Twice as many people in Flanders built or renovated energy efficiently in 2021
29 August 2022
By 2021, exactly 51,747 Flemish households will have built or renovated their homes to be more energy-efficient than the so-called 'E-level' prescribes. That is twice as many as in 2019, when 26,862 families did so, reports the newspaper De Zondag.
The 'E-level' is the score that indicates how energy-efficient a building is. The lower the figure, the more energy-efficient the building is. More and more people in Flanders realise that energy-efficient living brings nothing but benefits. Those who build or renovate their home in an energy-efficient manner can count on certain premiums or reductions.
"Anyone who builds a new home with a very low energy consumption, with an E-level lower than the standard, or carries out a major energy renovation may be eligible for a 50 percent (or even 100 percent) reduction in the real estate tax for an energy-efficient new home," the website of the Government of Flanders reports.
However, if the E-level is higher than the maximum E-level of the year in which the building or renovation application was submitted, this results in a fine. "The greater the violation, the higher the fine." Homes built or renovated this year must meet E-level 25.
In 2021, a reduction in property tax of over 30.5 million euro was granted through the E-polls. On average, this is a reduction of 590 euro per year for five years.
(AHU)
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