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Why New Homes Are More Suffocating than Old Ones: Experts Point to a Mistake that No One Corrects

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Four out of ten dwellings are not or more equipped with shutters in France. While the country is going through its third wave of heat wave of the year, this absence weighs heavily on the comfort of the inhabitants, even in recent buildings that are well isolated. The paradox is striking: new dwellings, properly classified in the energy performance diagnosis (DPE), become invivable as soon as the thermometer climbs. In question, a design error th…
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Four out of ten dwellings are not or more equipped with shutters in France. While the country is going through its third wave of heat wave of the year, this absence weighs heavily on the comfort of the inhabitants, even in recent buildings that are well isolated. The paradox is striking: new dwellings, properly classified in the energy performance diagnosis (DPE), become invivable as soon as the thermometer climbs. In question, a design error th…

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L'EnerGeek broke the news on Sunday, July 19, 2026.
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