The 110% super bonus is a valid tool for the energy requalification of buildings but the bureaucratic procedures slow down its application. Reform of the PA, urban regeneration and Superbonus are among the topics on the agenda of the Council of Ministers these days. Topics linked by a common categorical will of the Government: Simplify.

(by Gianfranco Ossino Engineer and in Aidr Head of the Observatory for the digitization of the environment and energy)

For decades, catastrophic warnings have been launched on the consequences of excessive use and not at all respectful of the environment that have triggered irreversible processes with the consequences that we now experience firsthand and we talk about the search for sustainable solutions both for the production of energy and for the its use. Situation that has produced significant changes in international and European energy policies that address sustainable solutions and at the same time economic opportunities.

In particular, on the subject of energy efficiency, the European Union with directives 2002/91 / EC and 2010/31 / EU, also known as EPBD (Energy Performance of Building Directive), addresses the issues of energy efficiency and energy performance of buildings. With the aim of improving the energy performance of buildings, the "Clean energy package" and directive 2018/2018 / EU follow in 844, which provides:

  • a new strategy for the redevelopment of the building stock;
  • more effective measures regarding the management and control of thermal plants;
  • integration in buildings of smart technologies and for the recharging of electric vehicles.

The civil sector in Italy is currently responsible for approximately 45% of final energy consumption and 17,5% of direct CO2 emissions (MiSE data).

The National Integrated Energy and Climate Plan (PNIEC) attributed 60% of the energy efficiency target to 2030, equal to 9,3 Mtoe / year of final energy, to the civil sector. This is precisely due to the sector's potential to simultaneously reduce energy consumption and climate-altering gas emissions. These results will have to be achieved through an ambitious energy redevelopment plan of the national building stock, which is mostly outdated. And precisely the recovery of existing buildings involves one of the main critical issues from an economic and technological point of view, as well as from a logistical point of view. In essence, the aim is to achieve the complete decarbonization of the civil sector envisaged in the Long Term Strategy (LTS) for 2050, this implies a rapid energy conversion of the real estate portfolio, favoring deep redevelopments and the transformation into "almost zero energy buildings. "(NZEB special Observatory set up by ENEA to monitor buildings with high energy performance in compliance with current European and national legislation).

Therefore, the interventions for the energy requalification of buildings are essential for the achievement of the energy and emission reduction objectives outlined in the PNIEC, at the same time they also guarantee economic and social benefits. The Law 17 July 2020 n.77 converting the Legislative Decree 19 May 2020, n. 34 (the so-called Relaunch decree) realizes the 110% Superbonus, which is one of the energy policy instruments of our country that directs the energy requalification of buildings in terms of efficiency and performance, also integrating the advantages linked to the exploitation of synergies with policies for safety (anti-seismic adaptation and to the policies for the revival of the economy (tax deductions and assignment of tax credit).

The rapid gestation of Superbonus 110% and the critical context of application, to which it is addressed, have led to difficulties in the long-awaited application. Difficulties that see a continuous activity of the government bodies in charge of providing answers and clarifications to the doubts of citizens, professionals and businesses. Difficulties also common to the various initiatives implemented by the Government to address the achievement of the objectives of the PNIEC and whose causes are atavistic and attributable to a reform of the PA that cannot be postponed anymore.

The reform of the PA, urban regeneration and the superbonus are themes that have a lot in common. The first, in order of priority of intervention, is to simplify. The reform of the PA, in the pipeline for over twenty years, because it tends to a long-awaited functional PA through a reengineering of the processes that have as their purpose not the fulfillment but the service rendered to the taxpayer with evident positive effects in terms of efficiency, effectiveness and productivity. At the same time, the simplification of the bureaucratic procedures, which in general but specifically for the energy redevelopment of the building stock, together with a regulatory evolution, favors the adoption of new digital technologies to allow urban regeneration which finds in the super bonus one of the enabling factors.

The Government, recognizing the decisive role of the 110% superbonus for the revival of the economy, intends to do its utmost with the aim of a more streamlined building legislation that simplifies the system of authorizations to facilitate the interventions provided for by the 110% Superbonus, and promote urban regeneration and the provisions of the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR). In a nutshell, this should result in a series of interventions having a common denominator the reduction of the bureaucratic process and concerning for example:

  • revisions of the simplification decree;
  • simplification of demolition and reconstruction interventions;
  • urban regeneration in historic centers;
  • verification of double urban and building conformity;
  • environmental impact assessment (EIA).

Regarding the Superbonus 110%, among the expected simplifications is the one concerning the certified technicians' asseverations in particular on the simplification of the legitimate state of the property or the professional will be required to certify the conformity of the property in terms of the absence of building abuses and the compliance with town planning regulations.

I conclude by recalling that as Aidr, in addition to disseminating information on the 110% superbonus, we promote the “Relaunch Italy” platform, which is essential support for carrying out all activities, respecting the parameters established by law. A technology at the service of professionals, the software has in fact been designed to support all the subjects operating in the project step by step: companies carrying out the work, manufacturers and wholesalers, construction managers, technicians, architects, designers, insurers, tax sworns for visas. of compliance.

Superbonus 110% for an energy redevelopment of the national real estate stock