La smart homeand it is a constantly growing reality. Thanks to home automationIndeed, it is increasingly possible to create a smart home, one in which appliances, boilers and air conditioners, but not only that, can be switched on and adjusted remotely, via smart interfaces of various kinds, accessible above all via smartphones, PCs and tablets.
It is a system to improve the quality of our life and our safety, but also to reduce management costs energy. This is a theme on which the State has decided to invest for some years now, entrusting all the technical obligations to the operational arm of ENEA (National Agency for Energy Efficiency). The ecobonus, which makes it possible to recover 65% of energy efficiency expenditure through tax deductions spread over 10 years, includes some of the interventions for home automation. In addition to more traditional jobs to reduce energy needs, for example on fixtures, the Irpef or Ires tax deduction can therefore also be used to create a smart home.
One is available on the Enea website short guide created by the experts of the Technical Unit with the indications for accessing the eco-incentives for building automation, within which are clarified what are the encouraged interventions, the requirements for the buildings and the method of sending the documentation to Enea to take advantage of the deduction.
First of all, it must be kept in mind that the only properties that can access the 65% bonus are those already stacked up (or with a registration request in progress), up to date with the payment of taxes and equipped with heating systems.
The deduction includes expenses for the purchase, installation and commissioning of devices that allow for the personalized automatic remote management of heating systems, summer air conditioning and for producing domestic hot water. Which means: radiators, water heaters and air conditioners. The incentives also cover the electrical and masonry works necessary for the installation of the systems building automation of the heating systems of the buildings, while the purchase of devices for remote interaction such as mobile phones, tablets or personal computers does not fall within the bonus. Home automation systems linked to other household appliances are also excluded from the bonus.
The interventions for the building automation they can be built both independently and in combination with the redevelopment interventions of the winter air conditioning systems.
The goal is clear: less waste, greater energy efficiency, more savings. For these reasons, the Government has already made it known that it intends to extend the package of tax deductions to the end of 2017 as part of the Stability Law.
The extension was announced by the premier Matteo Renzi a few days ago, defusing the possibility of reducing the deduction to 36% for next year. A reduction that would have weighed on different levels. The ecobonus, in fact, has succeeded in the dual purpose of moving the Italian building sector and of finding an improvement in the energy quality inside our homes.
As explained by the undersecretary of the Ministry of Economy Pier Paolo Baretta to Corriere della Sera, “the eco-bonus works very well to stimulate both household consumption and business activities. In recent years, with the crisis, the bonus has produced 27 billion in investments".
Among the Government's plans there is also the extension of the programme, which could be extended, continues Baretta, “to the condominiums and the seismic safety of the houses. If possible, reducing the period, currently ten years, within which taxpayers can recover the credit”.
The other expenses deductible with the Ecobonus are those incurred to reduce the energy needs for heating, to improve and maintain the heat inside the building such as for example the flooring, windows and fixtures or insulation, as well as the installation of solar panels and the replacement of winter air conditioning systems.
