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Les Lumières Pleyel neighbourhood in Saint-Denis

A development project in the Les Lumières Pleyel neighbourhood in Saint-Denis (93) is the testing ground for research work by MINES ParisTech and École des Ponts ParisTech.

The work by MINES ParisTech researchers aims to trial and improve eco-design support tools for the layout of a building block: life-cycle assessment (multi-criteria and multi-stage environmental assessment over the entire life cycle of buildings and roads) and dynamic energy simulation (evaluation of energy consumption and production of buildings as well as hygrothermal comfort). These tools are used to help a planning team determine the strategic choices to be implemented in order to improve the environmental performance of a building or a neighbourhood: the major causes of the environmental impacts of the project, the level of environmental performance that can be achieved, any recommendations to architects (choice of biobased and low carbon materials, ratio of glazing on the façades) or concerning the use and choices of occupants.

The research work carried out at the École des Ponts ParisTech aims to anticipate mobility practices and services in the Les Lumières Pleyel neighbourhood as well as their impact on the environment. A statistical approach based on analysis of the socio-economic profiles of the individuals who will live and work in the neighbourhood aims to achieve an initial rapid estimate of uses and activities. This approach is then fine-tuned by multi-agent modelling that is aimed at a much more precise estimation of mobility needs and the effects of the implementation of new mobility services. The environmental impacts of associated mobility practices are then assessed through the prism of life-cycle assessment. It is therefore possible to assess the relevance of development choices and to propose solutions that are tailored to local characteristics, in order to improve the environmental performance of a neighbourhood.

 

the MATSim multi-agent model used by the LVMT laboratory of École des Ponts ParisTech to simulate the mobility of the Île-de-France population.

Researchers
Nicolas Coulombel
Senior Lecturer and Researcher
École des Ponts ParisTech
LVMT
Adelaïde Feraille
Researcher and Lecturer
École des Ponts ParisTech
Navier
Cyrille François
Postdoctoral Researcher and Teacher
École des Ponts ParisTech
LVMT
Fabien Leurent
Professor and Research Director
École des Ponts ParisTech
LVMT
Liu Liu
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
École des Ponts ParisTech
LVMT
Bruno Peuportier
Research Director
MINES ParisTech
CES
Aurore Wurtz
PhD Student
MINES ParisTech
CES
Projects
Simulating the daily activities and mobility of people who live in or pass through a neighbourhood makes it possible to better anticipate the economic, social and environmental impacts.
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An optimisation procedure will be used to complete the environmental assessment of a block of buildings while reducing economic costs and the overall impact on the environment.
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The trips generated by a neighbourhood are quantified and characterised using models for forecasting transport demand. The environmental impacts associated with these trips are then estimated using an LCA-type approach
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Tools
This dynamic thermal simulation model of buildings anticipates energy consumption and the risk of discomfort in all seasons. Thanks to the Amapola module, this software program makes it possible to identify the least
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This software program for life cycle assessment of neighbourhood projects is used to measure the environmental impacts from the manufacture of materials to the end of their life.
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Practitioner groups
Solar panels integrated in a green urban area
Dynamic thermal simulation and life-cycle assessment are decision support tools that comprehensively assess the environmental performance of a building or neighbourhood project and guide its design in order to reduce the
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Vegetated tramway
Research work on mobility at the neighbourhood level focuses on the development of environmental impact assessment methods that make it possible to better plan the offer of mobility services in the broad sense
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Ecodistrict in Paris
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Life-cycle assessment is a method to assess the environmental impacts of buildings and infrastructures throughout their life cycle, from the extraction of raw materials through to their end-of-lifetime handling.
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Office building with solar panels
Buildings can be designed and operated to radically improve their energy efficiency and reduce their environmental impact.
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Tramway is among transport services that are analysed
Mobilité
The environmental performance of mobility systems is linked to energy consumption, emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases and the effects of disruption and fragmentation of natural habitats due to the construction
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