Echirolles

NO carbon footprint of the city & of energy use by sectors but good overview of number and quality of houses and of energy use in public buildings and by public services.
No complete & effective monitoring system of energy data consumption and savings in public buildings, industry and individual houses
Limited financing options and need to explore new financial tools as energy contracting / feed-in tariffs... to reduce energy costs for inhabitants of social housing.

Energy policy and legislation

At national level : new 2010’ Grenelle 2’ law defining the renovation target to BBC-level (80kwh/m²/year) by 2020.
At city level : an Agenda 21 has been implemented since 2004 and Covenants of Mayors signed with the target to reduce GHGs by 4 by 2050.

Actions on Energy Matters

Existing actions 

OPATB 2007-2010: thermal improvement for building in Western district. ~6M kWh savings & GHGs reduction by 1500 tonnes / year. City has a specific budget for energy efficient renovation (10% of investment budget = 1M Euros / year. ADEME & METRO cover 30% of energy-saving work cost (as in OPATB initiative).
Opération Mur-Mur with La METRO in the continuity of OPATB programme (starting 2011).

Planned actions

Municipal energy observatory (local database) to characterize and monitor energy situation of social housing.
Methods for sustainable renovation.
Evaluating the impact of usages and developing a methodology to influence them
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Knowledge dissemination on building techniques & materials.
Training planners, companies, architects and other target groups, including inhabitants
Involving inhabitants.