The EU directive on green homes will radically change "the requirements for obtaining the energy performance certificate (Ape). These requirements will become much more stringent and will necessarily have to take into account the new obligations to adapt the systems envisaged by the Directive".
This is what Maria Deledda, counsel at the Hogan Lovells law firm, states, recalling that "from the point of view of the obligations imposed for real estate sales, the Directive does not introduce significant innovations, taking into account that the obligation to attach the energy performance certificate in the case of sale and rental of a property is already provided for by the Italian national legislative framework".
In addition to the more stringent requirements, however, "the energy performance certificate" must also "contain recommendations - technically feasible for the building considered - for the cost-effective improvement of the energy performance of the building itself."
It is also envisaged that each Member State must create a database on the energy performance of individual buildings and the entire national building stock which, in the event of sale, the buyer can access with the consent of the seller.
"Taking into account the Italian building heritage, it is foreseeable that the Directive will have a significant impact on the real estate market in the coming years" concludes Deledda.
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