a report calls on the government to make a “paradigm shift”

In 2017, France consumed on average 13.8 kilograms of oil equivalent per m2 (kgep/m2) for heating, i.e. 4 kgep/m2 more than the European average. The energy renovation of buildings must become a “priority project”details a parliamentary report, adopted Wednesday October 4 by the National Assembly.

The 47 proposals that this report formulates are the result of an information mission by the National Assembly led by EELV deputies Julie Laernoes and Renaissance Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert. The text orders the authorities to “change paradigm”favoring insulation and overall renovation of housing. “The energy renovation objectives of buildings constitute an energy, climatic and social imperative”, underline the rapporteurs. Building is the fourth sector that emits the most greenhouse gases in France.

France currently has 7.2 million homes considered to be energy sieves. By 2050, 95% of the real estate stock must undergo comprehensive and efficient renovation, which is not the case for the majority of renovations carried out to date, underlines the report. Too much outlay, of the order, sometimes of “several tens of thousands of euros” still dissuades owners from carrying out all the necessary work: it is for this reason that the two rapporteurs are calling for an increase “very substantial and rapid public spending in favor of energy renovation” as well as facilitating the use of dedicated loans.