News of the association Serafin
Integrated Home Renovation Services: French one-stop shops unveiled all their secrets to their European peers.
More than 40 one-stop shop developers and their partners from France, Belgium, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Italy and other EU countries met last week in Brussels. They took a deep dive into the strategies and business models of six French one-stop shops for home...
PORTRAITS OF PLAYERS: Gabriel Quentin, OKTAVE
As part of a series of portraits of energy renovation players, today we meet a committed, creative player who is constantly on the move: Gabriel Quentin, technical manager of Oktave, the third-party financing company in the Grand-Est region. What IS YOUR BACKGROUND?...
PORTRAITS OF PLAYERS: Pierre Levi, Bordeaux Métropole Energie
As part of a series of portraits of players involved in energy renovation, today we meet Pierre Levi, Director of Energy Transition at Bordeaux Métropole Énergies. Please introduce yourself and outline your career. How did you become the Director of energy transition...
THE SERAFIN ASSOCIATION, READY TO ACCELERATE DEEP ENERGY RENOVATION !
Press release : 3 avril 2023 The Serafin association, created in 2022, is continuing its development and reinforcing its action. While the issue of deep energy renovation is stirring up the public debate, the French third-party financing companies and their partners...
Energy renovation in France: Third-party financing companies and their partners join forces in the SERAFIN network
In order to join forces and share their experiences widely to contribute even more to the massification of energy renovation on a national scale, the Third-Party Financing Companies, energy renovation assemblers, formed a national association in early 2022. Initiated...
Could ‘do-it-yourself’ energy renovation increase low renovation rates?
An international study reveals that ‘do-it-yourself’ energy renovation could help increasing renovation rates if it is structured and supported by institutional frameworks. These are yet to be built. In Europe, buildings represent 40% of energy consumption and 36% of...
Innovative financing offers: embarking homeowners on an ambitious home energy renovation journey.
For homeowners, lack of affordable, long-term and up-front financing remains one of the major barriers for them to carry ambitious home energy renovations. Innovative public financing schemes deployed in France, the Netherlands and Belgium address the problem and...
How to make Integrated Home Renovation Services financially viable?
The Integrated Home Renovation Service (IHRS) providers often face the question: ‘Is this model financially viable on a long-run?’. The answer is: no, unless the public authorities subsidize awareness raising and technical assistance activities leading to deep energy...