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If you are looking for an eco-friendly home or are thinking of renovating to make your home more Green your apartment, with the energy requalification of existing buildings you can significantly reduce your consumption and environmental impact.
When we think about pollution in urban areas, we tend to blame mainly public and private transport or industrial activities in the suburbs. In truth, the homes we live in and the places we work in have a significant share of responsibility for emissions. Energy requalification interventions can be carried out on existing buildings of any cadastral category, including those used for professional or business activities. These are often buildings built decades ago, when technologies were different and less attention was paid to thermal insulation.
By making your home more energy efficient, you can reduce your energy consumption and environmental impact. By making your property energy efficient, you will quickly be able to contain bills and maintenance costs and help reduce the negative impact of our cities.
In this guide that we at Casavo have prepared for you, you will discover which energy requalification interventions you can adopt to improve the energy class of your home and which deductions you can obtain to minimize expenses.
What is energy requalification
The energy consumption of buildings is responsible for approximately 40% of CO2 emissions into the environment. A huge percentage, which the Italian government aims to reduce in the coming years with a package of support and guidance measures. These initiatives include incentives for the energy requalification of existing buildings.
When we talk about energy requalification we mean all those works that allow you to increase the efficiency of your home and which therefore aim to:
- contain consumption;
- reduce the level of emissions of polluting factors such as carbon dioxide;
- use energy more efficiently. rationalize energy resources, possibly produced from renewable sources.
Intervening on the efficiency of a property also means improving its energy class, that is, the rating contained in the APE certification – Energy Performance Certificate – consumption level.
A high-level APE certification not only helps you reduce waste, but also obtain a higher price for your property in case you decide to sell it.
There are a series of interventions that you can implement to improve the energy class of your home. Let's see what they are.
Building requalification interventions
The energy requalification of existing buildings is a key factor in improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings. fundamental for optimizing domestic consumption and reducing environmental impact. If we look at the definition of energy efficiency provided by ENEA - the National Energy Efficiency Agency - we read that it indicates "the ratio between the useful effect obtained (or performance provided) and the energy input."
Speaking of buildings, therefore, a building is the more efficient the less it is. the level of energy it consumes.
To encourage energy requalification, the Italian legal system provides a series of financial contributions that you can take advantage of if you decide to work on your home or on the property you are about to buy. We will look at them in more detail. go ahead, for now it's enough for you to know that the deductions are recognized both for building redevelopment interventions and for system efficiency works.
Among the works you can carry out to improve the energy efficiency at the building level are:
- the replacement of windows and fixtures;
- the installation of solar screens;
- the insulation of walls, floors, roofs and external cladding;
- the installation of thermal insulation.
All these works contribute to increasing the level of insulation of your property and consequently its efficiency, to reduce the dispersion of resources and improve the energy class. È It is important to consider that each intervention must be coordinated to maximize the benefits on the building envelope and the systems component.
There are also other interventions designed to limit the environmental impact of heating and cooling systems. We will discuss them in the next paragraph.
System retrofitting interventions
The energy retrofitting of a building also involves conscious management of resources through modern and efficient technologies. To do this, we recommend focusing on systems with a reduced environmental impact. Here's what you can do:
- install condensing and high-efficiency boilers;
- replace obsolete air conditioning systems, also to switch from traditional winter heating systems to heat pump generators;
- install heat pump water heaters for the production of common domestic hot water;
- implement thermoregulation systems such as thermostatic valves, remote control systems or energy meters;
- install solar panels and photovoltaic energy storage systems, or micro-cogeneration systems.
In addition to these interventions on the systems, there are two further measures you can follow for the energy requalification of your property. The first is to: the transition to suppliers and tariff plans that include the use of sustainable sources, for cleaner energy with a lower environmental impact. The second is Replacing traditional light bulbs with LED lighting systems which ensure considerable savings on your bill, estimated on average between 50% and 70%.
Bonuses and tax breaks
The energy requalification interventions of existing buildings that we have seen so far allow you to limit consumption but involve a start-up cost that can become quite substantial.
To help you reduce the environmental impact of your home without excessive expenses, the Italian government has provided a range of incentives to reduce costs through tax deductions. Depending on the type of work you decide to do on your property, you can access contributions of different amounts. The fundamental requirement in most cases to receive the bonuses is to improve the energy class of the property.
Among the incentives to remember, the most interesting is Without a doubt, the Superbonus 110%. You can activate the maxi incentive for the installation of thermal insulation and the replacement of heating systems.
For other jobs, however, you can use the Ecobonus, a contribution that covers works aimed at reducing the environmental impact of a home. The incentive in this case varies between 50% and 65% of the total cost depending on the work you intend to carry out, which includes:
- installation of photovoltaic systems;
- thermal insulation of the home;
- replacement of heating systems;
- installation of solar screens, windows and fixtures.
Thanks to government incentives, aiming for the energy requalification of an existing building is truly convenient. If you are looking for a property to transform into a triumph of eco-sustainable technology, or if you want a house already Energy-efficient, we look forward to seeing you on the Casavo's classifieds platform to help you find your home!
