The guide to 'citizen' solar thermal on buildings: Together let's reinvent hot water

The Citizen's Solar Thermal Guide on Buildings analyzes the specificities of this type of project: Its implementation conditions being met on the majority of the French territory, solar thermal can come in reinforcement of urban heating networks and supply the industrial sector. In the medium/long term, citizen solar thermal projects are profitable, given their capacity to produce over more than 20 years, and the plurality of investment aids. The guide provides advice for the technical choices according to the specificities of the buildings, and for the contractualization between the investing citizen company and the beneficiaries of the produced heat. The feedback supports the publication with lessons from the field of two projects (Preau des Colibris, Buxia energies; Ardelaine, Aurance energies), as well as good practices to remember for the development of future projects.