We take stock of aid for energy renovation in Paris

Astronomical electricity bills, uncomfortable housing, cold feet in winter and a suffocating atmosphere in summer: all signs of a poorly insulated building that deserves energy renovation.

Are you a Parisian and you are thinking about it, without really knowing how much it could cost you?

takes stock of the specific aid available to people who live in the capital.

First there is the classic state aid, and the famous MaPrimeRénov ', for which you will have to compile a precise file with exact estimates.

As a resident of Greater Paris, you are also entitled to assistance to carry out an energy audit and then for the project management of the work, a check allowing "a gain in energy savings of at least 35%” on this project management, boasts the Metropolis.

20% city aid, in three stages

Parisians benefit from a third scheme from the Paris City Hall, called "Eco-rénovons", which offers co-owners free support from advisers from the Parisian Climate Agency, which makes its legal and technical skills available. .

It is also a financial support, which allows according to Jacques Baudrier, deputy mayor of Paris in charge in particular of the ecological transition of the building, to benefit on average on a project from 20% of aids from the city, in addition to the 20% state aid.

The poorest co-owners can even have, according to the elected representative, more than half of the investments paid for by the aid, depending on the nature of the work.

“Eco-renovating” works in three stages.

The first is to contact the Parisian Climate Agency, by registering on the CoachCopro platform (https://paris.coachcopro.com/inscrivez-vous/), by making an appointment by telephone (01 58 51 90 20) or by writing to info-conseil@apc-paris.com.

In the second stage, an advisor helps the condominiums to define a work project, via an audit or a diagnosis.

Once the options have been set, the advisor will technically and financially support the condominiums in drawing up a work program, with a financing plan for the project, grant applications, while preparing the general assembly of the condominium which will have to vote and approve the works.

A target of 22,500 private homes

Energy renovation allows on average, according to Jacques Baudrier, to save 55% of energy.

Any Parisian condominium is eligible for the program but the elected official wants to target more modest condominiums and energy sieves, i.e. buildings in categories F and G.

The interest is of course to save money for the wallet but it also and above all has an environmental objective, each renovation bringing an average reduction of 55% in greenhouse gas emissions.

“Emissions from built heritage are the major part of greenhouse gas emissions,” explains the deputy, who is preparing to launch the second phase of Eco-renovating, at the start of the school year.

The objective is to renovate 22,500 private homes throughout the term of office, against nearly 11,000 so far.

Haussmann buildings are "complicated to renovate"

And time is running out: to comply with France's National Low Carbon Strategy, which aims for carbon neutrality by 2050, 40,000 private dwellings would have to be renovated per year, but only 2,000 are renovated each year in the city of light.

To achieve this objective, the Council of Paris validated in July a new work aid plan endowed with 58 million euros.

This additional budget will make it possible to launch a recruitment campaign in the fall, with public meetings in town halls.

Because, as Marc Jedliczka, spokesperson for the négaWatt Association, explains at

, "the aid from the town hall is interesting, the problem is that it does not take off too much".

Eco-Rénovons suffers from a lack of notoriety, which is added to a more general problem of difficulties for co-owners to come to an agreement.

For Edouard Barthès, founder of the Symbiote Mouvement, which brings together players in the energy transition, and head of an energy renovation company, this is one of the major problems: "It's very difficult to have a majority .

We have a problem of decision, everyone does not necessarily want to agree.

Finally, the third obstacle, the Parisian heritage is made up of many Haussmann buildings which are complicated to renovate, because of the exterior moldings, statues, and other protuberances which make it impossible to isolate from the outside.

“Once you've done the heating and the insulation, you don't have much more to do in the Haussmanian.

It is necessary to make a thermal insulation by the interior, by reproducing moldings inside.

But most people don't want to lose surface area.

On 100 square meters, we lose between 7 and 8 m2”, explains Edouard Barthès.

The cost of a renovation is also still very high, with around 60% of the total amount to be advanced by the co-owners, which Jacques Baudrier, an elected communist, is well aware of.

“Today we put in France 3 or 4 billion per year in energy renovation, while we need 23 billion.

It's all about money and political will.

But Paris is not lagging behind, ”defends the elected official, who highlights the 55,000 social housing units which have already benefited from financial aid from the city of Paris.

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