Reform of MaPrimeRénov': building craftsmen launch last chance appeal

Indeed, as it is envisaged, this reform, announced for January 1, will deal a very detrimental blow to the necessary acceleration of energy renovation work, to individuals and to the activity of the companies which carry them out. This is why, 4 weeks before this deadline, CAPEB is undertaking a major action to prevent a predicted catastrophe.

The entire sector will suffer the consequences of a reform which will exclude:

Too many households likely to undertake work, due to a lack of aid or a lack of financing for too heavy an out-of-pocket cost

From January 1, 2024, households occupying a thermal sieve will have no other choice than to embark on a journey accompanied by large-scale renovation to qualify for MaPrimeRénov'. Given the conditions to be met to undertake this route and therefore the cost that this involves, due to the lack of being able to cover the remaining costs as well as the very great difficulty of intervening in an occupied site, only a small number of households will be able, in practice, benefit from this aid, leaving others in a situation of energy poverty.

Likewise, by making the payment of aid in the “exit from fossil fuels” path conditional on the installation of carbon-free heating, the reform penalizes the many households having recently installed a very high-performance boiler, benefiting the era of aid put in place by the government!

Too many competent VSEs likely to carry them out

Since MaPrimeRénov' is massively oriented towards large-scale renovation projects, it requires the intervention of several trade bodies and, in fact, favors general contractors to the detriment of hundreds of thousands of small businesses since the reform does not does not plan to facilitate the creation of temporary groups of these VSEs nor to allow temporary groups of companies to propose large-scale renovations, as part of a real works program. This will result in a cascade of subcontracting.

In addition, the reform continues to promote the RGE system, without providing for improvement, a system which has nevertheless proven to be ineffective against fraud and far too complex as evidenced by the number of RGE qualified companies which has continued to decrease. for several years.

Too many technical solutions that are nevertheless relevant are excluded

By concentrating MaPrimeRénov' funding on electricity and heat pumps (PAC), the reform gives priority to the installation of a heat pump to the detriment of insulation while studies show that insulation must be the first project to be undertaken. This priority given to heat pumps will penalize households who, given their geographical location, cannot use them for technical reasons and in fact excludes alternative solutions (hybrid THPE boilers or running on bio gas) which nevertheless make it possible to make savings. energy and reduce the carbon footprint.

Too many small projects which alone can make the objective of massification of work possible

By favoring overall renovations too strongly without taking into account a real course of work, the reform of MaPrimeRénov' effectively excludes small projects while it is precisely the multiplication of these small projects which will allow the massification of renovation work that CAPEB appeals to everyone.

For Jean-Christophe REPON, president of CAPEB: “CAPEB calls on the responsibility of the Prime Minister not to let this reform come into force on January 1st without having corrected all its flaws. Their consequences would be too serious for individuals as well as for the 622.000 craft construction companies! I invite all those involved in energy renovation to join our call to avoid the worst while there is still time! »

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