CEE funding

How do CEE work?

Created in 2006, the French energy saving certificate (CEE) scheme requires companies that sell energy (electricity, gas, heating oil, fuels…), known as “obligated parties”, to deliver energy savings. To do so, they fund works for households, local authorities and businesses, and receive certificates in return.

Savings are counted in kWh cumac: final energy kWh accumulated over the equipment’s lifetime and discounted. Common operations are described in standardised operation sheets, published by ministerial order, which set a flat amount of kWh cumac per operation. The catalogue covers six sectors, including non-residential buildings and industry.

The scheme’s sixth period runs from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2030.

Sheet BAT-TH-116: BMS in non-residential buildings

Sheet BAT-TH-116 (“Building management system for heating, domestic hot water, cooling/air-conditioning, lighting and auxiliaries”) funds a new BMS or the upgrade of an existing one in an existing non-residential building:

• the system must provide class A or B control functions under standard EN ISO 52120-1;
• for an upgrade, the existing system is at most class C;
• the amount depends on the floor area managed, the sector, the uses controlled and the climate zone; logistics warehouses, storerooms and storage areas are excluded from the calculation;
• the sheet applies to operations committed before 1 January 2030.

Flat amounts are revised regularly by ministerial order: we check the version in force and calculate the premium case by case.

Rules to follow

• Start the process before signing the quote: the obligated party must have played an active and incentive role before the operation is committed. A premium cannot be claimed afterwards.
• Meet the sheet’s conditions (control class, uses, proof of completion).
• Keep the supporting documents: completion may be inspected.

CEE can generally be combined with other subsidies. For private homes, the France Rénov’ website (in French) presents energy suppliers’ grants and “Coup de pouce” bonuses.

What Kipsum does

• Checks your project’s eligibility for sheet BAT-TH-116 (or other sheets depending on the equipment) from the audit stage.
• Prepares the application with a partner obligated party, before signature, to secure the premium.
• Deducts the CEE premium from the price in a single contract with Kipsum.
• Installs optimal control and sensors from the start, which makes results measurable and qualifies for funding.

Official sources (in French)

• Ministry for the Ecological Transition: standardised energy saving operations (list of sheets)
• Sheet BAT-TH-116 (version in force)
• France Rénov’: energy suppliers’ grants (CEE) for households