Paris Region Institute

The Paris Region Institute (AREC IDF) was established in 2017 by the Île-de-France Region, through its Energy and Climate Department. The role of the organisation is to facilitate and accelerate the energy transition and climate change adaptation by assisting communities and other players in the Paris region. 

Its main areas of intervention are energy sufficiency, energy efficiency and renovation, renewable energies, energy and climate plans, adaptation to climate change, circular economy, planning and sustainable buildings, and energy and climate data. 

Focusing on cross-sectoral, participatory and multi-stakeholder approaches, AREC IDF carries out its missions in close collaboration with the other departments in order to mobilise multidisciplinary teams. 

Activities 

AREC IDF pursues its missions around four axes: 

1. Observation and production of knowledge at the service of energy and climate transition in Île-de-France 

• Production and dissemination of relevant data and indicators on energy and climate issues in Île-de-France, in particular within the framework of the ROSE (Energy and GHG observatory). 

• Conduct of various studies, benchmarks, recommendations, etc. 

• Support the elaboration and implementation of energy and climate strategies. 

2. Support the development and implementation of energy and climate policies in Île-de-France. 

• Providing expertise and support to the Regional Council of Île-de-France in the development and monitoring of its various policies, regional calls for projects in the fields of climate, air, energy and their interactions with other sectoral policies (economic development, training, housing …). 

• Support for policies carried by the State services or their agencies in terms of energy renovation of buildings, development of renewable energies, mitigation and adaptation to climate change. 

3. Engineering and expertise to support the design, implementation and evaluation of energy climate projects and integrated territorial approaches 

• Advice and support for the development of sufficiency and energy efficiency projects and strategies: construction and renovation of buildings, materials and technologies, etc. 

• Technical and methodological support for renewable and recovered energy projects, especially on solar and biomass (wood energy and biogas). 

• Accompaniment of experimental and/or innovative projects to learn lessons and recommendations: sustainable development, equity financing, territorial strategies for circular economy, etc. 

• Assistance in drawing up and implementing of Territorial climate, air and energy plans 

4. Information, sensitisation and training of players in the Paris region on climate energy issues 

• Dissemination of knowledge and good practices through the organisation of conferences, webinars, site visits and the production of brochures and guidelines. 

• Increase the skills of the actors, in particular elected officials and technicians of the local authorities, by designing adapted educational tools and by organising training and cycles of workshops. 

• Animation of networks at the regional level and infra to accompany the energy and climate transition: hydrogen Club, local energy and climate agencies, energy transition 

• Exchange of good practices at national, European, and international levels.