Our Sustainability Promise

REP is committed to reducing its CO₂ emissions, whatever their origins are.

REP is bound by the "Décret tertiaire" (French tertiary sector decree) which coerces administrative buildings to reduce their energy consumption by 30% by 2030 in comparison with a chosen reference year (for REP: 2015).

The renovation projects presented below are aimed at reducing the site's energy consumption.

Projects carried out

Replacement of glazing in a wing of the administrative building

Replacement of single-glazed aluminum frames with double-glazed aluminum frames with thermal break.

Relamping of the manufacturing workshop

Replacement of 921 fluorescent tubes of 120 W each (110 kWh) by 601 LED strip lights of 55 W each (35 kWh).

The expert's opinion

The estimated electricity consumption reduction target for this work is 80 MWh/year (estimate based on 10 hours of lighting per day over 50 weeks of 5 days).

Stéphane Clair, Maintenance and Saftey Manager

Projects under study

Exterior insulation of the administrative buildings

The project is about the reinforced insulation of the administrative buildings frontages, with a thermal coefficient of R=3.70 m²K/W.

The expert's opinion

 

The estimated electricity consumption reduction target for this work is 56 MWh/year. This represents 25% of the estimated electric heating consumption per year (16% of the total consumption of 2022 – source visite énergie CCI).

Stéphane Clair, Maintenance and Saftey Manager

 

Reduction of Water Consumption

Installation of a closed-loop circulation system for machines cooling (read article on Ecodesign)

Use of Low-Carbon Energy

REP is examining the possibility of installing photovoltaic panels (estimates are underway).

Solar energy is a clean, renewable source of energy that helps the company reduce its environmental impact while helping to combat climate change.
This will enable REP to save on its energy bill by producing part of the energy needed for its business. Since 2023 this action is already mandatory for the new buildings (climate and resilience law)

• Study for the installation of photovoltaic panels: there are two possible options: either solar canopies on the staff parking lot, or ground-mounted panels with a surface area of around 2,370 m², representing an estimated production equal to 26% of our annual electricity consumption.
  
  

• Study for conservation grazing: the idea is to use sheep to limit the use of combustion engines to maintain green spaces.

   

The Impact of Digital Transformation

Limiting the Use of Paper

Since the migration to the Sylob ERP, the printing and archiving process for many documents has been abandoned, resulting in a significant reduction in paper consumption.

Under study:

The expert's opinion

 

For example, over a period of one year and a half, around 10,000 orders were placed without needing to be printed or physically archived.
This decision is part of REP's eco-friendly approach for reducing its environmental impact by limiting the use of non-renewable natural resources.

Jean-Christophe Boffet, Digital Transformation Manager

 

Reduction of carbon footprint related to commutings