A parliamentary report calls for making the energy renovation of buildings a priority. Led by deputies Julie Laernoes and Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert, the report calls for increasing public aid, facilitating the use of dedicated loans and “changing the paradigm” by favoring insulation and the overall renovation of housing.
The report is the result of an information mission by the National Assembly led by deputies Julie Laernoes (ecologist) and Marjolaine Meynier-Millefert (Renaissance). This brings together 47 proposals which aim to consolidate and accelerate energy renovation in France.
A necessity if the country wants to be able to fulfill the environmental objectives it has set for itself, as Julie Laernoes recalls: “ The energy renovation of buildings is naturally one of the absolute priority projects if we want to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050. ».
To achieve this objective, it is essential to redouble our efforts in the construction sector, the fourth sector that emits the most greenhouse gases in the country. Furthermore, building emissions represent 18% of national emissions.
With the aim of carbon neutrality in 2050, a lot of efforts are necessary
« The energy renovation objectives of buildings constitute an energy, climatic and social imperative », underline the rapporteurs. However, France consumed on average 13.8 kgep/m² (kilogram oil equivalent per m²) for heating in 2017, compared to an average of only 9.8 kgep/m² in the European Union.
Among the recommendations of the report we find the examination “ as quickly as possible » of the energy climate programming bill (LPEC). It is also necessary to prioritize insulation and reducing energy consumption.
These measures are essential in order to achieve 95% renovation of the housing stock by 2050. To do this, it will be necessary to renovate 500,000 homes per year from 2017, then 900,000 from 2030.
Unfortunately to date, the majority of renovations carried out are not “ efficient overall renovations », remind the rapporteurs. In particular, this is due to excessively high out-of-pocket costs and an aid system which favors “ the monogestures » like changing the heating system.
The deputies then propose to evaluate the “ decision-making processes » in condominiums and to impose renovation work on the most energy-intensive (classified F and G). On the other hand, it is necessary, according to them, to remove the building “ “all electric” », while electricity is the most consumed energy in the residential sector, with 34% of the total ahead of gas (29%) in 2021.
A lack of qualifications and too few specialized companies
Other obstacles to the massification of energy renovation are the too low rate of companies specializing in it, and the lack of qualified labor. To remedy this, the rapporteurs propose the launch of planned housing improvement operations.
To conclude and with regard to the financing of the work and the remainder payable which can sometimes reach “ several tens of thousands of euros “, the deputies call for a recovery ” very substantial and rapid public spending in favor of energy renovation “. The State should then increase its spending in this area by 14 billion euros per year and set quantified objectives for the distribution of the zero-rate eco-loan (Eco-PTZ), which is currently underused.
Jérémy Leduc (with AFP)
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