TENNERGIE - Horizon 2025

La Bulle is now heated with pellets (replacing gas*), a 100% renewable energy source with a neutral carbon footprint. New LED lighting and automated temperature control have also been installed to reduce our energy consumption.

These changes have had very beneficial consequences for the club:

• Pellets are cheaper than gas and 100% local (SA Rueyres sawmill, VD). The municipality is also providing us with long-term support; if we have to pay for the rental of the boilers initially, the town will rent us its boilers free of charge in a second phase.
• The new lighting system will reduce our electricity consumption by 50% and improve light levels. Thanks to this system, which will soon be directly connected to the Plug in reservation system,unused courts will no longer be able to be switched on. 
• Automated temperature control will also save money. We've lowered the ambient temperature in the bubble by a few degrees. Knowing that 1 degree less corresponds to a 6% energy saving, this is an essential measure in the current climate. 

*Initially, the option of heating the bubble with gas will be retained. However, it will be reserved for very cold periods, when the full power of the pellet boiler is no longer sufficient. We hope, of course, that this will happen as infrequently as possible.

The hall was built in 1982 and is now showing signs of wear and tear, including recent water leaks. The building is therefore becoming outdated and poorly insulated.

This second stage of the project involved :

• Redoing the roof and insulating the hall: insulation now saves 60% of the hall's heating costs !
• Installing solar panels: we are now producing green electricity for our own consumption and can feed the surplus back into the grid. The panels are managed under a contract with Romande Energie, which means that the solar power plant belongs to this company. The installation, management and maintenance of the panels are managed and financed by Romande Energie. So the TCN didn't have to invest anything!
• The charging points for electric vehicles were installed and successfully commissioned in July 2024.

The Club House is also in need of renovation. The ‘sick’ concrete (carbonation of the concrete) needs to be cleaned up. At the same time, the Club House is to be completely insulated. As with the Hall, insulating the Club House  will result in energy savings of 60% !

Thanks to our partnership with Espaces Verts, we will be switching to geothermal energy (replacing fuel oil), a green energy source, for the Club House and the Hall. The heat pump will be, as it's known in the trade, ‘reversible’, so it will be possible to cool the Hall in summer!