EPIQR+ News September 2024
1. EPIQR+ news online
The new functionalities and ergonomics of EPIQR+ continue to evolve!
Here's the latest news:
- Energy Check: you can now integrate projected energy checks and IDCs for all your scenarios to compare direct and indirect emissions.
- Scenario report: a new report template makes it easier to read the costs and CO2 balances of your scenario. If your project includes several scenarios, this report allows you to compare them to quickly identify the strengths and weaknesses of your intervention strategies.
- In response to feedback from our first users, we are now proposing to use letters ('a' to 'd') instead of numbers to indicate the state of deterioration and the level of intervention more clearly. This change will bring back some memories for our users of EPIQR+ in its software version.
- The graphics of the cost report have been revised for greater clarity
- Buildings and groups of buildings page: the interface has been redesigned so that you can now sort, move and share your buildings with other users.
Other features and improvements are currently being developed to incorporate some of your suggestions. Don't hesitate to send us your comments and ideas!
If you haven't tried Epiqr Web yet, you can create an account here.
2. Demolish or renovate?
Using EPIQR+ CO2, we assessed the carbon footprint of a low-carbon HPE renovation and a complete THPE renovation.
According to our results, the overall CO2 impact of HPE low-energy renovation is significantly lower than that of THPE heavy renovation, which calls into question the promotion of this strategy. The impact is also slightly lower than that of demolition and reconstruction of the same surface area. On the other hand, if reconstruction is followed by a densification that doubles the living space in an area well served by public transport, the densification option has 14 % less impact than "low carbon" renovation, which also calls into question radical approaches to demolition.
Discover all our results in our blog article.
3. EPIQR+ training courses autumn 2024
The new version of the EPIQR+ has been available online for several months. This tool is designed to facilitate building renovation diagnostics and calculate the associated costs, incorporating energy aspects and indirect CO2 emissions.
An introductory course on the method will be held at Lausanne on 3 October 2024. This course will combine aspects of diagnosis with EPIQR+ as well as an energy analysis. The morning introductory part enables participants to use all the functions of the method independently, while the afternoon course enables them to interpret a CEBS+ and calculate the overall renovation budget for each scenario.
In addition to the introductory course on EPIQR+Two advanced courses are available:
- Course on low-carbon renovation with EPIQR+CO2 This course focuses on using the EPIQR+CO2 tool to integrate carbon footprint considerations into renovation projects. It enables participants to better assess and reduce CO2 emissions when planning renovations.
- Course on the Investimmo method This method is dedicated to evaluating property investments from a sustainable and energy perspective. The course helps you to master the techniques for evaluating costs and benefits as part of a property strategy that incorporates the requirements of a climate plan for a portfolio.