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Eco-design: optimizing materials & services

Eco-design makes it possible to optimise resources of every kind and is integrated into all our projects. As well as thinking about our materials, we are working hard to develop ways of sharing services and to offer solutions that directly incorporate multiple uses.

Doing more and better with less

While the resources being used are not under the sole control of the Eiffage Group, it remains possible to organise the Concessions / Contracting model in future around those resources that are already present. In particular, we consider recovery and reuse to be practical tools for reducing emissions and consumption of materials while meeting ongoing construction needs.

Toward bitumen-free roads with Recytal-ARM®

From green chemicals and plant-based bitumen substitutes to carbon-neutral maintenance procedures, Eiffage Route laboratories have been developing innovative, environmentally friendly solutions for 20 years. For example, Eiffage Route’s labs have developed Recytal®-ARM, an on-site road surface restoration solution using plant-based binders, which can cut the carbon footprint of our road-building projects by a factor of 10.

Recytal plant-based emulsion reuses by-products from the forestry and paper industries in place of oil-based bitumen emulsion. Additionally, deploying the mobile restoration workshop (ARM), which recycles the road surface in situ, hugely reduces the carbon impact from the production and transport of materials and waste.

Eiffage Route’s Recytal® process, the first road surfacing product certified as biosourced

Having received an award from the Road and Street Innovation Committee of the French Ministry for the Ecological Transition in 2017, the exclusive and patented Recytal® process developed by Eiffage Route was recognised once more in May 2019, when it was certified as a biosourced product (Produit biosourcé® is a French certification awarded by biosourced materials specialist, Karibati). This particular achievement is a first for the French road industry.  

Eiffage Route's low-carbon asphalt awarded

  • Eiffage Route has been awarded the Grand Prix des Trophées at the 2022 FNTP Awards for the implementation of Biophalt® asphalt on the A40, operated by APRR.
  • The low-carbon Bio-Ertalh® process was tested by Eiffage Route on the A40, operated by ATMB, at the Viry toll booth (Haute-Savoie). In this recycled asphalt treated with a low-carbon hydraulic binder, clinker is replaced by ashes from biomass. The hydraulic binder, product, and process have been patented and were winners of the Innovation Committee for Roads and Streets (CIRR) in 2020."

Recycling and reclamation at the Fretin storage site

The storage site in Fretin recycles materials from deconstruction and reclaims them as recycled materials. In a partnership with Eqiom and Recyclage de Matériaux du Nord, Eiffage is ultimately aiming to create concrete and grout made from almost 100% recycled materials. This joint undertaking will enable us to offer customers new products and services that meet the needs of an evolving construction market.

Shared uses and reclamation logistics

Mutualisation synergies, with the aim of pooling certain needs or sharing resources or equipment, are an essential aspect of our strategy. We are therefore working hard to develop ways of sharing services and uses, such as the Noé platform, along with solutions that directly incorporate multiple uses, such as the Cocoon’Ages housing solution.

Noé: the physical circular economy platform

Noé is a physical circular economy platform that consolidates and pools the needs of 170 member companies (small- and medium-sized businesses in demolition, construction, etc.), offering a broad range of services that reduce truck journeys and the risk of congestion: park-and-ride, living quarters, management of waste and backfill material, storage for waste treatment and traceability, etc. Installed in Bordeaux as part of France’s largest redevelopment project in an urban environment – 2.5 million m2 over 20 years – the platform provides a practical solution to the risks of congestion and carbon emissions related to the project.

Noé is an innovative tool that can adapt current organisational methods to the constraints of construction in a dense urban environment while achieving impressive environmental performance.

Cocoon’Ages – spaces for sharing

Cocoon’Ages is an intergenerational family housing concept with architecture suited to activity and service provision. This combination makes it possible to build synergistic relationships based on solidarity and proximity between all generations, and to support people in vulnerable situations. The homes are accessible and suitable for older or vulnerable people, due to their proximity to shops, services and transport links, and their ease of access (good lighting, videophones, clear signage, adapted door and gate opening systems, etc.). Friendly shared spaces promote interaction and are brought to life through daily support provision (project area for all kinds of activities, communal cooking areas, manager/activity leader’s office). This ergonomic accommodation is suitable for everyone and promotes intergenerational mixing (shared garden and shared transport solutions).