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“Ahorro – Autónomo”, the subsidy program for energy improvement works, is heading towards the big “premiere”.
A few days ago, the new dates on which the application process will begin for each region were announced. The “foot” will be Epirus and Ionian on December 11, followed by Attica, central Greece and the Peloponnese and gradually all areas of the country.
In addition to the instructions issued by RIS, a large number of homeowners who had no previous “Save at Home” program experience are expected to face difficulties applying. the iefimerida.gr I talked to him Lasko Coast, president of the Panhellenic Association of Certified Energy Inspectors, preparing a complete guide, with all the steps that those interested in “Savings – Autonomous” must follow.
The 5 steps to “Save – Self Employed”
First step
According to Costas Lasko, “the first step that must be taken to join the ‘Savings – Autonomy’ is telephone communication, initially due to the pandemic, with an energy inspector. In this conversation, the property owner will provide the basics for the inspector to determine if the main conditions, as if everything is legal, if it is a main roof and so on ».
Owners should know that they will be “cut” from “Savings – Autonomous”, if they had joined the immediately previous cycle of “Savings”.
Second step
“If all is well, then an appointment should be made, during which the energy inspector will make autopsy on the property. In this contact, the owner will explain what interventions interest him, while the energy inspector will present, without imposing, his own proposals. Let’s not forget that “Savings – Autonomous” is about an energy improvement, but in practice it leads to a renovation of the building. The frames offer thermal insulation, but also safety, aesthetics while adding value to the building ”, explains Mr. Laskos.
Third step
After this stage, the real “work” of “Savings – Autonomous” will begin. As the president of the Association of Certified Energy Inspectors says to iefimerida.gr, “at that moment the inspector will begin to do study, to highlight the results of the interventions to see if the objectives are achieved. If so, we will proceed with the preparation of the intervention proposal and the application “
Fourth step
According to Costas Lasko, his phase request It is carried out by the project consultant. It can be done by the individual, but the process often causes “headaches.” The project consultant is anyone who can cut a receipt. We say that you should definitely be an engineer and, better yet, an energy inspector. “They are the ones who know how to handle the ‘paperwork'”, says Mr. Laskos and adds:
When sending the request, except in certain cases that go on to secondary school, the owner learns whether or not to enter the “Save – Autonomous”. Then comes the decision to freeze the money and after a month, in fact, the work begins ”.
The final step
In this phase the Chores. According to Costas Lasko, “it is up to the owner to choose independent workshops, either to find a workshop that does it all or an individual craftsman, such as a plumber.” “Savings – Autonomizo”, in addition to its economic part, has been completed. It is recalled that those who need more information can contact the “Savings – Autonomous” helpdesk.
The fine print of “Salvo” that needs attention
For “Savings – Autonomous” there are some points that need attention. According to Costas Lasko, the first part refers to the fluid.
“In case the application for” Savings – Self-Employed “is approved, the remaining percentage of the subsidy must be paid in advance by the owner. In other words, if they have taken a 60% subsidy, they must be given 40%, either by bank or through a loan ”, he explains.
In addition, the payment engineer or energy inspector is covered by the program, but only if the application is approved. “Even if the application is rejected, however, the owner will have at his disposal a specialized energy certificate that will help him in the next” Save “program or whatever he needs for his property,” he says, looking at a little more. beyond, Costas Laskos.
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The basic criteria for “Save – Autonomy” are income. But it is not only that, warns the president of the Association of Energy Inspectors:
“Once the works are finished, a second, necessarily another, energy inspector will come so that to close the folder. This inspector will check that the frames with these characteristics have entered, for example, this collector, and will ask for the legal documents. All these systems are accompanied by a necessary paper, the so-called product sheets. So he checks that they all exist, saves them to the archive, and saves them for inspection. ”
The second inspector, according to Costas Lasko, will issue a second certificate, from which the amount (percentage) of the grant will be determined. In “Ahorro – Autonomizo”, he emphasizes, “there is a clause coming out with kilowatt hours. “Basically the actual energy savings are ‘weighed’ before and after interventions and this is multiplied by 1.2 kilowatt hours.”
What does this mean;
The above process has a key consequence, as it will work as “Cutter”. Mr. Laskos describes exactly what it means:
“Ahorro – Autonomizo” is a program cut and sewn to the measurements of the oldest buildings. The buildings of ’80 and later, after the regulation of thermal insulation, they will have a greater difficulty to enter. Because we will have to go up three classes and the final scholarship will not be what it seems at first. In short, the subsidy rate can eventually be much lower after the second inspection. ”
My application was not approved. What I can do?
The resources for “Save – Autonomy” are not unlimited. When the process is opened for each zone, the applications will stop when the maximum capital corresponding to each region is “captured”. That is why the speed with which each owner will move is important.
However, this does not mean that the end has come. “The money available for ‘Save – Autonomy’ is the most that has been awarded through similar grant programs. But some will be left out. RIS has stated, and is committed to this, due to commitment to the EU guidelines for the energy saving, that once the program is finished a continuous and continuous program of the “Save” type will start. It will not have independent cycles as we know it today. “Anyone who makes the request will enter”, says Costas Laskos, president of the Panhellenic Association of Certified Energy Inspectors.
According to reports in 2021 You will be given a “green light” for the next phase of “Savings – Autonomous”.
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