At a time when the government is urging the French and businesses to reduce their energy consumption, there are countless companies involved in business travel that are putting in place a sobriety planThe SNCF, the RATP, the Best Western hotel chain, events agencies and conference venues are all recent examples.
As the largest industrial consumer of electricity in France, with 15,000 trains running every day, the SNCF is at the forefront of this policy, with the ambition of reduce its energy consumption by 10% by 2024including 7% from 2023. In this way, the railway company will be stepping up initiatives such as eco-driving, which aims to control trains more precisely in order to avoid higher energy consumption during acceleration and deceleration phases. SNCF estimates savings of 750 GWh by 2025, or " the annual electricity consumption of 340,000 French people" the equivalent of a city like Nice.
Other measures include equipping trains with energy meters, reducing light intensity, heating and air conditioning, etc. Accounting for 16% of its energy consumption, the company's many buildings have not been forgotten, with offices heated to 19 degrees in winter. In the stations, the temperature will be limited to 11 degrees in the halls and 16 degrees for station waiting rooms. There are also plans to turn off shop windows at night and to regulate lighting, switching to LEDs where this has not already been done... Not forgetting a return to teleworking for certain employees. After these easily achievable actions, the reduction of 3% announced in the second phase in 2024 will require greater investment to undertake renovation work to improve the thermal insulation of buildings.
Less heat in SNCF stations, less advertising at RATP
For its part, RATP has signed the EcoWatt charter drawn up by Ademe and RTE, undertaking to limit its electricity consumption during peak periods in order to reduce its energy consumption.avoid system outages. He goes on to detail the measures envisaged, such as delaying the recharging of buses and electric vehicles, stopping the lighting of advertising hoardings in stations, and encouraging passengers to do the same via alerts on the RATP, Mappy and Bonjour! applications.
Other recommendations appear more anecdotal, such as those of use the stairs rather than lifts Marie-Claude Dupuis, Director of Strategy, Sustainable Development and Property at RATP, reminds us that the public transport authority is committed to "improving the quality of life of its users". has for many years pursued a policy of energy sobriety, and was the first transport company to obtain ISO 50001 certification for its energy management." .
