• Only energy consultants who have been authorised by BAFA on the basis of their professional qualifications are eligible to apply.
• An energy consultation for residential buildings comprises at least the following steps:
  • on-site data collection,
  • the preparation of an energy consulting report, in particular an individual renovation roadmap, and
  • handing it over and then explaining it to you as the person receiving the advice.
• Subsidised energy advice can only be claimed if
  • the building is located in Germany,
  • the building application for the residential building was submitted at least ten years ago,
  • the building is predominantly used for residential purposes and falls within the scope of the Building Energy Act (GEG).
• As a person receiving advice, you must pay your own contribution.

Funding is excluded if

• You as the person being advised are yourself approved as an energy consultant for this funding programme,
• You are the spouse or partner of the energy consultant,
• the majority of the residential building is owned by the federal or state government,
• the owner is a company that does not fulfil the requirements for micro-enterprises or small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs),
• The owner of the building is a company that could rely on its own staff with the qualifications required for authorisation,
• the energy consulting company has only a proportionate ownership interest in the residential building,
• the recipient of the advice has itself been approved by the approval authority as an energy advisor for the funding programme;
• the recipient of the counselling is a company whose assets are the subject of insolvency proceedings that have been applied for or opened,
• the recipient of the advice is a company that has received de minimis aid totalling at least EUR 200,000 (EUR 100,000 in the case of companies in the road transport sector) in the current year and in the previous two fiscal years including the support under this guideline,
• the recipient of the advice is a company that is otherwise excluded under Article 1 of the de minimis Regulation.