AMORCE eSHERPA to help local authorities anticipate the costs of thermal renovation of buildings

It offers a projection of the financial impact and profitability of this work by 2020 and 2030, and provides local authorities with all the information necessary for decision-making.

Educational, sports, cultural or administrative establishments, public buildings represent on average 75% of the energy consumption of local authorities which spend 2,2 billion euros each year to cover their needs, ie approximately 5% of their operating budget. A bill set to increase with the rise in conventional energy prices (gas, fuel oil, electricity), which have a severe impact on local finances. Furthermore, the legal obligation to reduce the consumption of their buildings by 40% by 2030 (tertiary decree) requires all local authorities to commit massively to energy savings.

It is in this context that AMORCE is putting eSHERPA online, a free digital tool accessible to all local authorities wishing to massively reduce the energy bill of their assets.

eSHERPA: a launch pad created by and for local authorities to trigger a massive reduction in their energy bill

Independent and free, eSHERPA, developed with the technical support of Inddigo, and the financial support of the Banque des Territoires, allows in a few clicks:

• Identify the most efficient energy management actions to promote return on investment, comply with their regulatory obligations and limit the environmental impact of their buildings; for example, with the installation of a regulation system for heating.
• Evaluate the costs and identify the financing that can be mobilized (grants and state aid, CEE schemes, loan from the Banque des Territoires, etc.) to initiate energy management actions; for example, intracting, innovative financing offered by Banque des Territoires.

Banque des Territoires chose to finance this project because of its complementarity with the Prioréno digital service, which it launched on February 16th. Based on the energy consumption of public buildings provided by Prioréno, eSHERPA presents the different steps to be taken to carry out energy renovation work on one or more buildings. The two digital tools thus constitute two major links in the overall process of the energy renovation of communities and make it possible to accelerate the move to action.

In addition to the simulator, AMORCE provides an online toolbox that contains a series of resource documents, webinars and good practices useful for developing a strategy adapted to the specificities of each community.