#VLOL2607514AFrance Amends Energy Renovation Grant Rules
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This order changes how France’s energy transition grant applies to home renovation projects. It cancels a September 2025 amendment, adjusts rules for multi-stage renovation work, and updates how eligible spending caps are calculated when households apply for a second phase of works. It also delays one requirement from 1 January 2026 to 1 January 2027 and allows certain energy performance certificates or audits to be supplemented by attestations linked to updated electricity conversion factors. Households, renovation advisers, energy auditors, and contractors will need to check the new grant amounts and documentation rules before filing applications.
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Key Changes
- Repeals the September 2025 order that had amended the 2020 energy transition grant rules.
- Revises the spending-cap calculation for households applying for a second phase of renovation work.
- Updates grant tables for certain heating and hot-water systems and delays one eligibility date to 1 January 2027.
Obligations
What this law requires
For a new grant application covering a second stage of renovation works, calculate the eligible spending cap as the difference between the eligible spending cap for the combined two stages of works and the eligible expenditure amount associated with the first stage of works.
When an energy audit is supplemented by the attestation defined in Article 4 of the 13 August 2025 order on the electricity primary-energy conversion factor, use the pre-works and post-works housing classes stated on the attestation instead of the classes stated in the audit for the same works scenario.
For applications affected by the delayed requirement, apply the relevant requirement from 1 January 2027 instead of 1 January 2026.
When a diagnostic de performance énergétique or energy audit is supplemented by the attestation defined in Articles 3 or 4 of the 13 August 2025 order, use the pre-works housing class stated on the attestation instead of the class stated in the DPE or audit for the same works scenario.
For grant applications submitted from 1 January 2026, apply the replacement Annex 2 Table 1 amounts and eligible spending caps for heating and domestic hot water equipment, according to the applicant household resource category.