In its meeting of 26 June 2014, the Yverdon-les-Bains Town Council accepted the investment credit of CHF 1'000'000.- intended to finance a district heating system for the Thermal Centre and, subsequently, for the Grand Hôtel des Bains, from an installation based at the Yverdon-les-Bains Hospital. The partners of this project welcome this decision, which reinforces...
Since December 2013, the St-Roch Centre in Yverdon-les-Bains has been home to the city's largest solar power plant. The 5,200 m2 of solar panels produce electricity to cover the needs of 230 households. This new project is part of the responsible energy policy pursued by the city. Since 31 December 2013, Yverdon-les-Bains has covered around 2.5% of its energy needs...
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....
Following 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...
On 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...
From 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....
The 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 ...
With 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,...
The 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...
The 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...
On 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 .
