Our "Sustainable development" approach

Technip TPS, a pioneer in HQE® project management
 
Technip TPS was one of the first parties involved in this process, with its participation, as early as 1995, in the project of the Lycée Maximilien PERRET in ALFORVILLE (pictured left). This F200 Million (€30,49 Million) project, a pioneer in this field, was a success in which the objectives in terms of energy savings, environmental care and life conditions, the use of simple and local processes, the search for optimum use in the mid and long terms, and a neat worksite, all demonstrated the relevance "HQE®" guidelines. Technip TPS participated in this project, acting as Project Owner Assistant.

Technip TPS and sustainable development
 
Beyond the HQE® process, environmentally sound project management is currently inspired by a global approach - sustainable development - coherent with the policy of the Technip group, in compliance with the Group's Environmental Charter.

The principle of sustainable development brings together the environmental, economic, and social dimensions of human activity into a single global concept. The engineers of Technip TPS must prove their creativity, but also pragmatism in meeting requirements which sometimes seem contradictory. There is no single solution; approaches depend on the context of the operations, and their geographical location
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Strategy and implementation
 
Technip TPS has developed a genuine "sustainable development" project culture, where each member of the team integrates this theme within his speciality. It is not a matter for experts, but for all. The assessments: HQE®, sustainable development or Very High Energy Performance (THPE) were acquired within several projects: project managers aim to ensure transverse support of these processes. Within the framework of certain projects, where the objectives are highly ambitious and linked with a technological challenge, a technical coordinator is appointed alongside the project manager to assist him within the framework of this transverse management. This management is formalised within normative systems, such as the SMO (Operation Management System) and the QEB (Environmental Quality in Construction), used to manage environmental performance objectives and ensure their operational processing.

Objectives and actions
 
Within the framework of their service provision, Technip TPS has defined objectives to ensure that all aspects of durability are considered in accordance with the objectives requested by its project owners and Clients:

Environmental aspect
- - Increase effectiveness of materials by limiting demand in non renewable goods.
- Material recycling.
- Reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
- Maximise durable use of biological and renewable resources.
- Consider the impact of projects on the air, water, fauna and flora.
- Limit the impacts of the construction on its outside environment.
- Preserve natural resources by optimising their use.

Economic aspect
- Consider life cycle costs.
- Consider the economic impact on local structures.
- Consider alternate funding methods.

Social aspect
- Improve participation for the parties concerned.
- Consider the influence on the existing social fabric.
- Determine the impact on health and quality of life of users.

Some references "Sustainable development"
   
Gerontology Centre in Narbonne (11)
€15 MILLION - SDO 10,122 m² - Land 18,000 mē

Targets are:
- Integrated choices of processes and building products
- Workshop with low environmental impact
- Maintenance and operation
- Olfactive comfort
- Sanitary quality of spaces
- Air quality
  Architects: Séquences - Fontaine-Malvy
   
Mixed tramway maintenance centre in Dijon (21)
€35 MILLION -
12 ha

Targets are:
- Acoustic comfort
- Visual comfort
- Energy management
- Thermal comfort (solar panels for domestic hot water)
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Workshop with low nuisances
- Hygrothermal comfort
  Architect: FERRAND SIGAL
   
Establishment Hosting Dependent Elderly Persons in Mervans (71)
€6.85 MILLION - 4,691 m²

Targets are:
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Integrated choices of processes and building products
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Energy management
- Water management
- Olfactive comfort
- Very High
Energy Performance building
- Consumption:
130 kW.h ep/m²/year
  Architect: TECTONIQUES
   
INES (Institut National de l'Energie Solaire, National Institute for Solar Energy) in Chambéry (73)
€11.32 MILLION - 7,500 mē

Targets are:
- Building "Zero fossil energy"
- Building "Zero
CO² emission"
- Building "Zero refrigerating fluid"
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Very High Energy Performance
building
- Consommation : 28 kW.h ep/m²/year
  Architects: Michel REMON, Frédéric NICOLAS
   
Archives départementales du Rhône (local archives) in Lyon (69)
€31.5 MILLION - 23,000 mē

Targets are:
- Optimization of energies by "double skin" façade system

- Building with controlled environment and without refrigerating machine
- Acoustic performantiel treatment
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Very High Energy Performance building
  Architect: AABD (Bruno DUMETIER agency)
   
Rehabilitation of Paris OPAC (75)
€33 MILLION - 13,700 m²

Targets are:
- Energy management
- Natural overventilation through natural convection by automating the opening
glass roof
- Refreshment by geothermal science and radiant ceiling
- Clean workshop management
- Optimization of natural lighting through the zenithal window
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Performantiel acoustic treatment through choice of materials
  Architect: BRULLMANN CROCHON and Associates
   
Construction of Kyoto High School in Poitiers (86)
€31.5 MILLION - 16,500 mē

Targets are:
- Zero fossil energy
- Photovoltaic panels
- Cogeneration unity with colza oil
- Interseasonal calories storage tank
- Recycling of rainwater for supply of toilets
- Outside insulation
- Natural
permanent ventilation from the middle-season
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Very High Energy Performance
- Consumption:
52 kW.h ep/m²/year
  Architects: Guy AUTRAN & François GILLARD
   
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