19.09.2020

They give 15,000 euros each to Romanians for joinery

In Romania, households can now receive funding of up to 15,000 euros to make their homes energy efficient, local media reported, citing the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forestry. The goal of the program is to reduce energy consumption in Romanian homes and greenhouse gas emissions.

Approximately 9,000 homeowners in Romania will be able to make their homes more energy efficient through this program, which has a total budget of 430m lei (88.5m euros). They can benefit from an energy premium of up to 15,000 euros. It covers up to 60% of repairs.

"Most houses are not well insulated. This is the reason why energy losses reach 30% only through external walls or 25% through windows or roofs. Our program has a large environmental component, but also economic and social: indirectly such an investment leads to halve energy bills and, indirectly, to reduce national energy consumption, "said Minister Costel Alex.

Eligible costs include: installation of insulating windows, roof insulation, external walls, installation of a more efficient boiler, solar panels, ventilation systems, LED lighting fixtures, motion sensors, new valves and pipes, etc. The condition for eligibility of the project is to increase the energy efficiency of the house by at least one energy class.

In Bulgaria, low-interest loans are being considered to replace free rehabilitation. The forthcoming second phase of the rehabilitation program will seek to reduce state participation in the process, which will be offset by other sources of funds, and to this end will expand "the implementation of financial instruments that will mobilize funding from the private sector," he explained. the regional minister Petya Avramova in answer to a deputy's question.