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Heating Account

The new Heating Account, introduced 16 February, 2016, (published in the Official Gazette on 2nd March, 2016, coming into force on 31March of the same year), is a stable incentive without an expiry date available for businesses and households (individuals, condominiums and business owners or farmers) for small-scale interventions for the production of heating from renewable sources and high efficiency systems both to increase power and for greater efficiency (art. 4.1 and 4.2 of DM 16/02/2016, see Appendix I and II).

The new heating account is an improved version of its predecessor of  2012.

 

All works eligible for incentives involve buildings with all year round air conditioning.

The incentive is calculated on the basis of thermal energy produced and not on the basis of the cost of the work of substituting existing plant.

It is paid in a period ranging from 2 to 5 years, unless the total incentive does not exceed € 5,000: in this case it is paid in one instalment, greatly accelerating the return time compared to tax deductions.

 

Examples of work covered by the incentives:

• building insulation, substitution of fixtures, shielding and lighting systems;
• substitution of air conditioners with plant utilising condensation heaters;
• transformation of buildings into nZEB buildings, with virtually zero energy (new addition to the Thermal Account);
• installation of automatic control of heating and lighting systems (new addition to the Thermal Account).

 

For a complete list, see Art. 4 of DM 16 February, 2016

 

The incentive can cover up to:

• 50% for insulation in climatic zones E/F and 55% in the case of insulation and substitution of widow frames, if linked with another plant (condensation heating, heat pumps, solar panels etc.);
• 65% for heat pumps and biomass plant, hybrid systems with heat pumps and solar panels;
• 50% of the cost for the Energy Audit and the Energy Performance Certificate (APE).

 

N.B. the incentive can only be granted to interventions not covered by other government incentives (i.e. cannot be accumulated with other current incentives, e.g. tax reductions of 50-65%, aside from guarantee or rotation funds and interest free loans.