In Basel, Switzerland, two VINCI Energies brands – Axians and Actemium – put their heads together to quickly find innovative solutions enabling work to continue safely despite COVID-19. Covering a surface area of around 100,000m2, the uptownBasel hub, located in Arlesheim in the suburbs of Basel, is the largest construction site in north-west Switzerland. Work […]
IZEN, a VINCI Energies business unit specialising in photovoltaic systems in Belgium and the Netherlands, is set to launch a “smart energy” exchange platform. Are we seeing the end of a centralised power generation model? The prospect is not all that remote. Indeed, in Belgium, it’s already a reality for more than 16,000 homes. Over […]
The capital of Finland was the first large city to introduce the smartphone-based “Mobility as a Service” multimodal journey planning app as a way to reduce the use of cars within the city. The port city of Helsinki, the capital of Finland, decided to revise its transport policy, placing special emphasis on digital technology. The […]
To address the climate emergency, big cities are appointing chief resilience officers – a new key role for cities facing new challenges. Paris and Mexico City are two cases in point. The recurring heatwaves experienced in Europe during the summer of 2019 serve as a stark reminder that climate change, particularly in terms of the […]
Axians Italy is using the new potential of artificial intelligence applied to image processing to develop the Axians Venice Crowd Project, which is designed to better manage the flow of tourists in the centre of Venice. The historic centre of Venice, with a population of about 53,000, welcomes about 30 million visitors every year, or […]
The automotive industry remains cautious about applying artificial intelligence to its production processes, expressing concerns about efficiency and profitability. On the face of it, the progress made by artificial intelligence (AI) in the automotive industry appears to be modest. So says Capgemini, which has carried out a study on the topic (1). According to the […]
A wireless charging motorway project, selected as part of a European call for proposals in July 2019 and led by major French groups among others, could well signal a turning point in the electric vehicle market. In 2018, Sweden, which aims to achieve independence from fossil fuels in the transport sector by 2030, became the […]
The Irish capital has developed expertise in data hosting, benefitting the whole island’s economy. “People think that everything is going to come from the cloud. Well where’s the cloud? The cloud is data centres and it’s right here!” Here is Dublin, the Irish capital, and Brian Roe, commercial director at Servecentric, knows what he’s talking […]
Digital technologies and the revolution in uses are calling into question the principles that have so far governed workspace design and construction. The distinction between workspace and private space is increasingly blurred and the two are being replaced by environments that are simultaneously flexible and customised. Welcome to shared space! Why? How? To what extent? […]