“Heritage is the first access to culture. It must be valued and preserved.“The Minister of Culture, Rachida Dati, wanted to remind parliamentarians of her conviction in safeguarding French built heritage. During a Senate hearing on March 12, 2024, the former mayor of the 7th arrondissement of Paris stated that investments aimed at Restoration of Iban heritagecontinue“.”Ancient heritage is often recovered after a tragedy (fire, water damage, deterioration). What we would like to have as a policy is long-term restoration and maintenance because these buildings have meaning for the communities.“and its inhabitants, stated the minister.
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The latter is currently studying “two tracks“. The first ? “There will be an energy standard applied and applicable to old buildings. It should happen very soon.“, he announced. The second, that the State encourages certain owners to apply”a protection“of his property.”Regarding the assets of individuals, whose children do not want to take over the property, which are often located in rural areas and which welcome the public, we are considering a special tax measure so that these assets are not destroyed or diverted. Its main purpose is to welcome the public.”
The announcement on an energy standard for older buildings follows a question from Haut-Rhin Senator Sabine Drexler. The latter is worried about the risk “very high due to the progressive disappearance of the small heritage, of the half-timbered stone houses that give charm and diversity to our French regions“This disappearance will already be.”well started“In certain territories, according to her, due to the implementation of the energy renewal policy”which is necessary but which, at the moment, is not adapted to the specificities of this type of building.“. The senator alerted the minister about the energy performance diagnosis (DPE) that did not “does not take into account the particularities of old buildings, which it systematically classifies into the category of energy sieves“.”Sixty percent of buildings built before 1948 were classified E, F or G during the first half of 2023“, he calculated. The inadequacy of this tool would lead homeowners to carry out work inappropriate for their property, or even to “demolish or abandon them“.
The minister’s hearing was also an opportunity for senators to question her about the architecture sector. On this side, Rachida Dati says that she wants to implement “a new architectural strategy“, without giving further details. This strategy will be revealed in the summer of 2024.
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