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Rethinking neighbourhoods for sustainable mobility

Maria Beraldi — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 18:19:06 +0000

The work of Cyrille François and Liu Liu, postdoctoral researchers at École des Ponts ParisTech, aims to establish mobility scenarios allowing the combination of transport offers and user practices with a low environmental impact.

Cyrille François is a postdoctoral teacher-researcher. His work focuses on the environmental issues associated with the daily mobility of individuals. He is interested in mobility, not in terms of the simple use of a technology but as a social reality anchored in a specific territory.

Liu Liu is a Civil Engineer with a PhD in Urban Planning. She drew up the “Transit Oriented Development” scenarios for the European Metropolis of Lille and participated in the development of energy transition strategies in Île-de-France.

Cyrille François and Liu Liu are currently working on Les Lumières Pleyel neighbourhood in Saint-Denis as an experimentation ground. This onsite work is part of their post-doctorate project at the École des Ponts ParisTech (Laboratoire Ville Mobilité Transport) in the framework of lab recherche environnement VINCI ParisTech.

This talk is co-organised as part of Leonard‘s “Ensemble pour demain” conferences.

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Mobility, smart and sustainable at the same time

Maria Beraldi — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:56:58 +0000

Fabien Leurent will speak about developments linked to digital technology that could well lead to more sustainable mobility. According to the professor and research director at the École des Ponts ParisTech, it is up to the public authorities to take advantage of this dynamic to accelerate the ecological transition of the territories. One of the levers is exploiting various modes of transport, a range of possibilities which is amplified by the recent diversification of services and vehicles.

This conference was organised by Leonard in partnership with the lab recherche environnement.

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Rooftop vegetable gardens to nurture the resilience of cities

Maria Beraldi — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:56:24 +0000

Paola Mugnier and Fanny Provent reveal the best practices for installing a vegetable garden on a flat roof, an under-exploited land reserve in our towns and the ideal area to host urban agriculture projects. Examples of projects in France and abroad illustrate how urban agriculture is a resilience solution for our cities. This online talk was organised by Leonard, in partnership with the lab recherche environnement.

Winner of the C40 Women4Climate award for her commitment to nature in the city, Paola Mugnier participates in the ecological and climatic transition of cities and regions. She is also sensitive to social and societal issues. She currently supports city stakeholders, from developers to local authorities, in order to foster biodiversity and urban agriculture.

Agricultural engineer specialising in urban agriculture, Fanny Provent is now coordinator of the Urban Agriculture, Ecosystem Services and Food for Cities Chair of AgroParisTech. Agile and active in this field, she promotes and facilitates the return of nature to the city, in all its forms. She’s convinced of the importance of the environmental challenges now facing us.

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Heat in the city: understanding and mitigating urban heat islands

Maria Beraldi — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:49:55 +0000

Urbanisation significantly changes the environment. One of the best-known phenomena is the urban heat island phenomenon which reflects the fact that cities are a few degrees warmer than adjacent suburban and rural areas. This phenomenon has many consequences on the health, economic and environmental levels. But how is it explained, what are the consequences and what urban development solutions can help to mitigate it?

Patrick Stella, Senior Lecturer at Agro ParisTech, will explain the urban heat island phenomenon and ways to mitigate it. Various approaches will be presented such as the use of new materials, urban reorganisation and revegetation.

This talk is organised by Leonard in partnership with the environmental research lab as part of the “30 minutes pour demain” talks.

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AZEB : Affordable Zero Energy Building

Maria Beraldi — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 17:49:18 +0000

The objective of the AZEB project is to develop a methodology to reduce costs at all stages of the life cycle of a positive energy construction project (design, construction, operation, etc.). This involves identifying appropriate technologies, developing a techno-economic optimisation approach and testing it on case studies in various countries.
Project members are DNA (group of consultants, Netherlands), Tecnalia (technical centre, Spain), VISESA (social housing organisation, Spain), OHL (social housing organization, Spain), Politecnico di Milano (research centre, Italy), PassivHaus Institute (research centre, Germany), Oberon KonzeptBau (construction company, Bulgaria) and ARMINES (research centre, France).

The presentation of the project will show how the project partners define the concept of a zero-energy building, including aspects of comfort and environmental performance. The approach developed to reduce costs will then be described. And finally the results, in particular those concerning the case studies, will be discussed. The project also includes training and knowledge dissemination activities.

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