Green4Cloud: greener, local cloud services
Digital, Energy & environment, Environment, In the News, Start-up-en
The start-up Green4Cloud, incubated at IMT Mines Alès and present at VivaTech 2023, is addressing the challenge of making the cloud more environmentally-friendly. To do so, the company plans to install over one hundred local data centers,…
DENV-R, a data center on water
Digital, Energy, Energy & environment, Environment, In the News, Start-up-en, Uncategorized
By continuously ensuring the seamless operation of the digital chain, data centers give off a considerable amount of heat and require additional energy to power their cooling systems. DENV-R, a start-up incubated at IMT Atlantique and present…
Data and model-assisted beekeeping
Digital, Energy & environment, Environment, In the News
Gregory Zacharewicz, IMT Mines Alès – Institut Mines-Télécom and Baptiste Magnier, IMT Mines Alès – Institut Mines-Télécom
Bees are key participants in biodiversity. They contribute enormously to pollination, an essential step…
Measuring pollution emissions from maritime transport
Energy & environment, Environment, In the News
While road traffic pollution is now strictly controlled, the same cannot be said for the maritime sector, with its different fuels, engine types and regulations that differ depending on the shipping area. The EMINAV project, funded by Ademe…
Fire retardant biocomposites: combining lightness and fire resistance
Energy & environment, Environment, In the News, Materials
To slow the spread of fire, compounds called flame retardants are often used to treat materials to give them fire resistant properties. The problem is that some of these additives can be harmful for humans and polluting for the environment.…
How long can we continue to exceed planetary limits?
Energy & environment, Environment, In the News
By Natacha Gondran, Mines Saint-Étienne, UMR 5600 Environment, City, Society (EVS), and Aurélien Boutaud, associate researcher at UMR 5600 EVS.
In recent months, several scientific papers months have drawn attention…
Rivers and residents: using emotions to promote water conservation
Energy & environment, Environment, In the News, Society
Antoine Fricard, IMT Mines Alès – Institut Mines-Télécom
“Since the American Revolution, since the French Revolution, we have given basic rights to all men and women. This march towards equality and democracy was a major…
How can we assess the health risks associated with exposure to electromagnetic fields?
Energy & environment, Environment, Europe EN, Health, In the News
As partners of the European SEAWave project, Télécom Paris and the C2M Chair are developing innovative measurement techniques to respond to public concern about the possible effects of cell phone usage. Funded by the EU to the tune of €8…
Plastic waste: transforming a problem into energy
Energy, Energy & environment, Environment, In the News
The linear life cycle of plastics, too rarely recycled, exerts a heightened pressure on the environment. The process of gasification makes it possible to reduce this impact by transforming more waste – currently incinerated or left in landfill…
Debate: The Metaverse, flying taxis and other weapons of mass planetary destruction
Energy & environment, Environment, In the News
Fabrice Flipo, Institut Mines-Télécom Business School
5G, 8K, flying taxis and the Metaverse are all topics of great interest, raising many questions. However, such questions are rarely, if ever, from an environmental perspective.
A…