Promotion of climate-neutral buildings (FKG)
If you are planning to improve the energy efficiency of your building, you can apply for a subsidy.
Course description
The funding of structural and energy-related measures to reduce greenhouse gases is the aim of the "Climate-neutral buildings" (FKG) funding programme of the City of Munich. Which structural and technical measures have been eligible in the past and can currently be applied for?
- Individual measures - efficiency measures(e.g. window replacement, insulation of the building envelope and heating optimisation)
- Individual measures - heating replacement(e.g. electrically driven heat pumps, solar thermal energy and district heating connection)
- Refurbishment standards for efficiency houses in existing buildings
- Climate-friendly building standards Refurbishment with life cycle greenhouse gas balance
- Photovoltaic consulting
- Tenant electricity models
- Plug-in solar appliances(balcony power stations)
- Consultancy and preliminary planning services for building and heating networks
Bonus measures Detailed information on the eligible measures can be found on the respective websites.
which construction and technical system measures could only be applied for in the past? It is no longer possible to submit an application, but applications that have already been submitted remain valid.
- PV systems: Applications until 18.12.2024
- New building standards and passive house: Applications until 9 December 2024
- energy-related refurbishment advice: Applications until 18.01.2024
Who can submit the application? information on submitting applications in the FKG.
If you have any questions about the "Climate-neutral buildings" funding programme, you can contact the relevant team at fkg.rku@muenchen.de. We will usually answer your questions by e-mail within one to two working days.
The FKG will change from 11 December 2025
The funding system will change for applications submitted from 11 December for the funding of efficiency measures, efficiency houses in existing buildings and refurbishment with life cycle greenhouse gas balance. If you would like to find out more in advance, please visit the pages on the future changes to the funding measures or read the draft guidelines.
Prerequisites
All binding information can be found in the guidelines and on the pages of the funding programmes.
Required documents
No documents are required when submitting the application.
After completion of the measure(s), the required documents must be uploaded to the funding portal. The required documents are listed on the funding measures page.
Questions & Answers
The group of eligible applicants is defined separately for each chapter. More detailed information can be found on the respective subpages.
Applications can also be submitted by an authorised representative, e.g. an energy consultant, on behalf of the applicant.
The identity of the person/organisation submitting the application and - if applicable - the person/organisation representing them and the authorisation to represent them must be verified.
Examples:
a)A private individual must upload their identity card. If they have commissioned an energy consultant to submit the application, the energy consultant's ID and authorisation must be uploaded.
b)A company that is entered in the commercial register must upload the extract from the commercial register and the ID of the management or another person authorised to represent the company.
The application is submitted by a representative for the WEG. the "applicant" is the WEG itself. The WEG bears the costs. The invoice must be issued to the WEG. You can find detailed information on the WEG subpage.
locations from postcode 80331 to postcode 81929 are part of the city of Munich.
First you have to register on the funding portal. After registering, you can log in to the funding portal and submit an application.
By clicking on the "Check application" button, the application will be checked for formal correctness. You can then send the application to the funding agency by clicking on the "Submit application" button. You will immediately receive a confirmation of receipt in your e-mail inbox and receive the relevant information via a message in your personal area on the funding portal.
You may only award contracts after the application has been submitted. As soon as you have submitted the application online, you will receive a message in your personal area of the funding portal as confirmation of receipt. The system automatically checks your application for formal correctness and reserves the funding for you. You will then receive a second message in your personal area of the funding portal with the subject "The measure(s) applied for may be commissioned".
After receiving this message, you can start with the measures.
the application date is the date of the online confirmation of receipt. You will find this in your personal area on the funding portal after you have submitted the application online.
the Munich Building Centre offers free half-hour consultations on many topics relating to living, building and renovation. You can find a brief portrait of the voluntary advisors with their qualifications and the advice they offer on the Bauzentrum Münchenwebsite .
the guideline that was valid at the time of application always applies. You can find all policy versions in the policy history.
no. The person submitting the application must be the investment sponsor, i.e. the invoice recipient. If an invoice has been issued to the spouse, we offer the option of having the invoice rewritten. The prerequisite in this case is that the invoice was paid from a joint account. Your spouse can be on the invoice, but you as the applicant must be on the invoice.
When you log in to the funding portal, you will be taken to the "My funding projects" page with a "Project overview". The applications you have created are displayed there. On the far right you will find the "Status" column.
Draft" status means that the application has not yet been submitted. You can still revise it and then submit it.
Status "Funds committed" means that you have successfully submitted the application to us and it is now suspended until you notify us that the measures have been completed by uploading the required documents (invoices etc.) as proof of utilisation.
Status "Completed" means that you have notified us that the measures applied for have been completed by uploading documents (proof of use has been submitted). The application is now waiting for the documents to be technically checked. You do not need to do anything else here. If any documents are missing, you will receive a message via the funding portal requesting you to upload the missing documents within a certain period of time.
The status "Settled" means that the documents have been checked and the notification has been issued. It may take a few days for the notification to be sent to you by post. The funding will be paid out 8-10 weeks after the date of the funding decision.
After logging into the funding portal, select your application in the "Project overview" and find the "Request deadline extension" button under "Other actions".
Note: the deadline and a possible deadline extension varies depending on the funding measure in the FKG. Please refer to the website of the funding programme or the guidelines for information on the deadlines.