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16. Energy efficiency
The term energy sobriety officially appeared in Article 1 of the 2015 Energy Transition Act.
It expresses a break in consumption and production patterns, in organizations and lifestyles, in order to take into account the limits of global resources, while preserving comfort and safety.
This term is often misused to refer to common-sense energy-saving actions designed to avoid certain types of waste, such as switching off unnecessary lights and unused equipment, restricting lighting that is not essential, and generally reducing our energy consumption without changing our way of life and everything that makes us comfortable.
Energy sobriety goes further than what is grouped together under the heading of "ecogestures", and what comes under the heading of rational energy use, through changes in our daily life choices:...
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Standards and norms
- Document normatif français et traduit en anglais : Référentiel de bonnes pratiques du diagnostic énergétique dans l'industrie - AFNOR BP X 30 120 - 2006
- Audit énergétique : l'audit énergétique parties 1 à 5, de 2012 à 2015 - NF EN 16247 -
- Energy metering and monitoring plan – Design and implementation – Principle of energy data collection – Energy measurement and monitoring plan – Design and implementation...
Regulations
Law n° 2005-781 of July 13, 2005 on energy policy (Loi POPE)
Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (known as "IED") adopted in 2010 (recast of Directive 2008/1/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control, known as IPPC, from 2008)
Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 25, 2012 on energy efficiency
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Public body responsible for implementing the energy transition – Ademe http://www.ademe.fr
Public Investment Bank – Bpifrance http://www.bpifrance.fr
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