“No sporting or cultural activity will be impacted and the swimming pools will not close,” promised the mayor of the city.
Nice and its metropolis are aiming for a 10% reduction in their energy consumption from the fall, and this “without loss of activity“, thanks in particular to the closure of offices and a reduction in public lighting, ex-LR mayor Christian Estrosi announced on Wednesday. But “no sporting or cultural activity will be impacted and the swimming pools will not close“, promised the mayor at a press conference, stigmatizing announcements”gadget in Paris or Lille“, as “the extinction of the lighting of the Eiffel Tower“.
To deal with the energy crisis, a plan tosobriety and energy security» provides for the closure of 6,000 m2 of offices and administrative premises per year from 2022, for a total of 18,000 m2 in 2024; the transition to 90% electric vehicles in 2026 (compared to 60% today); and the transition to 30% of agents teleworking in 2023, against 20% at the end of 2022. The extinction of the lighting of certain buildings and roads “securefrom 11:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. starting in October is also scheduled, along with measures to “strengthen the ecological transition“, as part of the plan “Climate-Energy 2026“.
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Asked about a possible drop in temperature in the offices, Christian Estrosi replied that “thermal clockswill be installed. “Lower temperatures in public buildings don’t save more than insulation programs“, he estimated. In a context of sharply rising energy prices, Nice and its metropolis had “anticipated“thanks to a group purchasing mechanism that has enabled”a reduction of 15% compared to the market price“, according to the chosen one. In the ski resorts of the metropolis, such as Auron or Isola 2000, cost-saving measures will be taken, including a reduction in the speed of the ski lifts in periods of low attendance and the production of artificial snow “at off-peak hours“.
The elected Greens of Nice, through the voice of Juliette Chesnel-Le-Roux, felt that “major projectsby Christian Estrosi are “the opposite of sobriety“, in a reaction to AFP. “It is not by destroying what works to rebuild it further that the city of Nice will really reduce its environmental impact.“, she judged, alluding to the destruction of the Théâtre de Nice and that programmed of the Acropolis convention center, described by Christian Estrosi as “energy strainers“.