The owners of 12.5 million Italian homes, which belong to the classes with the lowest energy consumption and with high lighting and heating costs, will have to pay between 20,000 and 55,000 euros to renovate the house and improve its energy efficiency. This was reported by AGI on April 15, citing data from the Unimpresa Research Center.
In total, Italy will need to spend 270 billion euros to bring these houses to the energy efficiency levels required by the European Commission.
According to Unimpresa, of the almost 12.5 million properties in Italy, more than 7.6 million (61%) belong to the worst energy classes, that is, F and G, and, therefore, are among the that, according to the new European regulations on green, houses will have to be rebuilt, and households and businesses will bear most of the costs.
“This provision demonstrates how the European Union does not look to common interests, but very often acts on the basis of ideologies. “As a result, some countries gain an advantage, while others, such as Italy, as well as Spain, Greece and Portugal, suffer and must pay a very high price.”– The president of Unimpresa, Giovanna Ferrara, comments on the situation.
“We need a rethink, above all we need determination on the part of the Italian political parties and those representing the European countries most affected by the new rules. Governments have two years to implement this EU regulatory madness into their legal systems, and in June they will take office as MEPs following the elections to the new European Parliament, so in theory there is room for manoeuvre, but it must be filled with capacity. policy. willingness to change the rules because this time there is a risk of causing serious damage to the Italian economy.Ferrara adds.
According to Unimpresa, the Italian real estate sector, mainly built before the Second World War, is made up of 12,498,596 properties: of them, only 137,814 (1.1%) belong to the best energy class, that is, A4;
Class A3 includes 138,103 objects (1.1%), class A2 – 176,377 (1.4%) and class A1 – 225,671 (1.8%).
Another 287,994 (2.3%) are Class B homes, 522,901 (4.2%) are Class C. Group D includes 1,269,155 (10.2%) homes, and Class E includes 2,118,057 (16, 9%).
The majority of Italian real estate properties are in the worst categories, namely F and G: 3,157,942 (25.3%) apartments and 4,464,582 (35.7%) apartments respectively. In fact, the 7,622,524 homes represent 61% of the total, or three out of every five.
States will have to reduce energy consumption:
— in housing, 16% by 2030 and 22% by 2035;
— in public buildings: 16% by 2030 and 26% by 2028);
– in new buildings: zero emissions from 2030 (all with photovoltaic panels);
— achieve complete energy recertification of all properties by 2050.
An EU plan that could mean an average cost per property of around 35,000 euros. The range is between 20,000 and 55,000 euros, so, from a prudential point of view, the total expenditure of individuals can be estimated at around 266.7 billion euros over the next 20 years.
The European Directive on green homes, Unimpresa explains, requires EU member states to reduce the energy consumption of residential buildings by 16% by 2030 and between 20 and 22% by 2035. 55% of this reduction should be achieved by renovating the 43% of properties with the worst energy efficiency scores. Each country will be able to determine in its national plan how it intends to achieve these objectives. In addition, from 2030 all new residential buildings must be carbon neutral.
To achieve these objectives, the European Green Homes Directive defines a general framework for the methodology for calculating the integrated energy efficiency of buildings and properties, and the application of minimum energy efficiency requirements to new buildings and properties.
Some properties are excluded from the program, in particular: these are architectural monuments and protected buildings, historic properties, temporary buildings, churches, single-family houses with an area of less than 50 square meters, holiday homes, i.e. second homes inhabited for less 4 person-months per year.
In addition, there is also the possibility of a tax exemption for public social housing if the renovation works would result in a disproportionate increase in rents compared to the savings that can be achieved on energy bills.
Currently, the EU directive does not impose specific sanctions for those who do not adapt their properties to the new standards within the required period, and there are no restrictions on the sale or rental of homes for those who do not have the EU green label. However, it is up to each national government to decide what sanctions to apply beyond automatically reducing the value of properties that do not comply with the new energy rules.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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