Paris Climate Agency

The Paris Climate Agency (APC) aims to inform, advise and assist Parisians in their efforts against climate change and towards an energy transition. Set up in 2001 on the initiative of the City of Paris to help achieve the goals of the Climate Action Plan, APC has 90 members and partners. It is a key driving force for the energy transition of Paris, seeking to involve the entire region and assisting with operational projects, particularly the energy retrofit of buildings.  

By promoting dialogue and debate around these major issues, the APC also helps create a common knowledge base and initiatives to support urban transformation. It brings stakeholders together in an alliance that aims to achieve the energy transition of Paris and combat climate change. 

APC is the one-stop shop for energy retrofitting of condominiums in Paris; APC energy advisers accompany co-owners in their work on energy efficiency. Since 2013, the agency has been part of the national network of Points Renovation Info Service (PRIS), whose purpose is to inform and advise individuals on energy saving, thermal performance, financial aid, and more. 

As a nonprofit and multi-partner organisation, APC is an operational agency for the energy transition of Paris. APC is working closely with its members by focusing on agile working methods and proximity to all the stakeholders of the ecological transition. 

Its mission is: 

• To inform, advise and guide users to promote Parisians’ behaviour changes through their habitat, their profession, their consumption habits, their modes of transport, and more.  

• To mobilise and help professionals and individuals to engage themselves concretely against global warming. 

• To position itself as the local reference on energy and climate-related topics through workshops, conferences, training, technical notes, and more.  

Projects  

APC is involved in projects at the local, metropolitan, national, and European levels. Its European projects include:  

• EXPRESS: European regions promoting renewable energy self-sufficiency. 

• MonitorEE: Enhancing monitoring energy efficiency in buildings. 

• SCEPA: Scaling up the Energy Poverty Approach. 

• GINNGER: Regeneration of Neighbourhoods through place-based approaches.