As of 1^er january 2023, a home is qualified as energy decent when its energy consumption (heating, lighting, hot water, ventilation, cooling...), estimated by the EPD and expressed as final energy per square meter of living area and per year, is less than 450 kWh/m² in metropolitan France.

The most energy-intensive dwellings, whose energy consumption exceeds this value, can no longer be offered for rent. This measure applies to new lease agreements entered into and to contracts renewed or tacitly renewed from 1^er January 2023.

FAQs on the rental ban and rent freeze on energy sieves

A folder " Prohibition of rental and freezing of rents for energy sieves was posted on the Ministry of Ecological Transition website on 10 March 2023. It includes an FAQ that answers all questions from tenants and landlords about the energy class of the home and the energy decency criteria of the EPD.