Periodic Reporting for period 2 - BAPAURA (Building energy retrofitting Assistance by Public authorities in AUvergne-Rhône-Alpes)
Période du rapport: 2022-03-01 au 2023-08-31
Energy refurbishment of buildings in small and mid-size municipalities have long been a challenge due to the lack of technical skills and resources to perform renovation works integrating energy performance. BAPAURA’s goal is to help overcome these obstacles by setting up a support service that helps these municipalities carry their energy efficiency renovation projects from conception to launch of renovation works.
BAPAURA gathers 11 project partners throughout the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and kicked off with the clear objective of meeting its engagements of 115 renovated buildings. This objective would generate 7.8 GWh/year of energy savings and 23.7 million € of investments within the 36 months after September 2020.
The renovation projects as well as the support service developped in the framework of BAPAURA are leading to the creation of a toolkit, continuously tested and updated throughout the project lifetime, that is available for anyone.
In other words, the toolkit that BAPAURA promotes is tested and enhanced continuously throughout the project’s lifetime so any of the 3 500 small municipalities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes may benefit from this model to successfully refurbish their public buildings without the current barriers.
BAPAURA’s lead partner, ADEME, has highly contributed to the toolkit dissemination throughout the country by using its network and legitimacy.
The improvement of the renovation projects of public buildings in small-size municipalities has multiple positive impacts on society :
- Job creation in the building sector
- Budget optimization for municipalities (usually limited), by helping them becoming more independent from fossil fuels fluctuations (gas, fuel) : creation of renewable energy boilers and/or decrease of heating needs
- Improvement of public buildings comfort (especially in school buildings, over-represented in BAPAURA)
- Improvement of the quality of the municipal property
- Access to support services facilitated in rural areas
- Influence of the projects on the other municipalities
- Reduction of GHG emissions, less need for cooling systems
BAPAURA gathers 11 project partners throughout the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region and kicked off with the clear objective of meeting its engagements of 115 renovated buildings. This objective would generate 7.8 GWh/year of energy savings and 23.7 million € of investments within the 36 months after September 2020.
The renovation projects as well as the support service developped in the framework of BAPAURA are leading to the creation of a toolkit, continuously tested and updated throughout the project lifetime, that is available for anyone.
In other words, the toolkit that BAPAURA promotes is tested and enhanced continuously throughout the project’s lifetime so any of the 3 500 small municipalities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes may benefit from this model to successfully refurbish their public buildings without the current barriers.
BAPAURA’s lead partner, ADEME, has highly contributed to the toolkit dissemination throughout the country by using its network and legitimacy.
The improvement of the renovation projects of public buildings in small-size municipalities has multiple positive impacts on society :
- Job creation in the building sector
- Budget optimization for municipalities (usually limited), by helping them becoming more independent from fossil fuels fluctuations (gas, fuel) : creation of renewable energy boilers and/or decrease of heating needs
- Improvement of public buildings comfort (especially in school buildings, over-represented in BAPAURA)
- Improvement of the quality of the municipal property
- Access to support services facilitated in rural areas
- Influence of the projects on the other municipalities
- Reduction of GHG emissions, less need for cooling systems
BAPAURA started off with the objective of renovating 115 buildings and by those means, generating 7,8 GWh/year of energy savings and 23.7 million € of investments. At the end of the project, 73 projects have been signed, for 34.2 million € of investment.
First, an inventory of tools needed for a “public building renovation support service” was performed. The high demand for these tools and strong regional cohesion accelerated their development and endorsement for years to come. This toolbox is a result of the cooperation between all the partners, who have made their knowledge and experience available.
Later, partners started working on developing a comprehensive model that would allow local energy agencies, energy syndicates and similar institutions, to provide the required support to help small and mid-size municipalities to renovate their buildings. All the while, partners were working on advancing the renovation works in the engaged buildings.
The next phase of the project consisted in training the technical staff on the tools and methods to run the support service. Taking advantage of the well-established video conferences, trainings were deployed for project partners and made available online.
At the end of the first half of the project, the dissemination phase already started, due to the need for such tools and trainings. BAPAURA established pairings with 11 other territories that are eager to learn, adopt and implement the trainings and the toolbox developed during the project.
During the second half of the project, all the partners kept working with the municipalities to help them in their projects. In the meantime, the work on the toolbow continued. The new tools were not so much technical as in the first period, but more focus on the support service model and how to simplement it. The partners worked specifically on the legal aspects of the service (with ADEME and the help of other national entities), and on the business model of it : how to finance it, ...
This led to the creation of the main document of the project (which is also the sustainability document) : a guide on how to implement local support services to small municipalities, covering both technical, legal and economical aspects, with many feedback from all BAPAURA partners. The guide was widely disseminated thanks to other national entities.
Some training sessions have also be created : one about the impact of a project on the municipalitiy's budget, and one on the general feedback of BAPAURA (how to implement support services).
To disseminate widely our results and feedback, we used several channels :
- two newsletters per year, sent to 4000 people
- use of social medias ('linkedIn) with almost 50 000 views
- 18 webinars
- 1 final conference of the project, and 1 conference with companies and financiers
- 18 local events hosted by the partners (2 per each partner)
Some specific events allowed us to have a wider impact than expected : for instance Marie Jeanmougin (coordinator of BAPAURA) being one of the finalist of the young leader award for EUSEW, several articles were made on French newspapers on BAPAURA. The collaboration, during the second half of the project, with major national stakeholders (ACTEE program, National public Bank) also increased our dissemination potential ; for instance, our main guide is available on the website of BAPAURA project, but also on the main site of ADEME and on ACTEE toolbox.
First, an inventory of tools needed for a “public building renovation support service” was performed. The high demand for these tools and strong regional cohesion accelerated their development and endorsement for years to come. This toolbox is a result of the cooperation between all the partners, who have made their knowledge and experience available.
Later, partners started working on developing a comprehensive model that would allow local energy agencies, energy syndicates and similar institutions, to provide the required support to help small and mid-size municipalities to renovate their buildings. All the while, partners were working on advancing the renovation works in the engaged buildings.
The next phase of the project consisted in training the technical staff on the tools and methods to run the support service. Taking advantage of the well-established video conferences, trainings were deployed for project partners and made available online.
At the end of the first half of the project, the dissemination phase already started, due to the need for such tools and trainings. BAPAURA established pairings with 11 other territories that are eager to learn, adopt and implement the trainings and the toolbox developed during the project.
During the second half of the project, all the partners kept working with the municipalities to help them in their projects. In the meantime, the work on the toolbow continued. The new tools were not so much technical as in the first period, but more focus on the support service model and how to simplement it. The partners worked specifically on the legal aspects of the service (with ADEME and the help of other national entities), and on the business model of it : how to finance it, ...
This led to the creation of the main document of the project (which is also the sustainability document) : a guide on how to implement local support services to small municipalities, covering both technical, legal and economical aspects, with many feedback from all BAPAURA partners. The guide was widely disseminated thanks to other national entities.
Some training sessions have also be created : one about the impact of a project on the municipalitiy's budget, and one on the general feedback of BAPAURA (how to implement support services).
To disseminate widely our results and feedback, we used several channels :
- two newsletters per year, sent to 4000 people
- use of social medias ('linkedIn) with almost 50 000 views
- 18 webinars
- 1 final conference of the project, and 1 conference with companies and financiers
- 18 local events hosted by the partners (2 per each partner)
Some specific events allowed us to have a wider impact than expected : for instance Marie Jeanmougin (coordinator of BAPAURA) being one of the finalist of the young leader award for EUSEW, several articles were made on French newspapers on BAPAURA. The collaboration, during the second half of the project, with major national stakeholders (ACTEE program, National public Bank) also increased our dissemination potential ; for instance, our main guide is available on the website of BAPAURA project, but also on the main site of ADEME and on ACTEE toolbox.
We planned to create a toolbox for "renovation support agents" ; it was not foreseen that we could also create training sessions associated with the toolbox.
These trainings establish the profession of “renovation support agent” across France by making them available through multiple platforms. We already have some demands for the training sessions.
BAPAURA seeks to make a bigger impact by establishing the profession of “renovation support agent” nationwide. ADEME and AURA-EE national networks make it possible to communicate widely about the progress and results of BAPAURA.
The BAPAURA results and success made us formalize a "Regional Renovation Service Support", a regional management to the support services.
This RRSP is made of three main aspects, all necessary to its success :
- a toolbox
- some training sessions
- BtoB assistance (the regional manager should be available to help the support services if needed)
Having this idea in mind, we applied to LIFE projects in the end of 2022, and the BAOBAP project got accepted. This new project (2023-2026) aims at :
- replicating BAPAURA lessons and the RRSP set in AURA region in other French regions
- devloping even further BAPAURA toolbox
This new project and the wide interest many partners manifest towards it highlight the success of BAPAURA.
These trainings establish the profession of “renovation support agent” across France by making them available through multiple platforms. We already have some demands for the training sessions.
BAPAURA seeks to make a bigger impact by establishing the profession of “renovation support agent” nationwide. ADEME and AURA-EE national networks make it possible to communicate widely about the progress and results of BAPAURA.
The BAPAURA results and success made us formalize a "Regional Renovation Service Support", a regional management to the support services.
This RRSP is made of three main aspects, all necessary to its success :
- a toolbox
- some training sessions
- BtoB assistance (the regional manager should be available to help the support services if needed)
Having this idea in mind, we applied to LIFE projects in the end of 2022, and the BAOBAP project got accepted. This new project (2023-2026) aims at :
- replicating BAPAURA lessons and the RRSP set in AURA region in other French regions
- devloping even further BAPAURA toolbox
This new project and the wide interest many partners manifest towards it highlight the success of BAPAURA.