The Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Bchu announced that 140,000 homes would move out of the energy sieve category thanks to a change in the method of calculating the energy performance diagnosis (DPE). But then, how do you know if your home is affected?
Attention, new rule. While many properties, classified G in the energy performance diagnosis (DPE), considered as energy sieves were to be prohibited from renting on January 1, 2025, 140,000 homes should ultimately escape this punishment.
A sleight of hand made possible by the revision of the method of calculating the DPE, accused of disfavoring small properties, with a surface area of less than 40m2. We realized that the smaller the surface area of a home, the more the share of domestic hot water (size of the tank among other things) weighs on its classification, without any real link with the number of occupants, explained this weekend the Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Bchu at Parisian.
140,000 homes are no longer thermal sieves
A bias which placed 27% of these properties in the thermal sieve category (housing classified F or G), compared to less than 16% for the entire housing stock. The minister has therefore chosen to review his copy: We are correcting this calculation bias and removing 140,000 housing units of less than 40m2 from the energy sieve category. This represents more than 15% of these surfaces (911,430 recorded)the minister further informed.
How do you know if you are one of the lucky winners? You must therefore already own a home of less than 40m2. If you have already completed a DPE a few months ago and it indicates the letter F or G, this week you will be able to go to the Ademe website (the Environment and Energy Management Agency, in charge of the ecological transition Editor’s note)on which a simulator will be set up. The latter will allow those who have already completed a DPE for this type of accommodation to check their energy class and obtain a certificate worth a new label in the event of a changeover, concludes Christophe Bchu.