Homécourt. City Council: The City takes stock of its energy savings

To begin the Homécourt municipal council meeting, three companies (Véolia - Spie - GRDF) took stock of their completed or ongoing projects within the municipality.

In assessing Véolia's performance between 2021 and 2025, it demonstrated that replacing boiler rooms and better insulating buildings in Homécourt yielded significant energy savings. Vincent Deveney, director of the Véolia France agency in the Grand Est region, cites the Henry-Barbusse school as an example, the highest-consuming facility in the municipality. Sixty windows were replaced to reduce the heating requirements. Ultimately, the agency director announced that between 2021 and 2025, the municipality reduced its consumption by 36%. As a result, the €110,000 invested to benefit from Véolia's services was profitable in less than three months, as Homécourt had already saved €152,614 in energy costs.

It was the turn of the Spie company, and in particular Romuald Turlut, who participated in supervising the work in the commune, to enlighten the elected officials on the electricity plan for Homécourt. He recalled that the contract was for six years, between November 2022 and November 2027. The total value of the contract was €1,171,120.60 excluding VAT. The latter was signed because it was motivated by daily requests from Homécourt residents who complained about the failure of public lighting. The work carried out included the installation of 1,015 light points in the commune, seven new streetlights, and 687 replacement brackets. The number of reports of missing or faulty lighting has dropped from 342 in one year (01/05/2021 - 31/04/2022) to 43 (01/05/2024 - 31/04/2025). Better quality and less energy-intensive lighting. By comparing consumption before and after the work, including all subsidies, and applying it over a period of 20 years, Romuald Turlut demonstrates that the municipality is saving more than €1,800,000.

Finally, the company Gaz Réseau Distribution France (GRDF) also had the opportunity to present its completed projects in the municipality and upcoming projects, with the contract being signed in 2024 for a period of five years. The objective is to save money but also to make a transition towards decarbonization, since according to the law relating to the Energy Transition for Green Growth (LTECV), 10% of the gas consumed in France by 2030 must be of renewable origin. GRDF is aiming for 20% green gas by 2030. First, the gas distribution networks and connections in the municipality had to be renewed. The work has been completed on rue Mirabeau, place de l'Hôtel des Ouvriers, rue Henri-Barbusse, etc. The company was also responsible for carrying out a work program over several years. GRDF then carried out a consumption monitoring of municipal buildings. This same monitoring will then lead to a report.