ABSTRACT
The assessment of biodiversity has been refined, a tool developed, and a new company created to disseminate knowledge among the operational staff. To bolster design support through quantified assessments, the third area of work has focused on digital simulation, which offers a range of tools to predict the operation of complex systems such as buildings and infrastructures. Some more technical developments have been made, representing the fourth area of the Chair in this second cycle. Optimisation has been applied to the study of management strategies, to reduce high peak demand in buildings, for example, so that they can be better integrated within a grid that is increasingly powered by renewable but intermittent sources and thus facilitate energy transition. To this end, it is necessary to respond to three major issues identified during discussions with the partner company: articulating eco-design and economic arbitrage, becoming part of the digital transition and contributing to the improvement of the services provided to users.
