Photovoltaic shading systems are used to cover outdoor car parks to comply with the obligations arising from the « Climate Act” of 22 August 2021 and the « Aper Act » of 10 March 2023. The plethora of laws and regulations governing these obligations makes practical implementation perilous.
In the wake of new regulations ‘green’ aimed at reducing the environmental impact of human activities and limiting the consequences of global warming, the Climate and Energy Acts have imposed new obligations for the installation of photovoltaic shading systems on certain car parks.
As a result, many actors are wondering whether they are concerned by the installation of these shading systems in their car parks. Articles 101 of the Climate Act and 40 of the Aper Act, which have not been fully codified, and their implementing regulations[3] define the scope of these obligations, their areas of application and the cases in which they may be excluded.
On the one hand, the French Climate Act sets a target for car parks to be shaded, with the aim of covering more than 50% of the surface area of the car park with photovoltaic shading systems or vegetated systems.
On the other hand, the APER law, with the aim of producing renewable energy, requires the installation of photovoltaic shading systems covering more than 50% of the surface area of the car park, or any other process with equivalent results.
These two laws require similar but not superimposable resources to meet the objectives of shading and renewable energy production.
The coordination of the obligations set out in these Acts needs to be considered in advance for car parks that are subject to both Acts.
Our full article shed light on the scope of these texts, how they relate to each other and how they are implemented
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