Català
Español
English
The Department of Climate Action, Food and Rural Agenda, through the Catalan Energy Institute (ICAEN), will expand by 19 million euros the line of aid intended for the energy rehabilitation of buildings in municipalities of less of 5,000 inhabitants. The aim of this line is to advance the energy transition by optimizing energy consumption in buildings and, at the same time, contribute to responding to the demographic challenge posed by the Rural Agenda. The line is endowed with resources from the European Next Generation funds.
The initial budget for this program, effective from February 2022, was 5.5 million euros, and during 2022 it was already extended by an additional 5.5 million. With this second extension, the total allocation of the line will amount to 30 million euros. So far, ICAEN has received 321 requests for an amount of 22.85 million euros. The deadline to submit grant applications is December 31, 2023, or until the budget is exhausted.
The line subsidizes actions related both to the energy improvement of the structure of the buildings and to the improvement of energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy in their thermal installations, such as heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, ventilation and sanitary hot water. It can accommodate single-family homes, buildings of the collective residential typology of housing or buildings for any other use that are located in municipalities of up to 5,000 inhabitants and non-urban municipalities of up to 20,000 inhabitants in which all their unique population entities are up to 5,000 inhabitants
The requirements to access this program are that the building was built before 2007, that the action involves the improvement of one letter in the building's energy certification (in the CO2 emissions rating), and that it generates a minimum saving of 30% of non-renewable primary energy consumption. The call excludes new work, extensions (both in terms of surface area and volume) and changes of use.
Applications can be made by all natural or legal persons who own existing buildings; communities of owners of buildings for residential use; operating companies, lessees or concessionaires of buildings; energy service companies; the town councils, councils or other equivalent corporations; and renewable energy communities and citizen energy communities.
Catalonia, towards a new energy model
This line of aid for the energy rehabilitation of buildings aligns with the transition process towards a new, cleaner, sustainable, fair and democratic energy model that Catalonia has started. The goal is to achieve a decarbonized society and economy by 2050, with an energy model based on energy efficiency and renewable energies, and where citizens can generate and manage their own energy and participate in decision-making .
According to the 2050 Energy Outlook, to achieve this scenario Catalonia must reduce final energy consumption by 30.3%; the building sector must decrease its final energy consumption by 34.2%, and it must achieve a 47.3% drop in its energy intensity (that is, the energy it needs to generate a unit of GDP).
More information: PREE5000 - ICAEN: Aid program for the energy rehabilitation of buildings. InstitutCatalà d'Energia (gencat.cat)