The town of Mâcon (33,500 inhabitants, Saône-et-Loire, France) has set up a heating network associated with the construction of one of the most powerful biomass boilers in the Burgundy - France-Comté region. This network, which is 16.6 km long after extension, provides heating and domestic hot water for social housing, communal buildings, health facilities, school groups, etc. The city has also set up a program of General Interest (PIG). It is an aid (grants) to landlords with modest incomes and lessors, who wish to carry out work in their housing. These local initiatives are fully in line with the "Sustainable Development Goals" , in particular Objective 7: "Affordable clean energy" , Goal 11: "Sustainable Cities and Communities" , Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production " , and above all Objective 13: " Combating Climate Change " .
The aim of the city is to create a real collective awareness of the need to change production and consumption behavior, in particular energy, and to act to combat climate change. Among the city's exemplary achievements in the overall energy performance strategy: