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

Natalia Magnani, Giovanni Carrosio and Giorgio Osti

Energy Policy, 2020, vol. 139, issue C

Abstract: The current paper analyses the issue of energy retrofitting of buildings in Italian cities. In particular a mixed-method 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.

Keywords: Energy retrofit; Urban energy transition; Italy; Italian cities; Intermediators; Tax deduction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111341

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