Paris at 50°C: summer comfort finally taken into account in the renovation of buildings

Among the 85 measures, the renovation and new construction of the building rely on passive solutions to effectively and virtuously reduce heat.

Cause "a big bang in the thermal renovation of the building"

Faced with heat wave forecasts, elected municipal officials take seriously into account the issue of summer comfort in the building. Indeed, with the State, the Region and the Metropolis, the report proposes to revise the standards for renovation and new construction to integrate summer comfort by favoring so-called low-tech solutions, alternatives to air conditioning: natural ventilation , blackouts, through housing or even bio-sourced insulation. Indeed, the mission proposes to ban air conditioners that discharge hot air into the streets.

For Hervé Lamy, general delegate of Groupement Actibaie: “We can only salute the elected representatives of the MIE, the first political body to consider summer comfort in the thermal renovation of the building not as a luxury but as a real necessity to guarantee the health of Parisians. We hope that this first step encourages the executive to extend this right to all French people. »

The report also specifically points to schools, aiming to amplify the renovation and rehabilitation of school buildings, the priority being to protect schoolchildren and educational staff from future heat waves. “Once again, passive cooling solutions such as occulation are in the spotlight. The city of Poissy has also been a forerunner on the subject by equipping around fifteen schools with automated blinds. During a heat wave, the indoor temperature recorded is 10°C lower than the outside,” says Hervé Lamy.

In the process of being examined, the proposed recommendations could be integrated into two texts currently being revised by the left-wing executive: the local urban plan (PLU) and the Climate Plan, which will be presented to the municipal council in June and July.