View of the roof: Architect Christine Schaller checks how well Johannes and Dana Kuhl’s house is insulated.
Image: Tobias Schmitt
Twenty years ago, the energy consultant Christine Schaller was smiled at. Now, between the Ukraine war and the heat transition, worried homeowners are queuing up for her.
Being in such demand is new for Christine Schaller. Also that politics suddenly plays such a big role in your job. The energy consultant has always had to know about funding pots and building regulations, but the issues are a few sizes larger right now. The war in Ukraine, the rising gas prices. In addition, there is the fight against climate change: in Berlin they are actually banning oil and gas heating, in Brussels they are discussing compulsory insulation for buildings. A lot of people are looking for Schaller’s advice.
When she started twenty years ago as an energy consultant for the consumer advice center in Nuremberg, Schaller was often smiled at. Like many others in the industry, she now tells of long waiting lists and customers who she has to put off with online courses. “People have been running into our booth since the war, we can hardly cope with the rush.” The stories that Schaller is currently experiencing give an impression that the heat transition could become more complicated than the federal government imagines.