Promoting low-carbon living

Icade Promotion Pays de Savoie and Urbain des Bois have been awarded a contract to develop lot B12 of the Ferney-Genève Innovation development zone (Ain department) right next to Geneva’s international airport. This 7,200- sq.m project will eventually include more than 140 homes. Nearly 75% timber-based, it is in line with the 2028 targets set out in the 2020 French Environmental Regulations (RE2020) and aims for ambitious levels of certification—NF Living Environment HQE certification with an Excellent rating, Bâtiment Biosourcé label (biosourced buildings), Level 3, and the Swiss Minergie-P label. This project, designed by Barrault Pressacco architects, includes a 67-unit social housing residence for young workers that will help meet the specific housing needs of young people in Geneva starting out in working life. This residence will also be exemplary from an energy point of view, with homes connected to low-temperature district heating and cooling (LTDHC), based on a geothermal system that uses waste heat from the CERN particle accelerator in Geneva.

Icade Promotion has been chosen by Espaces Ferroviaires to develop a mixed-use project of new housing and shops on two lots in Les Messageries, a neighbourhood resulting from the urban transformation of six hectares of disused railway facilities in the 12th district of Paris. Eco-friendly and compact buildings, extensive use of renewable bio-based materials, timber frames, flexible dwellings, generous outdoor spaces and the provision of electric vehicles make this Icade Promotion development project a showcase in terms of low carbon and quality of life. It will blend perfectly into the planned low-carbon district of Les Messageries and achieve the ambitious goals set by the urban planner with respect to architectural quality, comfort, the adaptability of the housing and high environmental performance.

Icade Santé has started construction on Korian’s new post-acute care (PAC) facility in Salon-de-Provence (Bouches-du-Rhône), which is scheduled to open in early 2024. This project will help meet the health needs of Salon-de-Provence residents and, more broadly, of residents in the Bouches-du-Rhône area, with 85 multi-service PAC beds, 25 PAC beds specialising in digestive, endocrine and metabolic disorders, and a 5-place day hospital. Aiming to obtain NF HQE certification with a Very Good rating and the E+C- label with at least an E1C1 rating, this facility reflects the low-carbon goals of Icade’s Healthcare Property Investment Division and will achieve an excellent environmental and energy performance.

A major element of the Portes de Paris business park, the former site of the Warehouses and General Stores of Paris (EMGP) is now home to an office campus covering nearly 44,000 sq.m and hosting around 200 tenant companies. The urban forest, designed by landscape architect Michel Desvigne, has almost 1,500 trees from 25 different species, 3 types of lawn grass and a heat-tolerant meadow. A response to climate-related issues, this green space is covered by a “biodiversity performance” contract and helps to bring nature back onto this site, providing cool air and quality of life to business park users. Lastly, the site provides a range of soft mobility solutions including charging stations for electric vehicles as well as electric shuttle boats and buses.