📋 Tender Overview
Municipalities literally struggled for subsidies in the last already completed call for construction in a passive standard. The allocation of 500 million crowns was not enough for the huge interest in the construction of primary or nursery schools sports halls community buildings and hospital pavilions whose construction is being undertaken by a number of towns and municipalities throughout the Czech Republic. In the currently closed subsidy call in the Operational Program Environment aimed at supporting passive construction for the State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic forty applications with a request for a subsidy of 1.2 billion crowns were received.Public buildings built in a passive standard have very low energy consumption which brings environmental and economic benefits. The construction costs are slightly higher but due to low operating costs they return relatively quickly. Investors will receive up to thirty percent of the project cost from the environmental department. We made a good move. Previously it was only possible to obtain a subsidy for the extra costs necessary to achieve a passive energy standard which we changed so that today investors receive support from the total cost of the project which rapidly increased the final subsidy. It was a step in the right direction. Interest in subsidies increased suddenly. Government and self-government should set an example in passive construction a way to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas production says Environment Minister Richard Brabec.Municipalities towns regions and other entities could submit applications for grants continuously from 4 April 2017 to the end of October this year. Interest in them was really extraordinary. Altogether 39 projects met with a request for a subsidy of 1.2 billion crowns and the call allocation was thus exceeded by more than 700 million crowns. The received projects were approved on an ongoing basis so that applicants could start their implementation as soon as possible. So far twenty-five projects have been approved some of which are already being completed or implemented says Petr Valdman Director of the State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic.This year they started a new school year in a brand new passive school in Psarry Central Bohemia. The situation is similar in Mal jezd in the Mlnk area where a new school pavilion was built because the original building was no longer sufficient for the needs of the inhabitants. We have modern spaces corresponding to 21st century teaching a new science classroom has been created and we have a more comfortable and healthier learning environment. The economical building also serves as a visual aid for environmental education Jaroslav Peleka Mayor of Mal jezd mentioned some benefits. In both Pse and jezd the construction was supported by subsidies from the Operational Program Environment. We will also evaluate the projects for which there was insufficient money in this call and the successful ones will have the opportunity to receive support from the call that we will announce next spring adds Petr Valdman Director of the State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic.Subsidies for construction and renovation of buildingsMunicipalities and towns will have another opportunity to apply for a passive standardized construction subsidy next spring. The new call will open on 2 March 2020 and applications will be open until 2 March 2021. In addition to subsidies for the construction of new public buildings in a passive standard the ministry also offers financial support for their energy-efficient renovation. These are currently available until February 3 2020.
