Volkswacht Bodensee - France to order air-conditioned shops to keep doors shut

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France to order air-conditioned shops to keep doors shut / Photo: © AFP

France to order air-conditioned shops to keep doors shut

NATURE 24.07.2022

Air-conditioned shops in France will be ordered to keep their doors closed or risk being fined, a minister said Sunday announcing an upcoming rule to combat energy wastage.

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Leaving the doors open when the air conditioning is on leads to "20 percent more consumption and... it's absurd," French Minister of Ecological Transition Agnes Pannier-Runacher told RMC radio.

The minister said there were also plans to restrict the use of illuminated signs.

"In the coming days, I will issue two decrees: the first will widen the ban on illuminated advertising, whatever the size of the city, between 1 am and 6 am", with the exception of airports and stations, Pannier-Runacher told the Journal du Dimanche newspaper.

"The second will ban shops from having their doors open while the air conditioning and heating are working".

Some cities in France -- which like other parts of Europe has been gripped by a heatwave recently -- passed municipal by-laws in July, imposing fines for offending air-conditioned shops.

The government now plans to extend this to the whole country, with a fine of up to 750 euros ($766) -- but will emphasise the education of shopkeepers in the first instance.

K.Thomson--BTB

Volkswacht Bodensee - France to order air-conditioned shops to keep doors shut

France to order air-conditioned shops to keep doors shut

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