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Factsheet for measure SE-2023-26/3536 – measures in Sweden
Country | Sweden , applies nationwide |
Time period | Open ended, started on 01 July 2023 |
Context | Green Transition |
Type | Other initiatives or policies |
Category |
Promoting the economic, labour market and social recovery into a green future
– Retrofitting buildings |
Author | Nils Brandsma (Oxford Research) and Eurofound |
Measure added | 07 March 2024 (updated 28 March 2024) |
Since July 2023 residents in houses can apply for grants to exchange their heating system if the current heating system is either using gas or direct-action electricity. One can apply for grants covering both the costs of exchanging the current system and the material costs.
The grant is paid out by Boverket – the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning.
The criteria for getting a grant are:
The grant can cover the following types of heating systems:
Finally, the grant can cover up to 50% of the material costs, up to a maximum of SEK 30,000 (€2,680). The minimum grant is SEK 10,000 (€ 893), meaning that the cost of the work should be a minimum of SEK 20,000 (€ 1,786). The grant is applied for through the website of Boverket.
As of march 1st 2024 Boverket has recieved 19,354 applications and approved 3,456 applicatrions.
A total of SEK 108,063,826 (€9,653,774) has been approved, of which SEK 83,426,179 (€ 7,454,254) has already been paid out.
Most of the grant has been applied for in the Stockholm, Skåne and Västra Götaland regions, where the largest cities are located. However, adjusted for population, most of the approved applications are for residents in the southen region of Halland, the central region of Örebro, and the northern region of Västerbotten.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Does not apply to workers | Does not apply to businesses |
Other groups of citizens
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Actors | Funding |
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National government
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National funds
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Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | Consulted | Consulted |
Form | Any other form of consultation, institutionalised (as stable working groups or committees) or informal | Any other form of consultation, institutionalised (as stable working groups or committees) or informal |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
The policy was sent out for consultation according to the standard processes where involved actors are allowed to submit written comments before the policy was handled in parliament. Only the employer organisations sent their comments. The following sent their written comments: Swedish Ventilation (sv. Svensk Ventilation) The Swedish Cooling and Heat Pump Association (SKVP) (sv. Svenska Kyl & Värmepumpföreningen) Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions (SALAR) SVEBIO
Most employer/business associations were positive to the policy.
The Swedish Cooling and Heat Pump Association (SKVP) were positive without further comments.
Swedish Ventilation were positive, although submitted comments suggesting an expansion of the policy to cover additional isolation, exchanging windows, and left some comments notifying the government about the need to change ventilation systems when exchanging systems from a gas heater.
SALAR left additional comments, but were overall positive. They question if a grant should be given to air source heat pumps as they are profitable for consumers without a grant. They also stated that the grant could cover more than 50% of the costs.
SVEBIO, an association for bio energy use, were critical of the use of grants to shape markets and pointed to previous grants given to exchange oil heating that lead to a undesirable market outcomes (overheated market attracting non-serious actors)
Citation
Eurofound (2024), Grants for energy efficiency in houses, measure SE-2023-26/3536 (measures in Sweden), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/SE-2023-26_3536.html
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