Sent October 12, 2022 5:15 pmUpdated October 12, 2022 at 6:18 pm
Turn off lighting, reduce heating, better insulate buildings … At the beginning of October, the government published its energy sobriety plan, a list of recommendations for families, private and public actors in order to reduce energy consumption. In Nanterre, the city hall did not wait for the government plan to announce its energy saving measures.
“For several years we have started a reflection on energy sobriety, in particular for our municipal buildings. But given the surge in energy prices, we had to take emergency measures, ”explains Alexis Martin, deputy mayor of Nanterre in charge of the ecological transition and the municipal heritage.
emergency measures
The main measures concern the heating of municipal buildings. Already last spring the Nanterre City Hall had decided to bring the heating interruption forward by two weeks, ie mid-April, and to postpone its start to mid-October, depending on the weather. “For the moment it’s still good, so we haven’t turned it on yet,” explains Alexis Martin. However, it has already been launched in nurseries.
This measure alone can save € 300,000 on energy bills. But others will be put in place. For example, by reducing the temperature in public buildings by one degree (from 7 pm to 6 pm) and that of the air and water in the pools of the Palais des Sports Maurice Thorez. “It is one of the most energy-intensive buildings in the city,” acknowledges the deputy responsible for the ecological transition.
Open letter from the mayors of Ile-de-France
Finally, the Nanterre Town Hall thinks about lighting. The period of the Christmas lights will thus be reduced and the large light decorations of the Place de la Boule will not be installed this year. In the long run, the city would like to accelerate the switch to LEDs for all of its public lighting. Only 30% of the lighting stock today uses LEDs, but they save 30% on electricity consumption.
These measures should allow the city of Nanterre to save 400 thousand euros. “It is still not enough to cope with the expected price increase for 2023,” complains Alexis Martin. A statement shared by 500 mayors of Ile-de-France, who sent an open letter to parliamentarians in Ile-de-France, in the midst of a debate on the 2023 budget law, to ask for a tariff shield and including the mayor of Nanterre, Patrick Jarry, is a signatory.
