The COVID-19 pandemic has changed priorities all over the world. The fight against global warming appears to have been put on the back burner and, with it, the European Union goals of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55% by 2030 and achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. However, this global crisis, which forced nearly half […]
In Europe, Germany’s Axel Springer is one of the media companies to have most successfully and radically transformed its business to adapt to the digital landscape. The process is still ongoing. If there is one sector to have been hit hard by the explosion of digital technology, it is media and in particular print media. […]
Cegelec City Solutions Vienna (VINCI Energies) is in charge of installing the electrical systems, wiring and lightning protection at nine new metro stations in the Austrian capital. With the extension of Line U2 and construction of Line U5, the Austrian capital is extending and upgrading its metro system to better meet the needs of its […]
When it comes to buildings, there is much talk about energy renovation, but not so much about digital upgrades. As things stand, technology is still too recent and not widespread enough in existing housing stocks. That doesn’t mean, however, that digital renovation can’t be anticipated. Energy renovation may have become a commonly used term by […]
The lack of transport solutions in rural areas exacerbates social divisions and isolation. In a study published with McKinsey, the World Economic Forum made this observation and suggested a specific framework to regulate and encourage rural mobility. Named DRIVER, the framework is based on six guiding principles: dynamic routes, resident involvement, intermodality, versatility, efficiency and appropriate […]
In order to combat counterfeiting and parallel trade, there is a need to serialise drugs in a number of markets. Courbon Software, a VINCI Energies business unit at the leading edge of this field, is rolling out its solution worldwide. The European Falsified Medicines Directive (FMD), in effect since February 2019, requires laboratories and pharmacies […]
Reinforcement learning, a growing focus of attention in the field of artificial intelligence, opens up new possibilities in the industrial sector. Artificial intelligence often proceeds in indirect and unexpected ways. Machine learning, for example, has long used – and still widely uses – a method that consists in identifying input and expected output data. The […]
Making smart cities relevant to an ageing population is a key issue for future regional policies, and one which start-ups have already been addressing. France is currently home to 1.5 million people aged 85 or over, with this figure set to triple in 30 years. In 2016, around 7,500 nursing homes welcomed more than 600,000 […]
Following a learning phase, large groups and startups must now take their partnership to a new level and optimise it. There is considerable scope for further progress and best practices are emerging, says Bernhard Kirchmair, Chief Digital Officer at VINCI Energies Deutschland. Gone are the days when large groups and startups ignored each other or […]
