Hellio launches a web series to decipher the "Global renovation in co-ownership"

Result: condominiums are reluctant to initiate the process.

To give a boost, the Government plans to look into the question of simplifying the rules for voting on energy renovation works at general meetings, as announced by Olivier Klein on France Info on 29 November. The reform would consist of allowing an energy renovation to be voted on at a general meeting with the agreement of only 50% of the co-owners, compared to 2/3 today for certain types of building sites.

This work is indeed more and more necessary in buildings considered as energy sieves, classified F or G, with co-owners looking for solutions to reduce their energy bills at a time when prices are soaring. For landlords, the challenge is also to comply in order to avoid the upcoming ban on the rental of their accommodation.

To support trustees and co-owners to take the plunge and give them all the keys to success for this operation, Hellio, a key player in energy management, has embarked on the production of a web series to follow the main stages of a global renovation in progress within a condominium in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (94).

An immersion in the heart of a global renovation project in a collective building in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés (94)

What are the formalities to be completed to be accompanied and obtain financial assistance? What are the works to be carried out? How to improve the energy class of the building? What equipment should be preferred? What aid can be mobilized? So many questions asked by the members of a trade union council, wishing to undertake energy improvement work on their buildings.

Hellio, as an energy renovation guide, offers extensive support in the context of this type of project. In addition to written materials, Hellio has chosen to rely on the video format with immersive content to present the outlines of its mission to co-ownership trustees.

Thus, a camera will follow all the stages of a global renovation of a 10-unit building located in the municipality of Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, from the recommendation of the work until its completion. On the program: ten episodes to retrace, step by step, all the steps initiated by the co-owners and the support of Hellio.

Episode 1: inventory to identify needs

The R+5 building, delivered in the 70s, houses 10 homes. Classified E, it is a real thermal sieve, despite the realization of insulation work a few years ago. The heating is far from being homogeneous in all spaces.

For Franco, president of the co-ownership union council: “Those on the ground floor and on the top floor are colder than the others. We have done some tinkering over the years, in small bits of work, which ultimately cost us dearly. It was becoming urgent to do real work and to stop putting patches on the right, on the left. »

Franco and his neighbors were also confronted with another reality: the complexity and extent of the files to be filled in to start the work, and the risk of falling on lax companies.

It is for all these reasons that the syndic approached the services of Hellio.

For Tanguy Dupont, Director of Hellio Solutions for Collective Housing: "Hellio is committed to making the energy renovation of condominiums accessible by providing each condominium with the necessary tools that will enable it to carry out its project successfully: information and awareness, assistance with project management, financial engineering, social survey, aid and funding. The efficient renovation of condominiums is possible!”

Hellio, a partner of choice for condominiums With 14 years of experience in the field of energy management, Hellio stands alongside trustees, condominiums and managers of collective buildings to support them in their improvement projects energy of their building. The key: significant savings while respecting the environment. Hellio's teams of experts offer a complete and tailor-made service for carrying out global renovations. Hellio takes charge of the entire project: technical support (energy audit, recommendation of work, search for companies, etc.), social and financial support (mobilization of MaPrimeRénov' Copropriétés aid and Energy Savings Certificates).

The energy renovation of condominiums: a major challenge

The Climate and Resilience law voted in 2021 marked a decisive step in raising awareness of the control of energy expenditure and greenhouse gas emissions in the housing sector. Several incentive measures for the energy renovation of buildings have been decided to achieve the ambitious objectives of carbon neutrality in 2050: freezing of the rents of thermal sieves since August 24, 2022, progressive ban on the rental of housing classified from G to E, etc. .

To meet the challenge, all eyes have logically turned to condominiums, which represent 43%[1] of the total housing stock. Lessor co-owners and occupying co-owners find themselves the first in line to climb an Everest: meeting deadlines that leave many housing professionals perplexed.

Concern on the real estate market is already being felt: the road ahead and the financing to be obtained are immense. In 2018, according to the old standards, only 2 million homes out of the 30 million in the total stock were considered very economical or low-consumption. If the change of scale to massiveize the global energy renovation of these dwellings is essential, the co-owners have for the moment only few means to meet their obligations.

With regard to the budgetary aspect, Hellio believes in the model of "integrator operators" recommended by France Strategy.

For Pierre Maillard, CEO Hellio: “These one-stop shops would notably have the task of financing the operation by experimenting with an innovative third-party investment system. It would be a question of having the financing carried by the operator, which would reimburse itself and generate the margin of its service contract from the energy savings made, for which it would guarantee via an Energy Performance Contract (EPC). As energy prices explode, the gain on the energy bill will be all the more significant, allowing for relatively faster reimbursement and more assured profitability. »

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