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For a detailed diagnosis and the recalculation of the service life duration in order to extend the exploitation period of transportation and nuclear structures in concrete, their managers require qualified and continuous measurements of the indicators of concrete performances (compressive strength,

Epidemiological research shows short-term relationships between temperature, air pollution and health, with particularly high impacts during extreme conditions as heat waves. In cities, the urban heat island (UHI) amplifies high temperatures. However, few epidemiological studies have focused on its

The POSTFIRE project addresses the vulnerability and resilience of urban systems, with the main objective of facilitating the recovery of cultural heritage buildings after fires. The project will investigate the behaviour of historic stone masonry after high temperature exposure at the material and

Improvements of people health and of environmental quality of water are mainly based on wastewater treatment plants. Numerous progresses have been carried out concerning treatment processes but few studies deal with the concrete infrastructure degradations observed for about ten years in particular

AFFINITE aims at analysing and measuring the interactions between individuals, families, stakeholders and the State in the context of environmental and sanitation policies. Environmental objectives are understood in a broad sense: including short term COVID-19 concerns (teleworking, avoiding congest

The mmW4Rail project focuses on three research topics in the millimetric band : characterization and modelling of radio channels for Railway dynamic scenarios, antenna specification, design and prototyping; and enhancement of reliability of the communications at Physical layer. Three representative

The overarching aim of ECOPOLIS is, based on the involvement of the whole urban ecosystem restoration community (site managers, practitioners and academia, urban, regional decision makers, civil society) and on a Living Lab, to develop, test and foster the implementation of economically valuable nat

This interdisciplinary project deals with Durability Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Life Cycle Cost (LCC) of Reinforced Concrete (RC) structures under marine environment like wharf, bridges, floating wind turbines etc… The objective is to develop a new eco design method to maximize service life and

The objectives of this research are: 1. Develop a methodology for the structural assessment of complex 3D masonry buildings, from the acquisition of the geometry to the determination of a mechanical stability indicator for the complete structure. This methodology will be based on the combined and o

This project deals with the hospitality of urban areas and urban spaces towards new forms of mobility related to the development of travel modes with low environmental impact (bicycles, pedelecs, electric scooters...). This development faces various obstacles: persistent safety problems, the inadequ

For several years, e-commerce or online commerce has been gaining market share in France. The health measures imposed by the Covid-19 epidemic have been accompanied by a significant increase in online purchases, in France as in the rest of the world. Along with the short and long-term increase in it

The goal of this project is to test the various sensitive paradigms focused on the contemporary experiences and transformations of inhabited environments regarding the issue of Anthropocene (approaches in terms of ambiance, landscape, environmental aesthetics, milieu, atmosphere, éco-somatic, urban

External Thermal Insulation of buildings is a widespread solution to reduce energy consumptions and has consequently received a significant interest during the past decades. Various materials were developed for this purpose. They enable efficient thermal insulations but may lead to complicated and u

Bio-cementation is a process to improve structures and soils which appears to be more environmentally friendly and to need less energy than classical techniques. Previous studies have shown its potential for a broad spectrum of applications: internal erosion, soil liquefaction, landslides... One of

PROSECO will bring new elements of understanding of the place of sensitive approaches in the whole production process of urban space and will complete the existing works on sensitive experiences of urban spaces. Four objectives structure the project: (1) understand the place of the sensitive approac

The construction sector has a crucial impact on energy consumption and carbon emissions. Over the last 20 years, more concrete was produced than any other synthetic material: roughly 35 billion tons. However, concrete is blamed for a variety of environmental problems. As yet, in the foreseeable futu