Energy efficiency plays a key role in the process of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030. Achieving these reductions in the next decade is crucial to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050 according to the European Green Deal.

The European “Renovation Wave” strategy highlights how energy renovation of buildings is essential to reach this target, reducing consumptions and replacing fossil energy sources with renewable ones.

Currently 75% of the European building stock is energy inefficient and the current renovation rate (between 0.4% and 1.2%) is not sufficient to achieve the decarbonisation targets set for the 2050. To overcome this situation, the Italian strategy foresees that in the next 30 years 2/3 of the existing buildings must be renovated. This means that the current restructuring rate will have to double (from 0.85% to 2%) in 2020-2030 and triple in 2030-2050 period.

To support this process, it is essential to put in place adequate financial instruments that encourage and allow the realization of the necessary investments in energy efficiency to reach the renovation target.

The GREENROAD –Growing Energy Efficiency Through National Roundtables Addresses– project aims to:

• Set up permanent national roundtables and territorial focus groups to facilitate the dialogue among stakeholders as well as decision-makers to promote changes starting from the real needs of the market.
• Create through the roundtables opportunities to jointly identify the most effective measures and the best practices for energy efficiency in buildings accelerating their implementation and replication.
• Improve the bankability of energy efficiency projects, through specific training activities for those involved in the renovation process of the building stock.
• Facilitate the development and monitoring of energy efficiency measures at national and local level.

Partners

• AGENZIA NAZIONALE PER LE NUOVE TECNOLOGIE, L'ENERGIA E LO SVILUPPO ECONOMICO SOSTENIBILE
• ABI LAB-CENTRO DI RICERCA E INNOVAZIONE PER LA BANCA
• AMBIENTE ITALIA SRL
• GESTORE DEI SERVIZI ENERGETICI - GSE SPA
• ISTITUTO PER LA COMPETITIVITA'
• I-COM SERVIZI SRL
• SINLOC-SISTEMA INIZIATIVE LOCALI SPA

Start date: 1 September 2021 - End date: 29 February 2024