The modernisation of locks in the Centre-Bourgogne canal system, an initiative managed by Voies Navigables de France (VNF), the French navigation authority, with the support of VINCI Energies, is helping to rebalance modes of transport towards low-carbon options. This example demonstrates the resurgence of waterborne transport, a development that makes sense in the context of […]
The addHelix platform designed and developed by Axians in Austria uses AI algorithms to make logistics services more flexible and more agile. The near-instantaneous movement of data in an environment shaped by digital networks is contributing to the acceleration of both tangible and intangible exchanges. This new real-time temporality particularly affects the transportation of goods. […]
Brazil-based Actemium Oil & Gas Onshore has developed an innovative in-house application that enables different disciplines within the business to organise and share large and more often than not disparate datasets. Data is the fuel that drives any industrial project. But poorly handled and integrated, it can make the engine sputter, and slow down or […]
With support from Axians, the German hosting provider Windcloud is making extensive use of wind energy to reduce its carbon footprint. Its latest site also houses a rooftop algae farm that will trap a large quantity of the CO2 emitted. On a global level, according to most estimates, digital products and services represent around 3% […]
Fondations, Leonard’s new podcast, provides a platform for the entrepreneurs currently transforming mobility, construction, property and energy. Listen every fortnight to the people building the city of tomorrow. In this second episode, Guillaume Bazoin, Open Innovation & Startups Lead at Leonard, welcomes Guillaume Lafont, CEO and co-founder of Combo Solutions, a new startup applying new […]
Professional Mobile Radio (PMR) networks have long been reserved for voice communications, but they are currently experiencing rapid expansion with 4G and shortly 5G. Indeed, they can now be used to send complex data, a feature that is attracting growing interest from professional organizations and local authorities. Attacks, natural disasters, accidents and police interventions are […]
Public institutions like the police, the fire service, civil defence and the army need robust, secure communications networks. To deliver this, the French public authorities have set in motion a proactive modernisation plan. The way in which public services (police, gendarmerie, fire, ambulance, etc.) communicate in the field is evolving, as is the array of […]
Equipped with LTE technology, private mobile radio networks are an effective alternative to Wi-Fi and the 4G services offered by mobile operators at major cultural festivals. The tests that have been conducted so far are promising. The Vieilles Charrues festival didn’t take place this year due to coronavirus. But the small 7,000-strong town of Carhaix […]
From production to transport and storage, cold chain management is an absolute priority for drug and vaccine manufacturers. In France and across Europe, VINCI Energies business units are applying their solutions to secure the cold chain. On 8 December 2020, the first injection of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against Covid-19 was given to a 91-year-old British […]
