Energy renovation in Paris schools through EPC (CPE – Ecoles)

To achieve the aim to reduce GHG emissions of Paris’s public buildings by 30% by 2020 (as set in the city’s Climate Plan, drafted within the Covenant of Mayors initiative), the City adopted a large-scale plan for refurbishing its 660 schools (covering a global surface of 1,300,000 square meters) by 2019, estimating that their energy retrofit could reduce by 20% the energy consumption of the whole Parisian public equipment. The Municipality decided to start with a € 180 million investment programme for the renovation of a first pool of 100 schools between 2010 and 2013, and to fund technical assistance through the ELENA Programme.
Measures implemented:
• Improvement of the building envelope (roof insulation, windows…)
• Energy management systems with control and monitoring of the installed energy devices
• Energy efficient lighting and heating system
• Installation of PV plants on rooftops.
These works were developed based on an EPC with a 20years duration, awarded to an ESCO. It paid investment costs and guaranteed 30% reduction of energy consumption and CO2 emission for the whole pool of 100 schools, while the City reimbursed debt through energy savings. Tasks of the contractor included studies, project management, additional intellectual services, technical actions (building envelope energy retrofit, efficient lighting, etc.), exploitation actions (maintenance, monitoring of energy consumption, etc.), and behavior actions (training and awareness-raising for end-users)