The event addressed the housing renovation process in Spain and the need to modify regulations to speed up bureaucratic procedures and reduce the time required for urban planning applications, thus benefiting from the availability of European funds that help finance the process.
"In Spain, there is a very old housing stock with very low energy efficiency, with approximately 10 million homes built before 1970. At the current rate of 30,000 renovations per year, we would need approximately 340 years to fully complete this transformation," explained José Luis Morales, who also highlighted "the dire situation we find ourselves in, because we have three years to spend the European Recovery Funds, and having used up half of that time, we are still figuring out how to get going."
The participants emphasized the need to continue making progress on sustainability within the sector. Specifically, "of the 30,000 renovations carried out each year, only 10,000 have some component related to energy efficiency," commented José María García.
"As a sector, we have the capacity to inform people about the advantages of renovation and the benefits of European funding. This awareness will serve to accelerate the transformation and boost the economy and employment within the sector," stated José Luis Miró.
