From 1 January to 31 December 2014, the City of Yverdon-les-Bains, through the Energy Department (SEY), is extending an action implemented in 2013 aimed at reducing the electricity consumption of its inhabitants: it will subsidise the purchase of new energy-efficient household appliances. This action is in line with the responsible consumption policy of the French government....
DetailsFollowing the success of the public subscription launched in June 2011, the Yverdon-les-Bains participatory solar power plant project was able to take shape. The photovoltaic power plant was installed this spring on the roof of the company Aurubis Switzerland SA, located in the Yverdon-les-Bains Technology and Science Park (Y-Parc). Electricity production started on 31 May...
DetailsOn 28 March 2013, the Municipal Council accepted an investment credit of CHF 750,000 to continue the replacement of mercury lamps used for public lighting. These old-generation lamps will be replaced by LED bulbs equipped with the dynamic lighting system already in use in the Coin-de-Terre district. Work will begin in...
DetailsFrom 1 March to the end of 2013, the City of Yverdon-les-Bains, through the Energy Service (SEY), is implementing two actions aimed at reducing the electricity consumption of its inhabitants: it will subsidise the purchase of new energy-efficient household appliances and will offer 300 power strips. These actions are in line with the SEY's policy to reduce the energy consumption of its residents....
DetailsThe Municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains has decided to hire Mr Philippe Gendret as Head of the Energy Department. Mr Gendret will take up his post on 1 May 2013. Mr Schmid and Mr Gallandat, who have been acting Heads of Department since the end of 2010, will resume their respective functions as heads of the Energy Office ...
DetailsWith a view to extending their respective services, the Yverdon-les-Bains City Energy Department and VOEnergies Multimedia (VOEM) have decided to join forces to offer a fibre optic connection to companies in Yverdon-les-Bains who wish to do so, from 1 April 2012. Fibre optics allows a high-speed connection to various digital services (Internet, mobile telephony,...
DetailsThe town of Yverdon-les-Bains is taking up a new technical challenge this spring, a European first: the laying of a new welded steel sub-lake pipe between the port of Grandson and the mouth of the Bey, over 1.7 km, within a few weeks! This flagship project, carried out by the Energy Department of the French Atomic Energy Authority (CEA), is...
DetailsThe municipality of Yverdon-les-Bains is launching a project for a participatory solar power plant. The concept consists in proposing to the inhabitants to invest in a photovoltaic power plant and to produce green electricity themselves. The energy will be bought back at cost price by the Energy Department and then by Swissgrid. The idea behind this approach is to make it possible for the local population to...
DetailsOn Saturday 26 March 2011 from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm, more than 5'000 cities around the world will ask their population to turn off the lights for one hour to encourage awareness of global warming. Yverdon-les-Bains will join this action, initiated in 2007 by the city of Sydney, by switching off the lights in public buildings .
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The city of Yverdon-les-Bains and its Energy Department (SEY) are participating in the development of a wind farm near the Mollendruz Pass in the Jura mountains of Vaud, in partnership with the City of Zurich (ewz) and the territorial municipalities of Juriens, Mont-la-Ville, La Praz and Vaulion. For more information, please visit www.energienaturelle.ch.