Sanitation and energy renovation: our tips for a successful project
If the idea of an energy renovation of your home is interesting today, it is often not easy for the individual to know how to proceed. To guide you in the different steps to take during an energy restoration, Editus gives you some advice.
Why make an energy renovation?
The main objective is to reduce the energy consumption of your home , with the effect of a decrease in your energy costs, accompanied by a significant improvement in thermal comfort and an increase in the value of your energy. your home.
When to carry out an energy renovation?
An energy renovation is carried out ideally in combination with the remediation or other works that are planned (rehabilitation, transformation, extension, maintenance, work during a move, ...), in order to optimize costs and minimize disturbances related to such work.
How to make an energy renovation?
Energy sanitation must always be adapted to the specific situation of a dwelling, hence the importance of going through professional energy advice ( myenergy certified ), with a site visit and a detailed consultancy report for the building concerned.
The main topics that will be dealt with by the expert during the energy consulting are the reduction of thermal losses by insulation (thermal envelope of housing), the heating needs with consideration of renewable energies , controlled ventilationandmaterials implemented (ecology, PRIME House and Lenoz criteria).
It is very important to have as a goal a deep energy renovation, called DEEP RENOVATION , which can also be done in stages.
What subsidies in the context of an energy renovation?
The state has set up a system of aid, "PRIMe House" (new system since 1 January 2017 climate and bank aid), for energy retrofits and sustainable construction. Many municipalities also offer specific subsidies, and there is the " enoprime " system of assistance in Luxembourg, as well as some help from the "nova naturstroum fund" (fnn). All these aids are intended to facilitate the financing of renovation projects and are for the most part cumulative.
In order to guarantee a realization in the norms, and thus to avoid a bad surprise during a project of energy renovation, the realization of an energy advice is obligatory before any work for any person wishing to benefit from the state aid PRIMe House.
For any questions on this subject, or for a request for an energy consultancy offer, do not hesitate to contact a sector expert.
This article was produced in partnership with the Energy Agency SA - energieagence
