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11 July 2017
Modifying thermal regulations for new buildings to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at least cost
Advice Note adopted by vote in Plenary session, July 5, 2017 In autumn 2016, in compliance with decisions taken at the COP21, France lodged with the UN headquarters the French nationally determined contributions (NDC) for the Climate. As of now, only GHG (greenhouse gas) emission reductions are compulsory. Strategies to improve energy efficiency and the development of renewable energy sources must therefore be subordinate to the NDCs, while taking into account the development of associate industrial sectors and their economic efficiency to limit GHG emissions at least cost. The future regulations for new buildings, so-called RBR 2018-2020 (1) do not […]
21 April 2016
Technology and climate change: several solutions to mitigate the effects and to adapt
The fight against the adverse effects of climate change has become a civilization issue, as much as is the objective to seek ‘peace on Earth’. Thus, measures to ensure reduced GHG emissions and to allow for preventive adaptations are necessary as of now. The areas concerned are numerous: agriculture and forests, energy, urbanism and transportation, industrial sectors, coast-line preservation, qualitative and quantitative supplies of drinking water, new manufacturing modes and shared economies, lean and adaptive management of Earth’s resources and their utilizations … It is primordial, henceforward, to shift to a more intense level the actions engaged to date and […]
07 January 2016
Biodiversity and land-planning policies
Biodiversity and land-planning policies: local and global aspects, specifics and generalities Academic Advice Note adopted by vote in the NATF at its Dec.9, 2015 Plenary session The National Academy of Technologies of France (NATF) recommends that dynamic management policies in favour of biodiversity be included in land planning schemes. The Academic Advice Note approved by vote in the NATF’s December 2015 plenary session – resulting as it did from several years of investigations and debates carried out jointly with the Academy of Agriculture of France – recommends that all land planning schemes and projects include, as of the formal impact […]
10 November 2015
Technology and climate change several solutions to mitigate the effects and to adapt
Advice Note adopted by vote by the National Academy of Technologies of France (NATF) in Plenary session, November 4, 2015 Ever since the National Academy of Technologies of France (NATF) was established [2000], it has dealt with the relationships – in its academic reports, advice notes and recommendations – between technology and the economic, social and environmental impacts due to the deployment of human activities. The COP21 conference is an important milestone is the framing of a global policy in the area of climate change, but certainly will not spell the end of a process that will continue for numerous […]
01 March 2014
Large Socio-Technical Systems. EDP Sciences, 2014
Large scale Socio-Technical Systems (LSTSs) operating over networks (such as the electricity system , the railways , the airspace system , Internet…) have radically changed our daily lives over the past few decades and also transformed the way our Societies work . They represent a phenomenon that is conducive to enthusiasm , which contributes to the democratization process of societies everywhere, offering new features and services over the coming years , consequences and sources of new techniques and technologies : in this light , LSTSs appeared as a natural field for investigation by our Academy . They have undergone considerable […]
20 August 2013
Tomorrow’s vehicles – Academic report
Academic Report, Edp sciences, Paris 2013 In a world of 7 billion inhabitants, with 700 M private cars on the roads and more than 70 M built every year, this rapid growth rate in a context of deep-reaching change in energy procurement/use policies and the need to limit greenhouse gases (GHGs) has led the Academy to imagine various possible future scenarios. “Tomorrow’s vehicles” is a topic that has been addressed in numerous technological prospective studies. The specific feature of the NATF Report is that it adopts a systemic approach, analysing together all the ongoing changes in the “automobile mobility” eco-system, […]