Podcast at least 5.2 million main residences in France are considered thermal colanders. To curb the phenomenon, the government has just banned the rental of the most energy -consuming housing and offers renovation aid. But is it enough? In this podcast, Véronique Chocron, journalist at the “World”, takes stock of this immense project.
by Claire Leys and Véronique Chocron
Since the 1 er January 2023, the rental of the most energy -consuming accommodation is prohibited. The owners have the obligation to carry out renovations before signing or renewing a lease. Will this new rule, inscribed in the climate and resilience law, will lower the number of thermal colanders?
For the time being, many owners prefer to sell their property rather than starting a renovation, often long and expensive. The National Real Estate Federation (FNAIM) even estimates that 500,000 very energy-consuming dwellings could leave the rental park “within six years.
This trend has something to worry about the government, which has set itself an ambitious objective: to carry the entire residential park to a “low consumption building” level by 2050. For that, it would be necessary to renovate approximately one million dwellings every year.
How is thermal renovation a crucial, ecological, economic but also social stake? How to encourage owners to undertake work? Are public aid for renovation sufficient? In this episode of the podcast “The hour of the world”, Véronique Chocron, specialist in housing questions in the world takes stock of the immense site of energy renovation.
An episode of Claire Leys. Production and original music: Amandine Robillard. Presentation and editorial staff: Jean-Guillaume Santi. In this episode: interview with researcher Andreas Rüdinger, energy transition coordinator at the Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations; Extract from the interview with the ex-minister of the ecological transition, Barbara Pompili, on Franceinfo on July 20, 2021.