1.1 Definition and scope of the study

Energy-efficient renovation of French homes and commercial buildings is of paramount importance, responding to a triple imperative: combating the effects of climate change, supporting citizens' purchasing power and improving the population's quality of life.

In France, the building sector is the second largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. it alone accounts for 27% of CO2 emissions and nearly 45% of final energy consumption. As a result, the building sector is of crucial importance if we are to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

The energy renovation market more than doubled in size between 2006 and 2019, and this upward trend looks set to become even more pronounced in 2022 and 2023 thanks to government incentives and available grants.

The energy renovation market is boosted by government incentives and grants. The introduction of the PrimeRenov' scheme, which financed work worth 3.1 billion euros in 2022, benefiting almost 700,000 homes, and the 31% increase in the distribution of eco-loans in 2022, have played a key role. What's more, from 2025 onwards, it will be mandatory to remove from the rental market all homes classified as label G (and label F by 2028).

Although almost a third of French people plan to undertake energy renovation work in the coming years, 70% consider the cost of such work to be the major obstacle to improving the energy performance of their homes. What's more, the building renovation and improvement sector is experiencing rising costs, due to the significant increase in raw material and energy prices in 2022, a trend that continues into 2023.

While government subsidies are growing steadily, they are faced with the growing problem of work costs. Against this complex backdrop, it's worth asking how the players in this sector will adapt and evolve.

1.2 A booming global market

The global energy renovation market is estimated at *** billion in ****, with average annual growth of *.*% between **** and ****.

The global energy renovation market World, ****-**** Source: ****

Growth drivers for energy renovation systems include

Growing demand for electricity: Demand for electricity is rising rapidly in many parts of the world, largely due to ...

1.3 A fast-growing French market

In ****, sales generated by players specializing in maintenance and renovation in the building sector reached ** billion euros, marking significant growth of **% on the previous year. An interesting observation is that, according to the FFB, around a quarter of this market is attributed to DIY (***) or to undeclared practices, thus escaping the ...

2.1 Demand driven by government incentives

Demand is stimulated both by government incentives (***) and by the imperative for many homeowners to undertake energy renovation work in response to new regulations.

In ****, MaPrimeRénov' supported the renovation of ***,*** homes in France. All of this work generated the distribution of premiums worth a total of *.* billion euros, underlining the ...

2.2 Housing maintenance-renovation market

Housing maintenance-renovation market France, ****-****, billions of euros Source: ****

The housing maintenance and renovation market, which includes energy renovation, has recorded steady growth from **** to ****. The average annual growth rates for large-scale home improvement work and small-scale work are *.**% and *.**% respectively in terms of value.

It should be noted that this ...

2.3 The French and energy renovation

For **% of French people, the top housing priority is to improve the insulation of existing homes over the next * years.

What do you consider to be the most important housing measures to implement over the next * years? France, ****, % of respondents Source: ****

The main reason that dissuades homeowners from improving the energy ...

2.4 Heat sieve: 150 billion euros by 2034

**% of French homes have a DPE rating of E or below. All homes with a rating below E will have to be withdrawn from the rental market by ****.

Distribution of housing by DPE (***) rating France, ****, in Source: ****

The government estimates that the total cost of eradicating "thermal flaws" will reach nearly ...

2.5 Non-residential renovation maintenance market

The growth of the maintenance andand renovation marketwas**.*% in value terms in ****this represents an even higher growth rate than in ****. However, due to rising inflation in ****,volume growth has slowed significantly. This development is disappointing given the market's growth potential, supported by a number of factors, including :

*. Obligations linked ...

3.1 Value chain

The value chain in building maintenance and renovation

Source: ****

The general building renovation market involves three main categories of players:

The "materials" category encompasses both manufacturers of building products (***) and distributors, such as merchants and DIY superstores. A large part of their revenue comes from the renovation market, thanks to work ...

3.2 Jobs in residential building energy efficiency

According to the Agence de la transition écologique (***) in Paris, the energy efficiency sector recorded significant growth over the period from **** to ****. On average, the number of employees rose by *.*% per year, equivalent to almost *,*** additional employees each year. Moreover, in ****, the number of employees in this sector rose by *%.

Employment ...

3.3 Focus on Ma Prime Renov

In ****, MaPrimeRénov' will be supporting energy renovations in the residential sector in a variety of ways. There are "classic" MaPrimeRénov' subsidizedenergy renovation projects, aimed at owner-occupiers and landlords. In addition, there are comprehensive renovations aimed at generating significant energy gains, which are supported by MaPrimeRénov' "classique", MaPrimeRénov' ...

4.1 The full range of energy-efficiency solutions and their prices

The price of home insulation

The price of a heating system change

Price of carpentry changes

The price of a ventilation change

The price of a new DHW (***) system

Source: ****

4.2 Soaring building maintenance and improvement costs

In ****, professionals had to cope with a considerable increase in costs, largely due to the sharp rise in prices of raw materials, particularly the main building materials. The biggest increase was for bricks and tiles, where prices rose by almost **%. These products, like cement, were affected by their energy-intensive production ...

5.1 Regulations

Laws governing energy renovation in France:

POPE law (***) - April **, ****: Creates the Energy Savings Certificate (***) scheme. sets targets for reducing energy consumption. Grenelle I Law - August *, ****: Sets targets for energy efficiency and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Grenelle II law - July **, ****: Reinforces the provisions of Grenelle I and ...