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- Industry
- Transformation
Reorienting ecological strategy

Through ecological reorientation agency “vingt & un vingt-deux” (21-22), Vincent Rabaron helps companies, including some VINCI Energies business units, to transition towards a low-carbon economy. Each figure in 21-22 has its own significance: 21 stands for two tonnes of CO2 per person per year and one planet with limited resources for all, while 22 represents […]
- City
- Acceleration
My city tomorrow. Cécile Maisonneuve on the airwaves.

Cécile Maisonneuve, Chairman of La Fabrique de la Cité, spoke on Franceinfo radio every weekend throughout the summer to discuss the major trends shaping our lives in the urban landscape. Both in France and the rest of the world, people continue to move to urban areas of all sizes. But what will our lives be […]
- ICT
- Innovation
How can we create innovative connected devices and appliances at a time we are looking to reduce energy consumption?

Long hailed as the technological revolution of the future, the market for connected devices and appliances is experiencing a sharp decline, as shown by the sales figures. Research and advisory company Gartner predicted in 2017 that the number of connected devices and appliances would reach 20 billion by 2020 – far off the actual figure […]
- City
- Acceleration
An urban microgrid to power street lights in Yaoundé, Cameroon

The city of Yaoundé in Cameroon regularly experiences power outages and selective power cuts during peak electricity use from 6 to 8 p.m. – when street lights come on. Emergency diesel generators are used to power communal buildings during these cuts – a costly, pollution-generating solution the city would like to limit. In addition to […]
- ICT
- Performance
The US wants to acquire AI tools to manage natural disasters

The US Department of Energy has approached Microsoft and other entities to develop artificial intelligence tools to help first responders in natural disasters. The goal is to develop between 10 and 30 systems that can analyse forest fires or floods in real time and simulate different scenarios. 14/09/2020
- Buildings
- Acceleration
Energy-efficiency works on buildings – the big recovery project

Carrying out energy-efficiency works on buildings is basically the flagship recovery project. The Citizens’ Convention on Climate has already included this project in its suggestions. Then Emmanuel Macron and Jean Castex both insisted how important it was. The project does have many benefits. This sector creates local jobs that cannot be offshored, according to Audrey […]
- Transformation
#11 Dorian Tourin-Lebret wants you to play a game to save humankind

After co-founding the startup Smart Impulse, this young engineer and serial entrepreneur embarked on a climate awareness-raising adventure by creating the escape game Gaïactica –combining entertainment, technology, and ecology. Entrepreneur, consultant, teacher, lecturer, coach… At the age of 31, Dorian Tourin-Lebret has already reinvented himself several times over. “I’m a passionate multipreneur,” he states right […]
- Industry
- Transformation
Climate emergency and production relocation: industry can be part of solution

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 […]
- Transformation
How Axel Springer reinvented itself under the pressure of digital development

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. […]