National initiatives

France

National partner: CLER Réseau

National partner

CLER Réseau

CLER Réseau is a national association that brings together nearly 300 organisations committed to an energy transition that is both fair and ambitious, promoting energy efficiency, sobriety, renewable energies, the fight against energy insecurity and sustainable mobility. Its objective: to accelerate the energy transition at the local, national and European levels.

The national recovery plan

Renovate2Recover country profile (2021)

In 2021 we looked at how each national recovery plan funded building renovation. The Renovate2Recover study found significant renovation activity planned, and called for two things: funding that delivers deep (or staged deep) renovations, going well beyond the 30% minimum energy saving recommended by the European Commission, and an enabling framework, including private finance, so that renovation markets keep growing after the recovery funding ends in 2026.

The French profile comes from the study commissioned by the Renovate Europe Campaign and carried out by E3G, with input from Mur Manteau and Rénovons.

Renovation case studies

Projects from France shown at the Renovate Europe Day 2019 exhibition: what was renovated, how it was financed and what it saved.

Grand Parc Apartment Building, Bordeaux

Renovate Europe Day 2019 exhibition

La Nef Multi-Purpose Building, Tours

Renovate Europe Day 2019 exhibition

Further reading

Official documents

National building renovation plan
Draft plan (21 April 2026): in French, English translation
Commission feedback on the draft (14 July 2026)
Final plan: due by 31 December 2026.
Assessment of the draft plan
The chapter on France in the assessment of the first 16 draft plans by the Joint Research Centre and DG ENER (July 2026)
Social Climate Plan
Not yet published by the European Commission.
National energy and climate plan
Updated plan for 2021–2030: in French, English translation
Recovery and resilience plan
The Commission’s page on the plan
European Semester
Country-specific recommendations 2026 (proposed by the Commission on 3 June, adopted by the Council on 10 July)

EU projects

Our national partner, CLER Réseau, is involved in these projects.

BEACON
National energy poverty observatories working together to shape EU action on energy poverty.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until August 2029
ASSUMMER
Setting up national coordination structures to tackle summer energy poverty.
EU LIFE programme, ongoing until December 2029