Apartment Building in Paris

 - Julia Liese

A number of years ago Paris implemented an ambitious climate-protection plan foreseeing a major reduction of the region’s greenhouse gas emissions and seeking to limit energy consumption to 50 kWh/m² per annum. The metropolis has initiated a number of pilot projects to improve the energy standard. One such project is the “L´ îlot Fréquel-Fontarabie” in the 20th arrondissement. On one part of the site a new building with 20 subsidised apartments has been completed.

Apartment Building in Paris
Before the residual area along the train line in the 15th arrondisement was declared building land, there was a provisional fish market there. © Julien Lanoo