|  N° 90 - April 2018 -The building sector in the energy transition
 Issue  editors: Mireille Campana and Richard Lavergne,  engineers from the Corps  des Mines, Conseil Général de l’Économie 
   To read summaries, click on the article titles    Introduction: L’Europe, zéro émission nette en 2050 ?Mireille CAMPANA and Richard LAVERGNE,
  engineers from the Corps  des Mines, Conseil Général de l’Économie 
 1 ‒ Energy in buildings, an inventory   Energy and buildings: Statistics for France since  1950 Françoise  Dupont, general  director of the Centre d’Études et de Recherches Économiques sur l’Énergie  (CEREN)
    Energy and buildings: Statistics for Germany Sven Rösner, director of  Franco-German Office on the Energy Transition (OFATE),
 and
 Marie Boyette,
 OFATE
    Energy and buildings: A look at the rest of the  world John Dulac, energy analyst of  the buildings sector at the International Energy Agency (IEA),
 and
 Thibaut Abergel,
 buildings sector  analyst, IEA
   Architects, the planet’s ambassadors Didier Lenoir, honorary chairman  of CLER-Réseau pour la Transition Énergétique,
 and
 Dominique  Gauzin-Müller,
 architect,  researcher and author
   Saving energy: Buildings and their occupants Marie-Christine  Zélem, CERTOP  UMR 5044 CNRS, Université de Toulouse Jean Jaurès
   Energy vulnerability, a new dimension to take into  account Robert Durdilly, president of  SoliNergy,
 and
 Bertrand  Lapostolet,
 director of  SoliNergy’s endowment fund
   Making buildings carbon-free without forgetting the  indirect emissions of greenhouse gases Alain Grandjean, economist,  cofounder of Carbone 4;
 Roman Ledoux
 and
 Julie Daunay,
 managers, Carbone  4
 
 2 ‒ Stakeholders and users   Energy efficiency in buildings: The European  Commission’s vision and ambitions Mechthild  Wörsdörfer, director in charge  of renewable energy, research, innovation and energy efficiency, the European  Commission’s Directorate-General for Energy
   The tools at the service of public authorities for  boosting the energy efficiency of buildings Gilles  Aymoz, head  of the Buildings Service of the Agence de l’Environnement et de la Maîtrise de  l’Énergie (ADEME)
   An assessment of the 2012 thermal regulations Mireille  Campana, engineer  from the Corps des Mines, Conseil Général de l’Économie;
 Michel  Jean-François,
 engineer  from the Corps des Ponts, des Eaux et des Forêts, standing member of the  Conseil Général de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable;
 Anne  Florette,
 engineer  from the Corps des Ponts, des Eaux et des Forêts, Conseil Général de  l’Environnement et du Développement Durable,
 and
 Didier  Pillet,
 engineer  from the Corps des Mines, Conseil Général de l’Économie
   Environmental regulations for new buildings Romain Gaëta,  Laurent Guldner, Florian Piton, Laetitia Priem and Aloïs Thiébaut, engineers of  public works, Ministry of the Energy Transition and Solidarity and Ministry of  Territorial Cohesion
   Energy transition of Europe’s building stock  -  Implications  for EU 2030 Sustainable Development Goals Dr  Yamina Saheb, Senior Climate and Energy  Policy Analyst at Openexp,
 Dr Heinz  Ossenbrink,
 Former Head of the  Renewables and Energy Efficiency Unit of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the  European Commission (EC),
 Dr Sandor  Szabo,
 Renewables and Energy  Efficiency Unit of the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission  (EC),
 Dr Katalin Bódis,
 Joint  Research Centre of the European Commission,
 and
 Strahil  Panev,
 International  expert in energy efficiency policies
   Placing thermal regulations at the service of the  energy transition André Pouget, thermal engineer,  Pouget Consultants
   The barriers in France to investment in the energy  efficiency of buildings Isabelle  Camilier-Cortial, engineer from the  Corps des Mines, Directorate-General of the Treasury;
 Alexis Loublier and Arthur Souletie,
 Directorate-General  of the Treásury;
 and
 Étienne Perrot,
 student at École  Polytechnique
   How can public interventions increase the number  and quality of renovations of housing units in France so as to reduce energy  consumption and greenhouse gas emissions? Hadrien Hainaut, Ian Cochran and Benoît Leguet, I4CE, Institute  for Climate Economics, Paris
   Energy efficiency: A user’s guide Myriam Maestroni, president and  founder of Économie d’Énergie and of the E5T Foundation
   Major orientations have been set, now to follow  them… Jean  Bergougnoux and Jean-Pierre Hauet, the  association Équilibre des Énergies
 
 3 ‒ Technological prospects   The construction industry between ideals and  reality: The key factors for the success of the energy transition Étienne Crépon, chairman of the  Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment (CSTB);
 and
 Hervé Charrue,
 assistant general  manager and director of R&D, CSTB
   How EU programs for funding R&D take account of  innovations in the buildings sector Antoine Dugué and Germain Adell, NOBATEK/INEF4
 
 Miscellany   The energy balance sheet, 2016 Ministère de la Transition écologique et solidaireCommissariat général au développement durable
 Sous-direction des statistiques de l’énergie (SDES)
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