The current paper analyses the issue of energy retrofitting of buildings in Italian cities. In particular a mixedmethod approach is used combining the socio-spatial analysis of data on the most relevant policy tool, namely tax deduction, together with qualitative analysis of three case studies of middle-sized cities. The results show that on the one hand tax deduction has not been very effective in promoting a deep renovation of buildings and it may exacerbate already existing inequalities. On the other hand, it emerges that progress in eco-retrofit of buildings depends mainly on creation of new intermediators and intermediation incentives. They are increasingly necessary in an urban panorama that has become inevitably polycentric.

Energy retrofitting of urban buildings: A socio-spatial analysis of three mid-sized Italian cities / Magnani, Natalia; Carrosio, Giovanni; Osti, Giorgio. - In: ENERGY POLICY. - ISSN 1873-6777. - ELETTRONICO. - 2020/139:139(2020), pp. 1-9. [10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111341]

Energy retrofitting of urban buildings: A socio-spatial analysis of three mid-sized Italian cities

Magnani, Natalia;Carrosio, Giovanni;Osti, Giorgio
2020-01-01

Abstract

The current paper analyses the issue of energy retrofitting of buildings in Italian cities. In particular a mixedmethod approach is used combining the socio-spatial analysis of data on the most relevant policy tool, namely tax deduction, together with qualitative analysis of three case studies of middle-sized cities. The results show that on the one hand tax deduction has not been very effective in promoting a deep renovation of buildings and it may exacerbate already existing inequalities. On the other hand, it emerges that progress in eco-retrofit of buildings depends mainly on creation of new intermediators and intermediation incentives. They are increasingly necessary in an urban panorama that has become inevitably polycentric.
2020
139
Magnani, Natalia; Carrosio, Giovanni; Osti, Giorgio
Energy retrofitting of urban buildings: A socio-spatial analysis of three mid-sized Italian cities / Magnani, Natalia; Carrosio, Giovanni; Osti, Giorgio. - In: ENERGY POLICY. - ISSN 1873-6777. - ELETTRONICO. - 2020/139:139(2020), pp. 1-9. [10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111341]
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