“Ecological transition: how to accompany changes in individual behaviour in the territories” (2020)
Citoyens & Territoires Grand Est organised a day of exchanges on ecological transition on 17 September 2020 in Sion, at the Cité des Paysages. Several speakers, in the form of round table discussions, shared their feedback on their experience...
Assistance in Mastery of Usage, a role of the sociologist “observ’actor” in the accompaniment of urban projects and transitions (2020)
Key words: sociology, Assistance in Mastery of Usage (AMU), accompaniment, research-action. Described as a soft science and decried as abstract and critical, sociology has difficulty being identified as legitimate in urban and transition projects....
[D2Grids] Video presentation of the concept 5GDHC (2020)
Do you know the D2Grids project ? This video is an opportunity to understand the functioning and potential of 5th generation heating and cooling networks. From the use of renewable energies to the recycling of different heat sources, the 5GDHC...
[SVT2030] Video report from “Saulnes, vers la Transition 2030” (2020)
Since 2016, the municipality of Saulnes, with the help of EcoTransFaire, has been committed to carbon-free growth with the project "Saulnes, vers la Transition 2030". Awareness-raising has taken place through numerous workshops and field visits in...
[D2Grids] A need for multiple areas of expertise to optimize heating networks managed by local “energy communities” (ESCOs) (2020)
Key words: heating network, intelligent network, energy, heating, renewable, sociology. The D2Grids project, which can be seen as a technico-economic project at first glance, is designed with a multi-dimensional approach in which various...
[AROMA] The “Greater Region” meetings on structuring the supply of quality and local food products to the out-of-home catering (OOH) sector (2019)
EcoTransFaire, a member of the AROMA project, co-organised and participated with the other members in a triathlon of meetings in the Greater Region on the : "Structuring the supply of quality and local food products to the out-of-home catering...
[SuNSE] A year rich in exchanges on good practices! (2019)
EcoTransFaire, a member of the SuNSE project, participated in numerous meetings in 2019 with SuNSE members. Whether in Wales or Luxembourg, the exchanges and visits to social entrepreneurs were rich in teaching and reflection. Group SuNSE, 6zero1...
[ESS Greater Region Cluster] The 1st cross-border business agreement on sustainable purchasing (2019)
The Cluster Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) Greater Region, coordinated by EcoTransFaire, organised with its partners for the SSE companies of the Greater Region, the "First cross-border business convention on sustainable procurement" Event...
[Thesis] “Thermal renovation operations in single-family homes: practices of collectives and households (Lorraine)” (2015-2019)
Key words: energy renovation, housing and living methods, collective actions, experiments, energy transition, action research. In order to meet the environmental challenges, a consensus has been reached on the need to improve the energy performance...
” Living decently – Living together ” – Communication at the national conference of the Foundation for Access to Housing (2019)
On the occasion of its tenth anniversary, the Fondation pour l'Accès au Logement organised a conference at the European Convention Center on the Kirchberg Plateau on 16 and 17 May 2019. National and international actors shared the stage to...
Participation in REHAL’s Young Researchers’ Days (2018)
We took part in the 2018 edition of the Young Researchers' Days on Housing and Habitat, organised by the "REcherche HAbitat-Logement" (REHAL) network and the LISST laboratory of the University Toulouse 2 Jean-Jaurès. These days took place in...
European protocol for a cross-border pilot slaughterhouse in Virton (2015)
In 2015, a European experimental protocol for cross-border trade in slaughter animals came into force. In this context, the municipal slaughterhouse of Virton, in Belgium, recognised to European standards, has become the pilot for the...