the Government wants to take a quick pace the use of energy grants, which can be thousands of euros per apartment. Environment and climate minister Krista Mikkonen (gr.) keep planned support as an opportunity to each own ekoteko the.

Many wonder, what I could do. What would such a specific climate act, what I could do. Such energy renovation is a good concrete way to think about their own climate impact and for this we also want to encourage it, that support, Mikkonen reasons.

the draft Regulation is currently under consultation, but the grants are intended to introduce the beginning of the year. Next year’s budget has been allocated 20 million and two subsequent years for each 40 million, i.e. a total of eur 100 million.

Earlier granted energy subsidies by way of now support can get also apartment house company.

Not only oil heating houses

the Energy assistance can get the oil heating to give up, but also many others. Energy efficiency can improve, for example, window replacement, insulate, adding or solar panels.

Mikkonen emphasizes that now the terms have been drawn up so that the repairs done methodically from beginning to end.

– in Order to avoid the types of mistakes, which in the past has been. Has been bet on just one energy efficiency and then has been noticed, that has become the ventilation or other related problems.

in Practice a systematic approach means that the grant application stage, must be a construction professional

a signed plan and cost estimate. Renovation success should, in turn, indicates the energy certificate.

Grant, a fifth of the renovation expenses

the Grant is as a rule 20% of the renovation value-added tax-free for the rest. Costs are now calculated also in advance to do the design work and afterwards to make the adjustments and balances.

in connection with the Renovation of flats and terraced houses energy efficiency should rise by 20% nykysäädöksiä better, detached and semi-detached house in improvement percentage shall be 30.

a Maximum grant can be from 4 000 to 6 000 euros per apartment.

Mikkonen: grant money job opportunities

Whether the fifth renovation grants, then a lot or a little?

– we’ve thought so that this will create a new job and get it through society’s wheels turning. A pretty big part of the money returned to the state in tax revenues and activity increases, Mikkonen believes.

the draftsmen estimate is that next year’s support should be about 5 000 flats, in subsequent years twice.

for Grants to be granted early this month to the planning of expenditure and the beginning of next year since the repair cost.

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