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- Energy
- Acceleration
Solar energy in the oil fields: welcome to Bahrain

Omexom is building a second photovoltaic solar power plant in Bahrain to step up the kingdom's energy transition
- Buildings
- Performance
How statistics and dynamic thermal simulation support green building

Winner of the VINCI Energies challenge at the VivaTech 2019 conference, Helios Exchange aims to be the leading integrated platform for building energy retrofit projects. For owners of commercial buildings, this means substantial time and money savings. Owners of commercial properties with a surface area equal to or greater than 1,000m2 now have little choice […]
- ICT
- Transformation
Humanity and technology risk

Technology is a great servant but a terrible master, says futurist Gerd Leonhard, who believes that its rollout entails ethical choices. Technology, including sensors, algorithms, cobots, cloud, automation and AI, is becoming increasingly widespread and spectacularly accelerating the transformation of the way we live, produce and consume. And the process is just getting under way. […]
- Industry
- Customization
An innovative way to include SMEs in the industry of the future

Factory 4.0 is not just for large companies. A California-based start-up has launched a combined hardware and software product to automate assembly lines with very small production runs. A San Francisco start-up, Bright Machines, has launched a product that may speed up the rollout of Industry 4.0. Its designers say the combined hardware and software […]
- City
- Acceleration
Public private partnership and mobility: the Canadian example

Buses with hydrogen fuel cells, autonomous low-speed electric shuttles – the Canadian Urban Transit Research and Innovation Consortium (CUTRIC) strives to spur innovation and economic growth through the creation of a low-carbon smart mobility ecosystem. In an interview with McKinsey Quarterly Magazine, CUTRIC CEO Josipa Petrunic explains how it is working closely with local authorities, […]
- Innovation
What’s the best way to cope with disruption?

An article by our partner site LEONARD Disruption is on everyone’s lips in the economic and social news and opinion pieces. Together with neologisms like “uberization” and “disintermediation”, the concept of disruption is so prevalent that it has started to lose its true meaning. However, disruption is more than a trendy word. For businesses, it’s […]
- Buildings
- Innovation
Cegelec 3S involves students in security-related innovation

Cegelec 3S has tapped into Caen’s academic ecosystem to help drive innovation. Together with students, the VINCI Energies business unit has developed a new mobile security airlock. A brand-new school lab facility, known as MoHo, is set to open its doors in Caen in 2020. The 7,200 m2 site will bring together students, researchers, startuppers, employees from […]
- ICT
- Acceleration
Solutions for processing smart city data

How is data collected then converted into information that helps city councils make decisions? We look at its journey from the physical world (in the field) to the digital world (storage, AI, business applications, etc.). Data processing systems based on smart-type environments can appear truly baffling for the uninitiated. At the very start of the […]
- City
- Performance
Safety and performance, the dual challenge facing transport infrastructure

The Mobility Crossway solution is designed to meet the challenge of ensuring the safety of light rail, metro, railway, and even autonomous vehicle transport systems, without reducing their performance. Automation is increasingly used in private and public transport systems, including autonomous vehicles, driverless metros, and smart infrastructure. The benefits are measurable in terms of safety […]