Electric heating perfectly suited for the energy renovation of homes according to a study of manufacturers

In this context, the Group of brands of home appliances (Gifam) unveils the results of an unprecedented study on "the perception of electricity as heating energy" which shows how electric heating is. a legitimate energy that is appreciated by its users.

The French positively perceive electricity as heating energy

With 1/3 of households equipped, representing a total of 70 million appliances, the study carried out by Gifam * shows that electric heaters are the 2nd main heating solution most used by the French (29%) after the gas (39%). Moreover, ¾ of the French have already experienced housing with electric heaters.

In terms of perception, the French praise electric heating above all for its ease of use, its reliability and the comfort it brings to promote a better quality of life. Current equipment indeed represents a powerful lever for improving the energy performance of our homes. In addition, 70% of holders of thermodynamic water heaters have a very positive image of this device, whose operation reduces its CO2 emissions.

This panorama also shows that electricity as heating energy is better perceived by the people equipped. In addition, satisfaction increases mechanically among owners of new generation devices. With 14 million dilapidated appliances in homes, renewing the stock of non-performing home heating appliances is one of the challenges of the future.

The connected home is finally becoming the key area of ​​expression for the future of electric heating. Moreover, 6 out of 10 owners of electrically heated homes wish to have a connected heating system and more than 4 in 10 of a connected domestic hot water system. Thermal comfort is in fact the sphere where the most concrete benefits (savings, optimal regulation of room temperature, etc.) can be provided when many other connected objects will have only a limited impact on our modes of operation. life.

The new DPE encourages the adoption of electrical solutions

If the RE2020 marginalized the use of electric radiators and thermodynamic water heaters in new construction, the new DPE now encourages the French to renovate their homes in favor of all electrical solutions, which emit little CO2.

While the new new construction regulations (RE2020) definitively rule out the use of electric radiators and thermodynamic water heaters in collective housing, in favor of CO2 emitting solutions, the new Energy Performance Diagnosis (DPE), as for in it considers a complex of electrical solutions.

The introduction of the incidence of CO2 emissions in the definition of the DPE classes (from A to G), is an essential element in the fight against global warming and reminds us that electric heaters use carbon-free energy. more than 93%.

In this sense, the new DPE, which entered into force on July 1, makes it possible to take better account of climate issues in a context of accelerated energy renovation of buildings. The real hub of the housing component of the Climate and Resilience Act, the DPE loses its informative character to become fully enforceable.

The estimate given by the new label of the DPE provides very concrete information on the environmental performance of housing, going in the direction of the fight against greenhouse gas emissions. “Contrary to the recent environmental regulations (known as RE2020), the DPE really takes the measure of the climate emergency in the face of the deficiency of the park in terms of energy and environmental efficiency. The new calculation method introduced in the DPE confirms the electric heater as the solution of the future to help reduce our CO2 emissions. », Comments Eric Baudry, Chairman of the Thermal Commission of Gifam.

Electric heating is perfectly suited for people who want to carry out renovation work

Faced with the challenges of renovation, it is important to remember that the best equipment is that which naturally limits energy consumption. As a preamble, it is therefore necessary above all that the home is well thermally insulated in winter (to limit heating consumption) and protected from the sun in summer (to limit the use of air conditioning).

Coupled with thermal insulation work, the use of electric heaters allows a marked improvement in the feeling of thermal comfort in homes thanks to the innovations made in recent years.

Indeed, the integration of new technologies allows significant energy savings: when replacing a first-generation device with a latest-generation device, the energy savings are of the order of 30%, depending on the use and characteristics of the device as well as consumer behavior.

The benefits are even greater with programmable and intelligent devices that allow heating only in the right place at the right time and significantly reduce your electricity bill.

* Gifam Insights study conducted in April 2021 among 927 French people.