BUILDING

The ZEN Research Centre3 pilot projects serve as innovation hubs where researchers, together with building professionals, property developers, municipalities, energy companies, and building owners and users, test new solutions for the construction, operation, and use of neighbourhoods in order to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions to zero on a neighbourhood scale. In total, the ZEN pilot projects encompass more than 30,000 people, more than 1 million m2 built

area, and more than 5.5 million m2 land area.

Smart cities shape their future by leading in technology adoption, resource efficiency and citizen/ stakeholder engagement.

La Fleuriaye District Development in Carquefou, Nantes Metropole

The La Fleuriaye district in the City of Carquefou, part of Nantes Metropole, has been developed in two phases:

 Phase I: District Composition
1. Fleuriaye East (65 Hectares, 1995-2010):
  - 120 tertiary companies over 55,000 m²
  - 1,000 dwellings
  - A theatre
  - A University Institute of Technology (IUT)
  - A music school
  - Various cultural activities

In 2015, after more than a decade of occupying two floors of the Hunter-Dulin building in downtown San Francisco, the need to renovate the Bay Area office of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) arose. With the aid of Gensler as the architect and GCI General Contractors, NRDC created a space that embraces their mission, a space that is not only healthy and fosters productivity for employees, but is considerate of the environment.