France’s “Climate and Resilience” Act strengthens outdoor and indoor air quality standards (mobility, heating, building renovation). As a responsible energy company, EDF has developed unique skills in this field over many years, and works with partners to propose solutions to improve air quality.
EDF (1) has historical know-how on the understanding and modelling of atmospheric emissions and air-conditioning systems of buildings.
| Scientific contribution | With CEREA (a laboratory created by a French engineering school, doing research on air pollution), EDF R&D participates in the scientific effort by developing open source models (2). |
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| Fleet equipped with air quality sensors | In Paris, Lille and the department of Haute Savoie, the vehicles used by Enedis - the French distribution network operator - are equipped with a network of air quality sensors called Pollutrack: 300 Enedis vehicles in Paris are equipped with laser sensors measuring PM 2.5 fine particles and transfer approximately two million daily readings to Airparif, which displays them on a map and marks the hotspots. |
| Mobility and air pollution | Airparif is one of Citelum’s partners in Asnières-sur-Seine, part of the AIRLAB platform (3). Installation of cameras and sensors on urban infrastructure makes it possible to measure mobility flows and atmospheric variations in sources of pollution in real time. |
| Prevention of health impacts | EDF contributes to preventive and research initiatives on the health impact of air pollution engaging in the Association for Prevention of Air Pollution (Association pour la prévention de la pollution atmosphérique, or APPA) and the Inter-professional Technical Centre for Studies on Air Pollution (Centre interprofessionnel technique d’études de la pollution atmosphérique, or CITEPA), and being an active member of the French Society for Health and Environment (Société française de santé environnement, or SFSE). |
EDF provides a range of innovative solutions to improve the indoor air quality of buildings.
| Demonstrator in Villers-sur- Marne | EDF and the town of Villiers-sur-Marne has joined forces to implement urban renewal and construction projects to improve and control indoor and outdoor air quality “from the street to the room”. The deployment of a scientific approach carried by CEREA has resulted in the creation of a first digital demonstrator of air quality in a show flat. |
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| ERP support offer | Dalkia is assisting healthcare facilities with operating blocks to comply with indoor air quality regulations, as well as operators of public buildings. It has broadened its range by offering air network balancing, duct cleaning, room reclassification and health risk advice services. |
| NemoPool | To develop solutions takes innovation and team work. Dalkia developed NemoPool with the startup ETHERA to make both swimmers and pool staff more comfortable. This tool regulates the level of trichloramines by controlling ventilation systems. |
| Air Quality Challenge | Covivio and EDF have joined forces with the Impulse Partners incubator to launch the Air Quality Challenge. This is a European call for projects aimed at startups, SMEs, laboratories, associations and large companies. The goal is to propose new innovative solutions in the field of monitoring and measuring indoor air quality, while positively impacting the energy consumption of buildings. |
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The EDF Executive Committee is responsible for determining the orientations and priorities of the ethics and compliance programme, allocating the necessary resources and ensuring the monitoring and control of its implementation. The Board of Directors of EDF, through its Corporate and Social Responsibility Committee, oversees the Company’s incorporation of ethical and compliance considerations into its works. Every year, the Executive Committee and the Governance & Corporate Responsibility Committee also receive an activity report drawn up by the Group Ethics and Compliance Department.
| Group Ethics and Compliance Department. (DECG) | Reporting to the General Secretary, the Group Ethics and Compliance Department manages and coordinates, in liaison with the departments concerned, the implementation of the Group’s ethics and compliance programme. |
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| Ethics and Compliance Officers (REC) | A network of around 50 Ethics and Compliance Officers within its entities and subsidiaries, both in France and internationally share and deploy the Group’s Ethics and Compliance Policy. The RECs participate in the Management Committees and report directly to the entities’ senior management. |
| Associations and non-profits | EDF is a member of several anti-corruption groups and non-profits. In 2016, it joined Transparency International France, in which it participates in the Forum of Engaged Companies (Forum des Entreprises Engagées, or FEE), which promotes the highest standards of transparency and integrity. |
(1) More specifically, it involves the MFEE Department of EDF R&D.
(2) Free access to source code.
(3) Airparif’s laboratory of innovative air quality solutions.
