Circular economy
Researcher
Ambroise Lachat
Ambroise Lachat is an engineer who graduated from the Ecole Nationale des Travaux Publics de l’Etat. Specialising in sustainable building issues, he completed his end-of-study internship on the problems surrounding
Researcher
Christine Aubry
Christine Aubry is an agricultural engineer who holds a PhD in agronomy (AgroParisTech) and is qualified to supervise research. She is currently responsible for the Urban Agriculture research team at SADAPT UMR (joint
Event
Rooftop vegetable gardens to nurture the resilience of cities
Farms in towns are a possible solution to the short-circuit problems of food distribution and meet the natural needs of urban dwellers.
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Practitioner group
Circular economy
The environmental assessment of the circular economy is a recurring issue, particularly in the context of recycling aggregates in concrete or even in the context of conventional reuse.
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Pilot site
Vegetable rooftop at AgroParisTech
AgroParisTech’s experimental rooftop has been used since 2012 to design urban agriculture systems in rooftop boxes, using urban residues as components of technosols, with the aim of studying the services provided by
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Project
Use of secondary raw materials
The physical characterisation of features of existing building structures will make it possible to consider their conventional reuse and the environmental assessment of conventional reuse via the life-cycle assessment
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