All these 124 new buildings have well insulated walls and roofs and a very high envelope air tightness. They are all equipped with an efficient heating system (heat pump, condensing boiler, wood heating system), an efficient ventilation system (with heat recovery for 90% of the commercial buildings and 45% of the residential buildings) and with solar thermal systems for domestic hot water (in 90% of the residential buildings). In addition, solar photovoltaics are used in 35% of these buildings (55% in commercial buildings).
1100 low energy demonstration buildings in France
1291 visits
Posting Date | 3 September 2010
Countries | France
Type of News | News from countries
Theme | Very low energy buildings
Target Group | Local/regional/national authorities and facilitators, Building professionals, Building occupants
Editor organization URL | http://www.ademe.fr
Submitted by François Durier (CETIAT )
A recent press release from the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME) provides information about 1100 very low energy demonstration buildings that have been built in France since 2006. From the 1100 demonstration buildings, 60% are residential and 40% commercial, while 80% are new buildings. A survey on 124 of these new buildings shows that their cost remains acceptable: For 85% the cost is lower than 2000 €/m² and for 60% of the buildings the cost is lower than 1500 €/m². Several apartment or commercial buildings have a cost lower than 1200 €/m², which is the average value for classical new buildings of the same type.
Submission URL(s) | http://www2.ademe.fr/servlet/getBin?name=9688864836DB8BE0DE8F7167370E43D41278409..., http://www.ademe.fr
Source Languages | French
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