Good news for housing owners heated to electricity, their note on the diagnosis of energy performance (DPE) could become much better within four months. And without the need to carry out work to energy renovation ! Published this Tuesday, August 26, a ministerial decree plans to lower, from January 1, 2026, “The electricity conversion coefficient” in the calculation of the DPE, from 2.3 to 1.9, “Always aligning with the default European value”. You don’t understand anything? We explain to you!
Currently, housing electricity are disadvantaged by the mode of calculation of the DPE, compared to property heated to natural gas. This, due to this famous conversion coefficient, fixed at 2.3 for electricity against 1 for natural gas. Or the “Green valueReal estate, determined by the DPE, is becoming more and more important in their global valuation, due to new environmental regulations. Starting with theprohibitionentered into force on January 1, 2025, to rent classified G on the DPE, a note that corresponds to the worst thermal colanders. This prohibition will strike the goods noted F in 2028, then those classified in 2034.
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In order to “Correct an inequality of processing so far penalizing the accommodation heated to electricity, including when they have been the subject of renovation work”the Prime Minister, François Bayrou, announced, on July 9, this Modification of the calculation of the DPE. A change that “Will lead to getting out of the status of energy coland (labels f and g) approximately 850,000 homes mainly heated to electricity ”said Matignon. More broadly, according to a study by the Casam design office, based on a sample of 9,105 DPEs, 7 million main residences will gain up to 1 class on the energy performance diagnosis. “”If all the DPEs will progress mechanically, since any housing incorporates a share of electricity in its consumption (lighting, ventilation, etc.), 91% are the heated to electricity housing that will benefit ”underlines Casam.
With this lowering of the electricity conversion coefficient, from 2.3 to 1.9, “All the electrical energy taken into account in the calculation of your DPE will drop by 21%. This can Change your ranking on the DPE of a letter, or even two For small surfaces “deciphers the network of real estate diagnosticians Diagamter. If this reform actually modifies your DPE note, it will not be necessary to have a new diagnosis made to benefit from this update. You can “Download a free label change certificate” On the ADEME website (ecological transition agency), adds the decree published this Tuesday.
