Energy efficiency, Arts et Métiers more energy-efficient campuses

Work that will enable energy savings for the school at the national level

The call for projects, launched by the French government as part of the France Relance program, enabled Arts et Métiers the energy renovation of its buildings, thanks to €5.37 million in funding. The Angers and Cluny campuses were thus able to undertake major construction projects, while the other campuses carried out insulation work and installed equipment to reduce or better control their energy consumption. 

Arts et Métiers also submitted applications under the Resilience Plan, which aims to finance initiatives that reduce fossil fuel consumption and improve environmental performance in the short term. The €400,000 in funding will enable additional work to be carried out on the Châlons-en-Champagne and Lille campuses.

A 30% reduction in energy consumption in the workshops on the Cluny campus

Begun in March 2022, the energy renovation project for the Cluny workshops is expected to be completed in early 2023, resulting in a 30% reduction in energy consumption for this building.

The €2.9 million project includes, in addition to replacing the boilers, major work on the workshops, an industrial building dating from the 1900s: asbestos removal and replacement of single-pane glass windows with polycarbonate, improvement of under-roof insulation, replacement of tiles, and installation of photovoltaic panels. The energy produced by the panels will be consumed directly on site, except during the summer vacation period when it will be resold.

The work carried out in 2010-2011, thermal insulation and monitoring of electricity consumption, has already led to a 20% reduction in energy consumption (electricity and gas). This renovation of the workshops will contribute to achieving the objectives of the ÉLAN law: a 40% reduction in 2030 and a 60% reduction in 2050 compared to 2010, emphasizesMichel Jauzein, director of the Cluny campus.

Project management is handled internally and most of the work is carried out by local companies: structural work installation by Dufraigne (Autun), roofing by SARL Loron (Saint Didier-sur-Chalronne), exterior carpentry by Kingspan (Saint-Priest), plumbing and heating by Badet (Montceau-lès-Mines), electricity and photovoltaic panels by Alhena (Saint-Maurice-lès-Chateauneuf), etc.

A step forward for the Angers campus, which will improve its energy performance

In Angers, France Relance funding of €1.883 million has enabled work to be carried out on the entire envelope, lighting and ventilation equipment of the central building, constructed in 1995, which houses teaching and research facilities. In 2023, a fully energy-renovated building (joinery, glass roof, roof insulation and waterproofing, replacement of lighting, ventilation and computerized heating management) will be delivered.

Other work includes insulating and waterproofing the roof of the reception building and replacing outdoor lighting fixtures with LED lighting. This change will have a significant impact: reducing energy consumption from 9,485 kWh/year to 2,845 kWh/year, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 557 kg/year, and limiting light pollution.

On all campuses, saving energy and better controlling consumption

• Aix-en-Provence: replacement of single-glazed exterior joinery, installation of electricity sub-meters.
• Bordeaux: installation of sub-meters for energy (heating network), water and domestic hot water, thermostatic valves, replacement of lighting with LED fixtures.
• Châlons-en-Champagne: modernization of building management systems, balancing and descaling of the heating system, installation of thermostatic heads, replacement of lighting with LED fixtures (workshops and gymnasium), creation of a delivery door.
• Lille: replacement of lighting with LED fixtures (workshops) and connection of the campus to the district heating network
• Paris: replacement of exterior wood joinery.