EFFICIENZA ENERGETICA ESMARTNESS DEGLI EDIFICINELLE POLITICHE AMBIENTALI PUBBLICHE ENERGY. EFFICIENCY AND SMART BUILDINGS IN PUBLIC ENVIRONMENTAL POLICIES.

Obsolete and poorly performing, the European building stock represents one of the mainbarriers to achieving climate-neutrality goals by 2050. In this context, the contribution pre-sents the first outcomes of the PRIN 2022 ‘Better Policy’ research project that, starting froman analysis of the gaps that hinder the implementation of environmental policies by PublicAdministrations, proposes experimental guidelines: an operational framework articulatedaround four strategic thematic pillars: decarbonisation, resource circularity, LCA metrics, anddigitalisation for the ecological transition. Specifically, the article presents the section that in-tegrates the Smart Readiness Indicator into the planning documents required by the new Ital-ian Public Procurement Code, providing Public Administrations with standardised criteria,verification procedures, and monitoring protocols throughout the entire life-cycle of publicbuildings, thus transforming the public building stock into an advanced laboratory for the test-