The CSTB Carnot institute mobilises its skills
and organises its research activities around six scientific and technical priorities:
- From district to sustainable town
To provide local authorities and urban operators with methods and tools for sustainable urban development.
- Sustainable buildings
To learn how to build, manage and retrofit sustainable buildings throughout their life cycle.
- Use – Health – Comfort
To reduce the impacts of urban environments and buildings on health and to improve comfort faced with changing environmental requirements and usage patterns.
- Risk control
To reduce the vulnerability of buildings to assure the safety of users and structures facing different risks.
- Changes to the construction industry
To analyse operating modes and propose innovative processes essential to respect the commitment made by the Grenelle de l’Environnement.
- Simulation and digital tools
To develop and adapt digital tools to serve sustainable construction.
Its means
The CSTB Carnot institute brings together the CSTB (Scientific and Technical Centre for Building) teams that are involved in R&D activities and R&D enhancement. It promotes and facilitates innovation for the various players in the construction industry, and relies on CSTB’s research laboratories and large-scale facilities.
- Supporting the R&D activities of socio-economic players using a systemic approach with a view to assisting them in broadening their markets and meeting new requirements.
- Mobilising research partnerships with the most brilliant national or international research teams.
Large equipments of research :
- Jules VERNE climatic wind tunnel
Experimental programmes on the full-scale behaviour of buildings and building components when subjected to any weather condition.
- Le CORBUSIER® immersion room
Modelling and simulating physical phenomena, 3D representation, enriched virtual reality.
- ARIA
Experimental means and laboratories designed to study the health quality of construction products, facilities and building structures.
- Aquasim
Research and test platform dedicated to the full-scale experimentation and simulation of the water cycle, within the “building-plot-environment” system.
CSTB Carnot institute's strong points
- Its work is deeply rooted in the activities of the social and economic players in the construction industry and related sectors.
- It has a thorough knowledge and experience as an R&D integrator and innovation generator and partner
- It holds partnership agreements within upstream research
(academic world, Grandes Ecoles, etc.).
Intended for the players in the construction industry
- Manufacturers (SMEs and industrial groups)
- Firms
- Contracting authorities
- Project Managers
- Managers and Operators
- Local authorities
