In Pays d'Issoire, a night ride with thermographic camera was offered to the inhabitants.Objective: to identify energy -consuming housing to convince owners to renovate them.#Lesslasolution

That night, around twenty inhabitants of Parentignat, near Issoire, goes around the town.A slightly special twilight stroll with an expert in the renovation of buildings which, in his hands, holds a thermographic camera.The device detects the energy loss of dwellings.The facades of the houses are examined with a magnifying glass.The camera screen gives its verdict."When it's dark, it's cold.When it's clear, it's hot.If the facade appears hot, that means that there is a lot of heat that comes out, "explains Bruno Ladray, shared energy advisor.

Among the inhabitants present is a couple whose house built about fifty years ago was enlarged."The ground floor appears with very hot walls.Upstairs, it's colder because the construction is more recent and more isolated, "notes the advisor.A precious opinion at this period when heating bills are soaring."It's very interesting because we have a diagnosis.This confirms us in our idea of isolating the ground floor of the house, "admits the occupier of this house.

A public service that reassures

This energy balance is offered by Rénov’actions 63, a free public service launched by the department.After the diagnosis, the owners are accompanied to estimate the work, finance them, find aid and building professionals."Today, there is not a day when you are not asked to make a boiler at a euro.The next day, it is the heat pump;The next day, these are the windows etc."Rejoices Vincent Tourlonias, Agglo Pays d'Issoire community advisor.

This institutional structure reassures owners in the face of the many scams that exist in the energy renovation industry.In 2021, 3000 inhabitants of Puy-de-Dôme benefited from this departmental service.