Carnot MECD
The MECD Institute is composed of 4 Industrial Technical Centres (CTI), 4 university laboratories and the CTI Network.
The MECD institute develops an R&D offering that anticipates the major challenges facing the sector. Innovative materials with a low environmental footprint, recycling and reuse, a mix of construction solutions, modular housing are all key areas the Institute has put in place to increase the competitiveness of the French companies.
Competences
Core business
Key figures
| Permanent staff (full-time equivalent) | 404 |
| including PhD Students | 134 |
| Partnership incomes with industry | 20 M€ |
Contact
Tremplin Carnot MECD
8 rue Boudreau
75009 Paris
Marie-Sabine GAVOIS
+33 (0)6 89 49 42 64
Presentation
Research themes in response to the challenges of the construction sector
The MECD Institute focuses its research and offers according to 3 strategic axes, over the entire lifecycle of structures and buildings:
- Building materials and systems: Innovation & Engineering: Develop innovative structures and envelope solutions with a low environmental impact and taking advantage of the potential provided by the mix of materials
- Construction and deconstruction: new approaches, new tools. Taking into account the life cycle of the building and its components, integrating the digital and technological evolutions and optimizing the resources
- Prospective and Societal Changes: Technologies and research applied to the built environment
Targeted markets
- Construction: buildings & civil engineering works
- Furnishing and interior fittings
Remarkable experimental tools
From the test specimen of the material to the scale 1 platforms, in order to characterize and assess the performance of the materials, products and construction systems:
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Platform for the physicochemical characterization of the materials, thermal characterizations between -40°C and +1700°C
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Mechanical tests, fire tests, seismic tests
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Acoustic, thermal performances, durability
- Physical modelling and numerical simulations
A network of complementary skills and expertise
With a strong coverage of the territory for a service of proximity to the companies
