3. Energy performance commitment

Project owners are increasingly asking for energy performance commitments to guarantee a specified level of consumption.

There are different types of energy commitments: GPEI, CPE and ERM.

• The GPEI (intrinsic energy performance guarantee) applies to both new-build and renovation projects, and concerns the project's theoretical consumption rather than actual consumption.

• CPEs (contrats de performance énergétique - energy performance contracts) apply to renovation work with a commitment to actual consumption.

• The ERG (energy performance guarantee) applies to both new-build and renovation projects, and concerns actual consumption.

More generically, these contracts are known as GPE (garanties de performance énergétique).