Inès Zeghloul, edited by Alexandre Dalifard 07:54, October 23, 2022

Europe and France are facing a major energy crisis as winter approaches.

To deal with this situation, the government implemented an energy sobriety plan at the beginning of October which also applies to businesses.

To achieve the objectives, they turn to "energy managers", experts in energy saving.

Energy sobriety obliges, companies are also going green.

To deal with the crisis, the government presented an energy sobriety plan at the beginning of October with the aim of spending next winter in the best conditions.

Measures such as lowering heating in offices have therefore been put in place.

To best respond to this plan, some companies have called on "energy managers", sobriety experts.

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A reduction in consumption of more than 20%

The objective for these "energy managers": to detect the slightest waste of energy within companies.

This is the case of Viviane Caruel, an expert who deals with the insurance company Generali.

“We look at what is happening in the open spaces. With temperature sensors, we can know which operation has faults. We may sometimes dismantle the false ceilings to see which valve is incorrectly adjusted or no longer works”, she explains at the microphone of Europe 1. 

With their knowledge, the experts provide advice to company executives who at times lack knowledge in terms of energy saving.

In open spaces, for example, light bulbs and traditional air conditioning have given way to presence detectors which regulate lighting and temperature.

Changes that are not negligible for Gérald Yven, environment manager at Generali.

“We have already succeeded in reducing our energy consumption by more than 20%”, he underlines.

Today, the manager is betting on a 25% reduction by 2025.