La Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport of the Junta de Andalucía summon subsidies under a non-competitive concurrence regime aimed at providing support for the execution of energy efficiency and circular economy projects in tourism companies. The funds to finance this line of subsidies in the period 2021-2023 amount to 220 million for subsidies in charge of the Recovery Plan.
The purpose of the subsidies that are called is the financing of investment projects for the improvement of the energy efficiency of tourist accommodation located in the territorial scope of the Autonomous Community of Andalusia. For this purpose, eligible projects will be those that allow obtaining and justifying a 30% reduction in non-renewable primary energy consumption.
The activity of It is considered strategic Andalucía, having become one of the main activities that generate employment y riqueza, promoting economic growth in our Community, as well as the social and territorial cohesion of our Community.
Its weight in the Andalusian GDP has been around 13%, in accordance with the trend of recent years, giving employment to more than 13% of the total number of people employed in Andalusia; However, this positive path of growth in tourism activity has been interrupted by COVID-19, for more than a year and a half, being The tourism sector is one of the sectors hardest hit by the coronavirus crisis; especially, due to the collapse of international tourism and the restrictions on the free movement of people.
The European Council of July 21, 2020, aware of the need at this historic moment for a singular effort and an innovative approach to promote convergence, resilience and transformation in the European Union, agreed on a far-reaching package of measures , called European Union Recovery Instrument (Next Generation EU) for an amount of 750.000 million euros, made up of two instruments: the Mechanism for Recovery and Resilience (onwards, MRR), and the Recovery Aid for Cohesion and Territories of Europe (REACT-EU).
Maximum help to receive
€200.000
What is the help for?
Contribute to achieving the environmental and energy objectives established in the European Union regulations, by carrying out actions of reform of existing buildings for tourist accommodation that favor the reduction of final energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions.
The projects must achieve and justify a reduction in non-renewable primary energy consumption of 30% compared to the starting situation.
The building in which the actions eligible for financing are carried out must have been built prior to January 1, 2007.
The subsidized actions must be carried out within a period of 12 months from the date of notification of the award resolution.
who can ask for it
a) Individuals or legal entities of a private nature who are building owners existing or part of them, destined totally or partially to Tourist accommodation.
b) The companies operators, tenants or concessionaires of buildings or parts thereof intended in whole or in part for Tourist accommodation, that accredit said condition through a current contract that expressly authorizes them to undertake those actions for which the subsidy is requested.
c) The communities of property or any other type of economic unit or separate assets that, even without legal personality, can carry out the actions that motivate the granting of the subsidy may also access the status of beneficiary persons.
Tourist accommodation must be registered in the Tourism Registry of Andalusia and belong to one of these categories:
– Hotel establishments.
– Tourist apartment establishments.
– Campsite.
– Campervan overnight areas.
- Rural houses.
– Rural tourist complexes.
– Rural accommodation tourist homes.
– Housing for tourism purposes.
Deadlines that exist for the request
The application period is from 24/12/2022 to 23/06/2023.
Lines
1. Improvement of the energy efficiency of the thermal envelope.
2. Improvement of energy efficiency and use of renewable energy in thermal installations for heating, air conditioning, refrigeration, ventilation and sanitary hot water; including the installation of hot and cold networks powered by renewable energy sources and/or residual heat for multi-building tourist complexes.
3. Improvement of the energy efficiency of lighting installations.
Intensity
eligible expenses
a) The professional fees paid for the preparation, by the competent technician, of the Energy efficiency certificate.
b) Management costs grant application.
c) The costs of the drafting of technical projects related to the types of action that are the object of the subsidy.
d) The costs of doptional direction of actions.
e) The costs of execution of works and/or installations.
f) Investment in Equipment and materials done.
g) The costs of report writing and other documentation required for the application and justification of these subsidies.
h) The management costs of the justification of the performance of the actions object of the subsidy, which include those expenses that the ultimate recipient of the subsidy could satisfy to companies or professionals for carrying out the technical, administrative and documentary management of the justification before the instructing body of the performance of the actions that make up the project.
i) The report certifying the proper performance of the actions object of the subsidy, issued by a control body or control entity.
j) Other necessary items (auxiliary or not) specific to each type of action.
k) The expenses corresponding to the asbestos removal when, due to the action, it is necessary to remove those construction products that contain asbestos.
l) The costs to implement corrective measures which will be adopted to meet the criteria of the "Guide for the design and development of actions in accordance with the principle of not causing significant harm to the environment", published by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge.
m) The costs corresponding to preparatory actions that are necessary to submit the application or carry out the corresponding investments, such as projects, technical reports, certificates, etc.
SOURCE: Official Gazette of the Junta de Andalucía – BOJA History. Bulletin number 245 of 23/12/2022
CONDITIONS OF THE CALL: Subsidies for energy efficiency and circular economy projects for tourism companies in Andalusia
