Air conditioners and other cooling systems account for a significant portion of environmental impacts, especially in the overseas departments and territories, where temperatures are often higher than in mainland France. To address this issue, ADEME is launching a call for projects to support environmentally friendly initiatives.
Refrigeration
The call for projects titled High-Performance Cooling Systems in the French Overseas Territories and Corsica, aims to identify and promote solutions for producing refrigeration in the overseas departments and territories and in Corsica.
Based on this principle, the call for projects is intended to support the installation of energy-efficient air conditioning systems as part of renovation projects for commercial buildings with a floor area of more than 1,000 m².
ADEME states its commitment to:
The ideal candidate?
This call for projects is open to public and private project owners in the service sector who wish to replace an air conditioning system—which is inefficient and has significant environmental impacts, particularly in terms of energy consumption—with a more efficient and environmentally friendly system. Individuals are not eligible for this call for projects.
ADEME notes that the equipment in question includes «mechanical compression chilled water production units or centralized direct expansion systems» and «adsorption and absorption machines.».
The application period runs from February 16 to October 15, 2026. Applications may be submitted at any time during this period, as they are reviewed on a rolling basis. To prepare your application, ADEME recommends consulting the specifications, the technical guidelines, and the feasibility study on its 
