a half-day dedicated to the heat pump (PAC) sector in the Auvergne Rhône-Alpes region, to showcase the PAC sector's contribution to the energy performance of buildings , in particular by presenting :

Heat pumps for decarbonizing buildings

• The benefits of heat pumps compared with solutions using fossil fuels - Stanislas Lacrois, President, Aldes
• Heat pumps for the renovation of multi-family buildings and the tertiary sector - Jean-Christophe Laugier, Regional Director for the South East, OCEA

Innovations in the sector

• Comfort as a service (functional economy): assessing the robustness and sustainability of new business models based on the principles of the functional economy for the deployment of heat pumps - Jérôme Lopez, Director of R&D, Innovation and Valorization, Nobatek
• Acoustics issues: presentation of OKALME, the first acoustic enclosure specifically designed to significantly reduce the noise of residential PAC outdoor units - Yannick Pepe Guez, Acoustic Engineer - Co-founder OKALME, Unisson ingénierie
• Presentation of two research projects - Eric Georgin, Head of the Thermodynamics Division / Studies and Training Department, Cetiat :
  • Low GWP refrigerants
  • Survey of heat pump solutions for multi-family housing

Skills and attractiveness of industry professions

• Training for PAC plumbers with an 8-month sandwich course developed by industry professionals, based on learning by doing on our technical platform - Violette Bailly, Director of Campus Lyon Villeurbane, Solive
• How can we better support the development of training programs?

Round table

Challenges and prospects: hybrid energy production, in conjunction with geothermal heat pumps