Patrick Lebrun, Deputy Managing Director of VINCI Energies, analyses the changes taking place in expertise and business activities as well as the new aspirations of young talent and the ways in which companies must adapt. Could you tell us about the new business activities, new expertise, and new profiles that are now taking hold and […]
The office building sector, a focus of certification auditors, is engaging in increasingly targeted labelling procedures to enhance building asset value, use value, and end user comfort. The building has meeting pods with lighting and Internet connections; a single mobile application to digitise all the various badges, activate lighting, blinds and climate control in offices, […]
As part of its drive to go green, the city of Dijon called on Citeos to install 150 parking meters equipped with solar cells and wireless communication capabilities. The change in rules for paid parking in French cities may not be all that popular with drivers, but in Dijon it has led to a significant […]
An article by our partner site Le Monde de l’Énergie As West Africa’s leading electricity producing country, Côte d’Ivoire continues to innovate. Currently the spotlight is on Jacqueville, which plans to revolutionise daily life for its inhabitants with a safe, inexpensive and environmentally friendly means of locomotion. Learn more Le Monde de l’Energie, a participatory […]
EM Lyon Business School has opted to equip its campus with electric bikes that can be charged wirelessly. Alongside renewable energies, the technology is of particular interest to local authorities and businesses since it delivers a solution to changing trends. A first charging station for electric bikes has been launched at the Ecole de Management […]
An article by our partner site Le Monde de l’Énergie At the end of 2016, European territorial waters accounted for 88% of worldwide offshore wind power capacity. In France, calls for tender have been issued but no offshore wind farms have yet been commissioned. Most of the offshore turbines are in Northern Europe. A number […]
To relieve traffic congestion, urban areas are now using cameras and loop counters. In future, “Floating Car Data” (FCD), will enable them to regulate traffic by collecting large volumes of localisation data from moving vehicles. One such system has been set up in Rouen, France, where the local authorities are working with Citeos. Traffic jams […]
Data centers have the reputation of consuming large amounts of energy, much of it to cover their cooling requirements. According to statistics compiled by consoGlobe, the data centers supporting the Internet accounted for 4% of world electricity consumption in 2015. Against this backdrop, Microsoft decided to launch a new type of data centers: underwater data […]
In a landscape in which multiple power outputs for battery charging are set to coexist, the barriers to electric mobility are gradually coming down, signalling the emergence of the electric car as a driver of behavioural change. This time it really does look like the electric car has stopped being a curiosity, something the general public has viewed with scepticism for some years, and could soon be a mainstream product. Experts […]