France

Overall assessment of SRI test phase

Coordination of SRI test phase

France participated in the European Working Group B that supported the development of the SRI calculation methodology in 2018. Then, it volunteered to the non-committal test phase after the first call for expression of interest sent by the European Commission to all Member States in October 2021. The French test phase is led by the Ministry for Ecological Transition with the support of CEREMA.

The following LIFE projects are carrying out activities in the country: SRI2MARKET, SmarterEPC.

Timeline of SRI test phase

The non-committal test phase started in Q3 2022 and finished in Q3 2023.

Activities carried out during the SRI test phase

The approach was to stay close to the common methodology with small adaptions, mainly in terms of mandatory domain definitions, implementation for connectivity and interoperability and weightings adoption to the building configuration. There is a strong intention of coordinating EPCs and the SRI.
The assessments during the test phase were performed by eligible EPC assessors that were recruited and trained for this goal by CEREMA. The target was to assess at least 30 buildings as a first step in order to determine if and how the experimentation could be continued.