The winner of the call for projects issued by the French Ministry of Foreign Trade and the Treasury Department (DGT) in 2014, the consortium of Eiffage, Egis and Engie, presented on Monday October 19 the urban design digital tool "Astainable®" aimed at exporting French knowhow in sustainable city development under the Vivapolis brand.
Based on the 3D-model of the city of Astana, capital of Kazakhstan, the Astainable® digital tool displays a wide range of French solutions adapted to the needs of the city and contributing to reducing the ecological footprint while considering all the particularities of the local territory. Astainable® incorporates 350 French technical, industrial and engineering solutions in the areas (such as ecological transport, energy, smart city, responsible water and waste management and sustainable construction).
The pressure on sustainable cities can be explained by three urgent needs:
- environmental, as a consequence of global rapid urbanization with an additional 2.5 billion citizen dwellers by 2050 ;
- social, derived from the urban migration triggered by the economic growth;
- economic, which requires faster and cheaper constructions.
Source : Eiffage
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