What is this section for?
This archive page gathers the in-depth content related to Heating. Its role is to help readers move through funding, vocabulary and decision logic in the right order instead of revisiting the same question across multiple pages.
Each guide should do a different job: explain the subsidy framework, position Pronovo, clarify cantonal differences or untangle technical ideas such as self-consumption and batteries.
- start with the guide that matches the real question
- return to the project page when broader context is needed
- then verify Pronovo or local aid logic separately
Guides
Heat pump or another heating system: how do you choose?
A heating choice should start with the building, the emitters, local constraints, and the project schedule—not with a catalogue. This guide helps you decide when a heat pump is technically coherent, when another solution still makes sense, and what to check before looking at support.
How should a heating project be linked to the Building Programme?
In Switzerland, a heating replacement often stops being a simple equipment choice as soon as it connects to the building’s energy performance, planned envelope works, an audit, or a wider renovation strategy. The reliable reading order is: building first, canton second, audit need third, subsidy file last.
Which heating systems are eligible for subsidies in Switzerland?
This guide identifies the heating system families that most often appear in Swiss subsidy schemes, then qualifies the real decision factors: the system being replaced, the role of the new installation in the building, and the cases that require canton- or programme-level verification before assuming eligibility.
Why aren’t heating subsidies the same everywhere in Switzerland?
Heating subsidies in Switzerland follow a shared energy direction, but eligibility is usually applied at cantonal level. That is why support can change from one address to another, even for apparently similar heating projects.