The government is launching a working group on Thursday, July 28 on the issues of energy sobriety for local authorities. But some cities did not wait for this meeting to take the lead. The town of Issy-les-Moulineaux, in the Hauts-de-Seine, has thus decided to close its municipal swimming pool Alfred-Sevestre this summer until the beginning of September.
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Despite the summer heat, the pool doors will remain closed at the end of July. The municipality highlights the additional costs linked to the price of electricity.
Christian, a regular swimmer, does not understand this decision. “When I got the info, it seemed strange to me insofar as it is precisely the period to go to the swimming pool“, he sighs. Same feeling for Flora, who is deprived of her usual pool: “I often went there, I am not happy at all, especially for the children who can’t go on vacation, it’s not a good decision at all.”
Kylian believes, on the contrary, that the decision is justified given the “what’s going on right now.”
“It’s to save energy, we have to!”
Kylian, regular swimmer at the Alfred-Sevestre swimming poolfranceinfo
The municipality highlights energy savings: the Alfred-Sevestre swimming pool consumes too muchelectricity and by closing it, the town hall intends to save 70,000 euros. The electric bill jumped with a price per megawatt-hour multiplied by seven, thus advances the municipality of Hauts-de-Seine.
FClosing one of the two swimming pools in summer is therefore a lesser evil, according to Bernard de Carrère, the city’s sports assistant. “In Issy-les-Moulineaux, IThe swimming pools are less crowded in summer than in winter, he pleads. And energy sobriety should not just be a speech, it should also be actions.“With this summer closure, the city hopes to reduce its energy bill by 70,000 euros.
In Issy-les-Moulineaux, a closed swimming pool to reduce the electricity bill. Kader Youb’s report
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