The revision of the directive on green homes definitively approved by the EU Council “is a fundamental piece of the European Green Deal. The legislation aims to promote energy efficiency interventions in the building sector, which in our country still constitutes 20% of national emissions linked to energy. A mandatory step if we want to reach the European emissions reduction targets for 2030 and 2050 and combat the energy poverty that still afflicts millions of families”.
Kyoto Club and Legambiente write that they recall that the installation of gas boilers is expected to stop by 2030.
The text specifies that “at least 55% of the reduction in primary energy consumption” must be achieved through the renovation of “residential buildings with the worst performance” i.e. those that “fall within the 43% of cases with the lowest energy performance of the national building heritage”. Simply put, we are talking about over five million constructions.
According to Kyoto Club and Legambiente, the green light for the revision of the Directive is certainly good news.
However, various provisions must be integrated into the legislation, and various precautions must be adopted, the two associations explain in the position paper which concerns the transposition of the Green Case into the national legislative system.
The doubts raised by the Minister of Economy and Finance, Giancarlo Giorgetti, on the sidelines of the final approval – also considering that Italy had expressed a favorable opinion on the EPBD in the EU Council, before ruling against it during the final vote – they are solvable.
According to Giacomo Pellini, communication manager of Kyoto Club, “It is essential that the Italian Government and Parliament implement the revision of the EPBD Directive into the legislative system as soon as possible to start the redevelopment of our building stock, which is old and inefficient, and support the more than two millions of families still living in a state of energy poverty.”
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