Scientific organization
Buildings integrated into their environment must meet challenges in terms of design, renovation, choice of materials (local, recyclable), but also in terms of performance, interdependence and interconnection with its territory, in terms of renewable energy production/consumption (solar coupling, geothermal energy), air quality, and climate mitigation and adaptation.
Discussions surrounding the unit's project led to the proposal of a new organizational structure that would help address these challenges by drawing on the laboratory's expertise. This structure, based on three themes, promotes diversity and interaction between researchers from different fields of expertise around common research topics.
Research is organized according to three themes relating, on the one hand, to the complexity of envelopes with enhanced functionality, systems, and the connection of a building or group of buildings to its environment, particularly via energy networks. Each group brings together different areas of expertise and develops its research in collaboration with the others:
- BASE: Sustainable Building: Structure and Envelope
- STEP: Energy Systems and Processes
- SITE: Systems and Buildings Integrated into Cities and Territories
