Provident and climate
The Friborg State Caisse is launching an ambitious plan for its buildings
The CPEF wants to significantly reduce the energy consumption of its buildings by 2030. Its renovation program will exceed federal requirements.
The Friborg State Provident Fund (CPEF) set out ambitious climatic objectives for its housing stock by 2030, going beyond the federal requirements, according to a press release from the Finance Department of the Canton of Friborg published this Wednesday. To reach them, it launches a vast energy renovation program which will gradually be deployed in the coming years.
The CPEF housing stock represents 24% of its assets. Faced with almost 30% of greenhouse gas emissions from the real estate sector in Switzerland, the fund initiated reflections from 2019 to reduce the energy consumption of its buildings. An energy monitoring system has been set up with Sign-Terre, making it possible to identify priority sites and establish a targeted renovation strategy.
The CPEF aims to reduce the average heat expenditure index of its park to 300 mj/m² by 2030, while the federal target value is fixed at 350 md/m². Average carbon intensity will also have to decrease to 13 kg Co₂/m², against an intermediate target of 15 kg CO₂/m² at the national level. These objectives concern direct (fuel oil, gas, pellets) and indirect (electricity of the outbuilding, heat pump, remote heating) emissions.
A staggered renovation program
Analyzes of buildings and technical and economical feasibility studies are underway. The cash register plans to validate the first buildings of buildings to be renovated by fall. A first batch of building permit requests will then be submitted, gradually followed by other files according to the progress of studies and planning.
The CPEF underlines the need to reconcile sustainability and financial performance. The proactive environmental approach must not compromise the yield of buildings, which could preterite insured persons. This approach thus aims to combine climate commitment and performance requirement in the interest of the insured and insured of the fund.
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