Studies
Energy Efficiency. N/A N/A
Promotion of energy efficiency in large buildings and small shops
| Country : | France. . |
| Client : | French localities (Grenoble) |
| Start Date : | 2003 |
| Completion Date : | 2004 |
| Value of services : | 27 500€ |
| Funder : | French localities. ADEME (French Environment and Energy Management Agency). ANAH (Agence nationale de l'Habitat) |
| Associate/Partner : | N/A |
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| Description : |
Led by the city of Grenoble on the main boulevards area, helped by the ADEME (French Energy and Environment Agency), the ANAH and the Ministry of Equipment, Transports and Housing, the OPATB (Programmed Operation of Building Thermal Characteristics Improvement) consists in a wide animation and subsidies programme to encourage the contracting authorities and employers to start studies and demand side management works. This works concern the heating systems, the hot water production, the service sector building air-conditioning, including the use of renewable energies and rational use of electrical energy in all the building uses. |
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| Description of the Actual Services Provided | IED conducted an evaluation of the territory potential, and then an inventory of the public sector sites. On the basis of several energy audits of characteristic sites (hotels, shops), IED made recommendations resting technically and economically, contributed to the implementation of investments, and supported actions for decisions and communication in order to launch several operations for rational use of energy and green house gas emission reductions. |