FEEBAT RENOPERF: content, duration and funding of the RGE training

For a decade, “doing FEEBAT” meant one thing in the French building sector: three days of the RENOVE module and a final multiple-choice test. That era is over. Since 1 October 2025, the FEEBAT RENOPERF pathway has restructured the training of technical referents for RGE qualifications in energy efficiency — changing both the product training providers sell and the journey companies follow. Here is the up-to-date scheme: content, durations and funding.

Where the reform comes from

The architecture of RGE-related training is not contractual but regulatory: it is set out in the annex to the French order of 19 December 2014, last overhauled by the orders of 17 March 2025, applicable from 1 October 2025 in mainland France. These texts accompany the evolution of company qualification criteria (order of 1 December 2015, as amended): that is the base which requires each qualified company to have a technical referent with validated skills.

The logic of the reform: replace a single, generalist module with a trade-based modular pathway — shorter on the common core, more precise on each category of works.

The RENOPERF architecture: cross-cutting + specific

The pathway is built from two complementary blocks:

Block	Duration	Content	Assessment
Cross-cutting module “The keys to quality energy renovation”	1 day	Principles of high-performance, durable renovation, whole-building approach, interfaces between trades	RGE QCM at the end of the module
Specific module (9 modules to choose from)	0.5 to 2 days depending on the category	Targeted skills per category of works: insulation, joinery, roofing, ventilation…	As per the module’s framework

To validate the pathway, the technical referent must pass the cross-cutting module and its QCM — the usual threshold is 24 correct answers out of 30, detailed in our article on the RGE QCM — and complete at least one specific module matching the company’s activity.

The practical consequence for a multi-activity company: one common core, then as many specific modules as categories of works to cover. For a training provider: where RENOVE was a single product, RENOPERF calls for a catalogue — a common entry module and shorter trade variants, easier to fit into a craftsman’s diary.

Why a trade-based approach is the right one

The modular bet is consistent with research on small building firms. Gavin Killip, in a study published in 2013 in Energy Policy (“Products, practices and processes: exploring the innovation potential for low-carbon housing refurbishment among SMEs in the UK construction industry”), stresses that the sector’s small firms have neither the time nor the resources to innovate alone in low-carbon refurbishment: effective schemes are those that bring them practices directly usable in their trade (see the study).

The underlying issue has been documented for years: the gap between theoretical performance and actual consumption of dwellings. Minna Sunikka-Blank and Ray Galvin, in Building Research & Information (2012), measured systematic gaps between calculated and observed consumption across 3,400 German homes — the “prebound effect” (see the study). Closing that gap depends on design and execution quality — exactly what the RENOPERF common core targets by working on the whole-building approach and the interfaces between trades.

Funding: a CEE programme renewed until 2029

FEEBAT is not just a syllabus: it is also a funding programme, backed by the CEE scheme (certificats d’économies d’énergie, France’s energy-saving certificates). Good news for market visibility: the programme has been renewed for 2026-2029 by an order published in May 2026.

In practice, coverage works with the building sector’s training funds:

• Constructys for employees of building companies;
• FAFCEA or FIF PL for company heads and the self-employed, depending on their status.

The remaining cost depends on the trainee’s status and the coverage criteria in force — they change regularly, so check them at enrolment. An important point for training providers: funders are tightening their requirements, and the FAFCEA, for instance, has reserved its coverage for Qualiopi-certified organisations since 1 July 2026. Approval makes your courses valid for the qualification; the machinery of OPCO-type funding, for its part, runs on quality certification. The two stack up; neither replaces the other.

What RENOPERF changes for each player

For the company applying for RGE: a shorter common core (one day instead of three for most of the foundation), but a trade module to choose correctly — it is determined by the category of works of your qualification, consistent with your qualification body’s classification (see the Qualibat page).

For the technical referent: a QCM concentrated at the end of the cross-cutting module, to be prepared seriously — 80% correct answers cannot be improvised.

For the training provider: a range to rebuild (one cross-cutting module, nine specific ones), materials to update — pre-October 2025 content is no longer the reference — and a reinforced approval and control framework, detailed on our page on RGE-approved training.

Take action

Before enrolling a trainee or building your offer, make sure you are reasoning on the architecture applicable since October 2025: cross-cutting module + specific module, QCM with a 24/30 threshold, funding through the renewed programme. Our RGE-approved training page sums up the full scheme, with a free ebook to structure your approach.