VINCI and ParisTech launch the lab recherche environnement
30 Janvier 2020 - 5:45PM
VINCI and ParisTech launch the lab recherche environnement
Press releaseRueil Malmaison, 30
January 2020
VINCI and ParisTech launch the lab
recherche environnement
- VINCI providing €5 million in funding over a five-year period
to support research in the fields of energy efficiency of
buildings, sustainable mobility and biodiversity
- A partnership to build connections between science and
industry
- Work to enable VINCI to expand its range of solutions and
services at the cutting edge of environmental innovation
VINCI and ParisTech are consolidating their
partnership by setting up the lab recherche
environnement. The science sponsorship partnership was
initiated in 2008 with the Eco-Design Chair to expand research on
the environmental performance of buildings and infrastructure. With
the lab recherche environnement, the
partnership is now entering a new phase, stepping up its work and
aiming to increase the connections between science and
industry.
VINCI is providing €5 million in funding for the
Fondation ParisTech foundation until 2023 to enable it to expand
its research programmes. In addition, the Group’s building and
infrastructure projects offer scientists a special area of research
focused on three themes: energy efficiency of buildings (MINES
ParisTech); biodiversity (AgroParisTech); and sustainable mobility
(École des Ponts ParisTech).
The new roadmap of the lab recherche
environnement sets out three goals:
- limiting the environmental impact of buildings and
neighbourhoods while controlling costs;
- integrating environmental aspects in business digitalisation,
notably by making energy simulation part of BIM (building
information modeling);
- improving user well-being, comfort and health, notably by
reducing urban heat islands.
This new stage also aims to increase operational
applications by identifying emerging trends, developing innovative
solutions and creating new business activities. The partnership has
already provided input for many environmental solutions provided by
VINCI business activities such as Urbalia (urban biodiversity),
Equo Vivo (ecological engineering) and Power Road
(energy-generating roads). The tools it develops are designed to be
implemented in demonstration projects such as the life cycle
analysis of the Lumières neighbourhood in Saint Denis, aimed at
precisely measuring environmental impacts, as part of the Rêve de
Scènes Urbaines programme.
The lab recherche environnement
is an integral part of VINCI’s new environmental strategy, which
includes a commitment to achieve a 40% reduction in Group’s CO2
emissions by 2030 and to save resources by expanding the circular
economy and conserving natural environments. The Group’s innovation
policy is largely focused on the environment, notably via research
and development activities and scientific and technological
partnerships. VINCI’s goal is to develop practical solutions that
improve quality of life for residents while reducing the impact of
its own activity.
About VINCI
VINCI is a global player in concessions and
contracting, employing over 210,000 people in some 100 countries.
We design, finance, build and operate infrastructure and facilities
that help improve daily life and mobility for all. Because we
believe in all-round performance, above and beyond economic and
financial results, we are committed to operating in an
environmentally and socially responsible manner. And because our
projects are in the public interest, we consider that reaching out
to all our stakeholders and engaging in dialogue with them is
essential in the conduct of our business activities. VINCI’s goal
is to create long-term value for its customers, shareholders,
employees, and partners and for society at large. www.vinci.com
About Fondation
ParisTechCreated in 10 April 2010, the Fondation ParisTech
foundation helps to develop higher education and research at both
French and European level. It is a state-approved foundation and an
umbrella foundation (“fondation abritante”) created at the
initiative of ParisTech with the support of large industrial
groups. It supports activities that promote the attractiveness
of French institutions of higher learning and research with
high-level international students and lecturers, support diversity
policies, encourage and promote collaborative, multi-disciplinary
research projects and address societal goals.
www.fondationparistech.org
Press contacts:VINCI Press
DepartmentTel: +33 (0)1 47 16 31 82media.relations@vinci.com
Fondation ParisTechGuillaume Ravel Tel: +33 (0)9
72 44 19 75 g.ravel@fondationparistech.org
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