Efficacity launched its new research programme at an internal seminar held on 5 December 2017 and attended by representatives from the French national research agency ANR and a number of ministries. Before an audience of over 100 in the Cité Descartes auditorium, all the Institute’s members were given an overview of the R&D activities on […]
Efficacity assists EPA Paris Saclay in the sustainable development of the Paris Saclay Urban Campus, sitting on its Scientific Committee alongside European experts from the AMS Institute, the 2000 Watt company, Université Paris Est, IRT System X and HEC. The committee addresses themes related to sustainable urban development.
In September 2017, Efficacity signed up for the “French team” in smart grids by joining Think Smartgrids. Think Smartgrids is a non-profit organisation founded in April 2015 with the aim of developing the smart grid sector in France and promoting it in Europe and internationally. Watch the video presentation:
Are you interested in finding out all about smart grids – the new, multi-energy smart power grids – and/or benefiting from feedback on unique experiments and methodologies for implementing these grids in France and internationally? Now is your chance, by signing up for the 2018 training days offered by Efficacity in partnership with CSTB. For […]
EfficaciTech Week, which ran from 13 to 20 October and involved over 50 people, provided a foretaste of new forums for dialogue between members’ operational teams: the Technical Committees. These will be organised throughout 2018, starting in March, as Efficacity projects advance. EfficaciTech Week kicked off this process of periodically measuring R&D results against the […]
Efficacity took part in the Group Meeting of ISO/TC 268 “Sustainable Cities and Communities” held in Mexico from 23-27 October. ISO Technical Committee (TC) 268 develops international standards to support local authorities and all urban actors in the pursuit of sustainable development and energy, ecological and digital transition. Its work contributes to defining the management […]
After developing the ex post evaluation methodology for the PIA City of Tomorrow (EcoCité approach) for Caisse des Dépôts (CDC) over 2016-2017, Efficacity has now signed up with CDC to a three-year R&D partnership designed to support the ex post evaluation of EcoCités territories. This R&D partnership focuses on three strategic evaluation themes: evaluation of […]
On Friday 6 October, over 70 experts (engineers, researchers, students and doctoral students) came together for a day to discuss and present their work on the theme of smart grids and microgrids. The National Scientific Workshop, an event dedicated to smart microgrids, is organised by the Microgrids (GDR SEEDS) and Smart Grids (GDR MACS) working […]
On 15 September, DIVD Descartes 21 based in the commune of Champs-sur-Marne embarked on the experimentation phase of “ViaChamps”, a project designed to test innovations in the field of sustainable mobility, in particular active transport modes, in the area between the Noisy-Champs and Noisiel stations – an area that includes Cité Descartes. DIVD Descartes 21 is […]