The carbon dioxide reduction programme of the Federal Republic of Germany: high requirements for technical building equipment.

Describes Germany's carbon dioxide reduction programme, which was passed in November 1990. As a step towards the protection of the global atmosphere, the extensive national programme is designed to cut back the carbon dioxide emissions in Germany by 25% by the year 2005. These values are based on the 1987 figures, so that 25% is the equivalent of 300 million tons of CO2. For the construction industry an even higher is to be achieved.