For many years now, the “universités départementales des maires” (departmental mayors’ universities) have been a fixture on the calendar of elected officials in the Paris region. In 2020, the health crisis disrupted this schedule. This year, ECT teams were once again delighted to meet with elected representatives, municipalities and inter-municipalities. First meeting on September 24, in Dammary-les-Lys. The Union des Maires de Seine-et-Marne (Seine-et-Marne Mayors’ Union) organized its 59th congress of mayors and EPCI presidents. Then, on October 16, the UMY brought together local authorities from Yvelines and Hauts-de6Seine, at the Pyramides in Port Marly. We successfully led a workshop

Hortis: a key player in the horticultural and landscape sector The Hortis association brings together more than 600 managers of urban nature areas in local authorities. It is chaired by Pascal Goubier. Its annual conference took place from October 14 to 16, at the Orangerie du Domaine départemental de Sceaux, with the Hauts des Seine département as its partner. This is the second year that ECT has taken part in the conference to present Urbafertil, a standardized, recycled and eco-responsible growing medium. Urbafertil was born out of the desire to offer a local, cost-effective alternative to imported topsoil. This fertile

At the AMIF trade show, journalist Florence Duprat-Galinier met Guillaume Pasquier, ECT Development Director, and Clara Didier, Project Director. They explained how “you can do almost anything with land! This round table presented the high reuse potential of excavated inert soil, a powerful vector for local, societal and environmental development. ECT’s developments enhance the attractiveness of the region. ECT offers communities the opportunity to develop derelict land. And to develop environmental and/or recreational projects. The financing of these projects is based on the principles of the circular economy. Soil from urban construction sites is used to finance these eco-designed developments

Urban soils, positive values for the city of tomorrow, symposium June 22 and 23, 2021 This new colloquium proposed by the EIVP & ECT “urban land reclamation” chair was held in partnership with ENSP, with the participation of Cycle Terre. After a first symposium in April 2019 around “earth in all its states”, which analyzed urban land as a resource and material with multiple dimensions, ECT and EIVP are taking the discussion further by placing land at the heart of current debates on the sustainable city. Social, environmental and economic issues are at the heart of the EIVP’s teaching and

New EIVP / ECT symposium:  “Urban soils: positive values for the city of tomorrow”. On June 22 and 23, the Ecole des Ingénieurs de la Ville de Paris (EIVP) and ECT organized the “Valorisation des terres issues des chantiers urbains” chair,  in partnership with L’Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Paysage de Versailles  (ENSP) and with the participation of Cycle Terre, a new symposium. An opportunity for ECT and EIVP to explore and share ideas that place land at the heart of current debates on the sustainable city in a number of ways:  a vector for rehabilitating neglected sites, a structuring element

A workshop to better understand regional planning. How can we develop territories by reusing excavated building and civil engineering soils? On Thursday March 25, ECT led a 100% digital workshop at the E-Université de l’Union des Maires et des Yvelines et des Hauts-de-Seine. Our aim was to promote a better understanding of the role of excavated soil in regional planning. A region transformed by the eco-design model ECT designs non-built development projects using soil from urban construction sites. These projects respect the environment and promote biodiversity. This is how ECT proposes to breathe new life into derelict sites through concerted

Green in the city: a strong aspiration According to a New Corp Conseil survey, 75% of the French population will live in urban areas by 2050. And 53% of them define the city of tomorrow as one that puts nature back at the heart of cities. In France, between 20,000 and 30,000 hectares of natural areas are lost every year to urban sprawl. Soil artificialisation is growing three to four times faster than population growth, and is having a negative impact on the environment. The green and sustainable city is becoming one of the major issues of our time. A

a forum to support communities December 3, 2020, cleanliness and waste management players meet The situation is only getting worse. Illegal dumping, a national scourge, is on the increase. Illegal occupancy of land has led to intensive illegal dumping. These acts of incivility destroy the landscape and the environment. Diagnostics and waste removal are costly for public authorities. The same goes for site rehabilitation and redevelopment. It’s against this backdrop of support for local authorities that the Ile-de-France Region organized the 2nd Forum de lutte contre les dépôts sauvages on December 3, 2020, in the form of a webinar. A

September 29, inauguration of the photovoltaic power plant The 1st panel of the solar power plant was officially installed on November 14, 2019. Ten months later, ECT and AKUO inaugurate the “Les Gabots” photovoltaic power plant in Annet-sur-Marne. One of the largest solar farms in the Paris region The solar power plant, comprising 44,000 photovoltaic modules, covers an area of 18.5 hectares. It avoids 847 tonnes of CO2 emissions per year. Electricity production covers the power supply needs of 3,700 households, or almost 10,000 inhabitants. It makes the commune of Annet-sur-Marne (population 3,300) a positive-energy commune. Giving a second life