#ECOR2610165AFrance updates standard rebate rules for air-to-water, water-to-water and geothermal heat pumps in collective housing and commercial buildings
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This order updates the standard energy-saving certificate rules for air-to-water, water-to-water, and geothermal heat pumps used in collective housing and commercial buildings. It also extends the rules to cover cooling as well as heating, and replaces the existing standard forms and annexes with updated versions. For businesses, the main impact is on project documentation and compliance claims tied to these installations. Companies handling qualifying projects will need to use the new reference forms and follow the updated staged requirements, including a transition that rises from 50% to 100% over 2026 to 2028 for the listed operations.
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Key Changes
- Adds cooling to the existing heat-pump rule for the relevant standard operation fiche.
- Replaces the old standard operation sheets and annexes with updated versions.
- Introduces a phased requirement for listed operations, moving from 50% in 2026 to 100% from 1 January 2028.
Obligations
What this law requires
Entities using the standard energy-saving certificate fiches for air-to-water, water-to-water, and geothermal heat pump operations in collective housing and tertiary buildings must replace the older fiche versions with the new fiches and annexes published in Annexes A and B of this order for the corresponding references.
Operators claiming energy-saving certificates for the listed standard operations must use the new standard forms and annexes replacing those previously listed in Annex 2 and Annex 3 of the amended 2014 order.
For the listed operations BAR-TH-178, BAR-TH-179, BAR-TH-180, BAT-TH-162, BAT-TH-163 and BAT-TH-164, the required proportion must be met on-site: 50% for operations carried out between 2026-05-01 and 2026-12-31, 75% for operations carried out between 2027-01-01 and 2027-12-31, and 100% from 2028-01-01 onward.
For the standard operations listed in Article 2, certificate applications using fiche references BAR-TH-178, BAR-TH-179, BAR-TH-180, BAT-TH-162, BAT-TH-163, and BAT-TH-164 must apply the reduced eligibility share of 50% for operations performed on site between 1 May 2026 and 31 December 2026, 75% between 1 January 2027 and 31 December 2027, and 100% from 1 January 2028 onward.
The scope of the heat pump standard-operation rules is extended to cover not only heating ('de chaleur') but also cooling ('de froid') where applicable under Article 2 ter of the 22 December 2014 order.