for heating is gradually increased until, after 18 years of zero tolerance applies. The installation of new Oil – and gas heaters should be avoided. This idea comes from the Redem Initiative, a procedural request from academic circles, with currently the Parliament of the Canton of employees. The government recommends him to the rejection, but after the recent elections it could be otherwise.
What is CO2-efficacy is concerned, the Neukom propagated measures, those in the shadows who wants to write to the former Zurich government in the energy act. Neukom wants to comply with the Paris climate agreement necessarily, while Kägi adding this upon entry into force, together with the other cantonal baudirek goals: The reduction targets for house owners are too strict, this would be overly burdened. First, other sectors would need to make their contribution to our Climate, and in particular the transport.
Directly after the elections at the weekend all five of their previous Zurich government councillors, and local councillors have expressed that they want to keep their Posts. That amounts to saying that either Natalie Rickli (SVP) or Martin Neukom takes over the building Department. Neukom would be due to his well-recognized achievements in the building Committee of the Kantonsrats predestined for this key task.
Whether you need to change anything, is for him no question, he is already a step further: How can we initiate a comprehensive remediation of the shaft, without in consequence of the Rents to rise nationwide and the current residents be displaced? The distribution of directorates will show whether the other parties are willing to give up Power and on such a change of course.
(Tages-Anzeiger)
Created: 27.03.2019, 21:17 PM
