The government will continue with the tax incentives for energy requalification of houses? The question has been circulating for a few days among experts and companies, coinciding with the final stages of the economic maneuver. Meanwhile, the Industry and Environment Commissions of the Senate have asked to extend the concessions for the entire three-year period 2019-2021. The eco-bonuses are doing good for construction, for investments, for families, so there is every reason to lengthen their validity. We cannot do without them, especially when it is the ministers themselves who declare that they want to guide the market with eco-bonuses, allowing everyone to make a green choice, without penalizing anyone. They don't want to be besieged by the Italian gilets jaunes, but they have to decide.
It is not known what will emerge, but the recommendation of the parliamentary commissions is clear: "Evaluate the opportunity to intervene to provide that the extension of the deductions for expenses for energy efficiency interventions, building renovation and the purchase of furniture and large appliances, is extended to the entire three-year period 2019-2021". It's more than an invitation, actually, because the eco-bonuses expire in 2019 and the government is able to influence the future. In any case, from 1998 to today, state tax incentives have involved 17,8 million euros in interventions, on more than 57% of homes. And the virtuous system has activated investments of around 300 billion. The Montecitorio study service and the Cresme study center which operates in the construction sector, presented a thematic dossier propitiating the observations of the senators. The challenge is of interest, as it had also reported the Aeneas at the beginning of the year. There are still millions i citizens living in housing built 30, 40 years ago outside of any energy setting.
In 2017, the volume of investments was 28.106 million euros. 3.724 million for energy requalification and 24.382 for building renovations. Unfortunately, the application has not been uniform. North and Central South have used the money better than in the South. Evidently the bureaucratic machine for disbursement is faster and there are much more plans for restructuring. The South, however, needs state intervention in this phase of abandonment of policies to support growth. Cities with historic centers to be recovered are ideal places for experimenting with advanced energy solutions. Hundreds of businesses are ready to do their part with . The effects of state support on employment are also interesting. The surveyed employed workforce is 426.745 workers, of which 284.497 direct and 142.248 in related industries. If the government decides to continue with the subsidies until 2021, the number of employed people will rise again. Trend already noted by Enea, when it had estimated the average costs of the renovations with workers to be employed, supplies of services and materials to be procured.
The cultural and social sensitivity changes of the last twenty years have been extraordinary. Let's think about the breaking of generations concerned about climate change and the quality of urban life. The socio-economic changes are the right framework for a country like Italy that has to face the environmental challenge but with the right resources for families and businesses. In recent years the State has had lower revenues due to the tax exemption. But neighborhoods and cities have gained a lot. Social utility is extensive. The 137 billion euros less for the State coffers, explains the Cresne dossier, are due to the fact that the State collects the proceeds due in the year of execution of the works and distributes the tax deductions over the following ten years.
In the end, the negative balance is inevitable, but it can be tolerated. Finally, the Cresme dossier can be shared in its conclusions. Tax deductions have concentrated effects on the emergence of income, on irregular employment, on the reduction of CO2 emissions by virtue of more responsible energy consumption. The word, therefore, passes to the government which on page 10 of the Lega - Cinquestelle contract invokes "effective regulatory instruments aimed at promoting an ever greater diffusion of sustainable development models".
