It’s not just the government that is presenting its energy sobriety plan. Several communities in Ile-de-France, cities and departments in the lead, have announced measures in recent weeks. 20 Minutes takes stock.
In Paris
The capital is one of the cities to have reacted the fastest in Ile-de-France, before the announcements of the government. Mayor Anne Hidalgo has planned to lower the temperature of the public buildings she manages as well as the water in the swimming pools. Aid for energy renovation for private housing is multiplied by three. The ornamental lighting will have to disappear at 10 p.m. from September 23, and the Eiffel Tower will say good night to us at 11:45 p.m. The town hall also recently announced that digital advertising screens will be turned off from 11:45 p.m. to 6 a.m., starting December 1 of 226 schools, while the city’s bills have risen by 110% for electricity and 34% for gas, leading to an anticipated additional cost of 35 million per year.
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In the Hauts de Seine, the town of Issy-les-Moulineaux will lower the temperature of its school and administrative buildings to 19°C “in order to meet the requirements of the Energy Code”. More original, the city has decided to digitize the energy monitoring of its buildings. In the same department, the towns of Sèvres and Boulogne are equipped with LEDsless energy-consuming than conventional light bulbs.
Further east, in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis, the city of Épinay-sur-Seine has also announced that it will lower the temperature in schools. The city is playing on another board: the removal of Christmas lights. While the cost of energy will double for the city of Saint-Denis, Mayor Mathieu Hanotin has planned to start the heating a little later than planned – after the All Saints holidays – and to stop it later. early. Hot water will be turned off in gymnasiums. The city’s new data center will also redistribute its heat to the Olympic swimming pool.
the Val de Marne is not to be outdone, starting with the department itself, as a local authority, which has embarked on a sobriety plan for its colleges and crèches. Four colleges in the department are certified High environmental quality sustainable building and passive building, with green roofs and photovoltaic panels, for example for the Georges Brassens college in Villeneuve-le-Roi. The city of Vincennes is committed according The Parisian in a determined fight against light pollution, with minutes, while the plan of the city of Créteil includes the reduction of the share of gas in its district heating network, according The echoes.
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Several cities of Seine et Marne announced efforts; starting with the town of Coulommiers. Less energy-consuming LEDs, reduction of the power of public lighting at night or eco-grazing were already in action. The city has also decided not to buy additional light decorations for the end-of-year celebrations, to reduce the heating temperature in municipal buildings, to remove auxiliary heaters and to make bicycles available to agents. of the City and the urban community. The city of Lagny will continue its efforts on photovoltaics according to actu.fr and Meaux will not install an ice rink and will not shoot fireworks for the end-of-year celebrations. Finally, a departmental energy plan will soon be launched, with the aim of identifying thermal sieves in order to renovate them.
Further north, in the Val d’Oisethe town of Herblay-sur-Seine adopted a 90-action plan, including a cycling plan of 48 km of cycle routes in town. As part of its sobriety plan, the city of Montmorency intends in particular to install “fully autonomous solar street lights” and has decided to switch to 100% LED by the end of the mandate, while the city is equipped today only at 40%. Enough to save 80,000 euros per year. The city of Cergy-Pontoise will completely close its swimming pools for a period of three weeks this winter and will lower their temperature. Ditto on this last point for the urban community Val Parisis, the city of Cormeilles-en-Parisis having also decided to deploy thermostatic valves in public buildings. Finally, the department is committed to a 10% reduction in energy consumption and a 100 million euro investment program.
In the Yvelines the city of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine continues the thermal insulation of its schools and sports establishments, in addition to other measures similar to those mentioned in our article.
Finally the department of Essonne also has an objective of reducing energy consumption by 10% in 2022-2023, with the program including a day devoted to reducing the digital consumption of agents. “Printers, computers or photocopiers should all be turned off” at night, indicates the town of Chilly-Mazarinwhich also plans to raise awareness among its inhabitants, among other measures.