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09th February 2026
Decarbonisation of residential buildings in Kazakhstan: Roadmap
ENABLE synergies with international initiatives: the partners of the EU project ENABLE continued their cooperation in Kazakhstan, which began in 2024, with:
- the Germany-Kazakhstan Energy Dialogue – the official format for cooperation between the governments of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Federal Republic of Germany in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energies.
- the FELICITY II programme – Eastern Partnership and Central Asia Programme – advising cities and municipalities on financing low-carbon energy development, funded by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV) as part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI)
Roadmap: As part of the Germany-Kazakhstan Energy Dialogue, the German Energy Agency (dena), together with the Housing Initiative for Eastern Europe (IWO) e.V. and the project partners of the EU project ENABLE, has developed a roadmap for decarbonising the building sector (RU) in the Republic of Kazakhstan with a focus on the housing stock.
At a round table in Astana on 6 November 2024, dena and IWO proposed to committed cities interested in further developing programmes to modernise the housing stock that they draw up concrete roadmaps for implementing energy-saving measures in municipal programmes.
In 2025, the development of the roadmap was supported by training and exchange formats within the ENABLE project, including five webinars, two seminars, and a study trip to Lithuania.
Representatives from city administrations, Maslikhats, civil society and the expert community from Astana, Almaty, Petropavlovsk, Aktobe and Uralsk exchanged international experiences and discussed concrete measures to increase the energy efficiency of multi-family buildings.
The roadmap report was submitted by dena to the Committee for Construction, Housing and Municipal Economy of the Ministry of Industry and Construction of the Republic of Kazakhstan and recommended for distribution to the cities of Kazakhstan.
