Article published by our partner site Le Monde de l’Énergie The energy storage market, which is likely to contribute towards the emergence of new, more environmentally-friendly electrical systems, is experiencing rapid development. Indeed, the increasing use of intermittent renewable energies, the democratisation of electric vehicles and the surge in mobile technologies mean there is a […]
By 2030, 70% of the world’s population will live in cities. The city will therefore have to be re-thought in three dimensions, including underground. How can we use the potential of the subsoil? “Second boring machine almost ready. Will be called Line-Storm…”. On 18 October 2017, billionaire Elon Musk took to Twitter to announce the […]
Tested successfully during the Euro 2008 championship in Vienna, the system regulating the flow of passengers towards underground trains on match nights combines sensors and data-driven sliding doors. The massive outflow of tens of thousands of spectators from a football stadium after the final whistle is a difficult case study for the authorities and particularly […]
Lydia Babaci-Victor, Director of Development and Innovation at VINCI Energies, attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, held from 9 to 12 January. She analyses the 2018 event in seven keywords. Ecossystem. “First observation: the connected technologies market has passed a milestone, reaching a degree of maturity with the advent of new business […]
In Switzerland, the ETAVIS company installed a redundant uninterrupted power supply system to secure train traffic and ensure continuity of service. An outage can have serious and even catastrophic consequences in some activity sectors. Hospitals very early on addressed this risk by acquiring generators to ensure that power is continuously supplied, even in the event […]
Solutions based on the Internet of Things and innovative networks like LoRa and PoE are increasingly being used in buildings to address business problems. At VINCI Facilities, the possibilities seem endless when it comes to Internet of Things (IoT) applications in business. Julien Delbecchi, information systems director at VINCI Facilities, the VINCI Energies Facility Management […]
Businesses, administrations and even governments are increasingly being hit by cyberattacks. In a digitalised world and a globalised economy, who can claim to be safe? Protection solutions do exist. With the digital transformation, a large number of networks – telecommunications, computers, smartphone apps and connected objects – are now interlinked, giving hackers opportunities to seek […]
A combined approach involving data, hospitality management, and the sociology of work helps gain a better understanding of the interaction between spaces and the uses to which they are put. VINCI Energies has a special observatory: La Factory. What impact can a common space have on its users? This is the crucial facility management issue […]
Enhanced by artificial intelligence, visual recognition improves robot efficiency in assembly lines by moving closer to zero defects. “Hey! I think this part has a defect; it’s a pinhole-size puncture. Want to take a look and confirm?” At the IBM Watson artificial intelligence centre in Munich, a robot is talking to the operator in charge […]
