Tatiana Geiselmann, edited by Laura Laplaud 07:28, May 03, 2022

While the prices of gas and electricity are rising, aid for renovation is falling.

The CEE, energy saving certificates, these premiums for energy insulation, have lost between 20 and 30% since May 1.

Construction companies fear a drop in the number of construction sites.

This is a measure that seems to come a bit out of time: while energy prices are rising, the grants granted for the renovation of housing have been revised downwards in May.

This is particularly the case with CEEs, energy saving certificates, one of the schemes linked to MaPrimRénov, which helps households to better insulate the floors, walls and roofs of their homes.

They lost between 20 and 30% on May 1.

A saving of 5,000 euros on the construction site

Many individuals therefore rushed to sign their quotes before the end of the boost.

In Alsace, Hussein Ay wants to insulate the walls of his house in Schiltigheim, because his gas bill has reached peak levels.

“Since the beginning of January, I have gone from a bill of 700 euros every two months to 1,600 euros”.

To affix insulating panels on the four facades of his home, it will cost him 35,000 euros of work.

"I hurried to find a company, to be able to benefit from the CEE premium, that will save me 4,000 to 5,000 euros".

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Without this help, he would not have launched the project, or in any case, not so soon.

"I would not have had the means", sighs the truck driver, "I cannot pay 40,000 euros just to redo a facade".

In a second step, he would also like to change the boiler, to switch to a heat pump, but everything will depend on the aid granted by the State.

Work covered at 50%

Customers like Hussein, Moustafa Turhan have seen a lot of them in recent weeks.

In April alone, his company Bati GP Est, which specializes in the exterior insulation of houses, signed around ten contracts, compared to the usual four or five.

“We had an increase in calls, with customers who absolutely wanted to sign right away, to still be able to benefit from the bonuses”, says the young CEO.

Its order book is full until the end of 2022.

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However, like many construction companies, Moustafa Turhan is worried about 2023. "Without aid, our next customers will have a hard time getting started," sighs the entrepreneur. Just a year ago, some households could benefit, depending on their income, from bonuses covering 80 to 90% of the expenses of the site."Now it's 50% maximum". His concern is all the greater since at the same time, the cost of raw materials is also increasing According to the French Building Federation, wood, steel and insulating panels have taken between 5 to 20% in recent months.