The battalion of the 13th Alpine Chasseurs in Savoy reduced
its energy consumption by 50%.
"What is done here obviously serves as a
laboratory", says Colonel Jacques Massot, chief of the defense
infrastructure service of Lyon. The Roc-Noir-de-Barby (Savoie) district, home
to some 1,100 alpine hunters at the foot of the Bauges massif, has undergone a
profound but almost invisible change in the past two years. The two-story
buildings of the 1970s have kept their facade greyish and unattractive, but
"solar carpets" installed on the roofs now make it possible to
produce hot water. Insulation has been thoroughly overhauled, and electric
heaters, installed in the golden age of nuclear energy, have been replaced by a
wood-fired boiler plant, fueled by the region's forests.
In total, 30 buildings (for a heated area of more than
41,500 m²) have been renovated.
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