A strategy for the decarbonisation of building heating systems in Italy

According to Elements, in Italy there are 17.5 million homes heated with methane gas: 53% of PM10 emissions come from the residential sector, 18% of climate-altering emissions from buildings.

In 2021 domestic heating still contributes significantly to pollute our cities and to heat our Planet, encouraged by a series of environmentally harmful subsidies and measures that, instead of pushing only renewable energy systems, also favor those fossil fuels. Yet, alternatives to centralized systems powered by gas and diesel, which in our country characterize especially the large urban agglomerations, already exist and are highly competitive.

This is what emerges from the new study “A strategy for the decarbonisation of building heating systems in Italy” carried out by Elemens for Legambiente and Kyoto Club and presented this afternoon, in a meeting streamed live on Kyoto Club channels. Coordinated by the vice-president of Legambiente, Edoardo Zanchini, speakers include Gianni Girotto (President of the Senate Industry Committee), Rossella Muroni (Vice-President of the Environment Committee of the Chamber of Deputies), Pierfrancesco Maran (Councillor for Urban Planning of the Municipality of Milan), Riccardo Bani (President of Arse), Gianni Silvestrini (Scientific Director of Kyoto Club) and Livio De Santoli (President of Coordinamento Free). Tommaso Barbetti of Elemens presents the report.