Real Estate Infrastructures

The primary mission of the Administration des Ressources Immobilières (ARI) is to provide the university community with functional, high-quality real estate infrastructures, within the limits of the resources allocated. 

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he ARI takes a cross-functional approach to sustainable development, from the feasibility/design phase through to the use of the infrastructure, using an approach inspired by the "negawatts" and "trias energetica" frameworks:

• Evaluate and determine needs in a fair and rational way, in order to meet demand in the most appropriate way (e.g. rational use of surface areas, locating activities in the right place based on multi-factor analyses, investigating opportunities for pooling)
• Use renewable and existing resources and energies wherever possible (e.g. encourage infrastructure renovation, reuse, recycling, limit unnecessary finishing)
• Use residual resources and energy as efficiently as possible
• Ensure ongoing monitoring and upkeep to ensure the longevity of infrastructures (e.g. maintenance, servicing, regulation, leak detection)
• Contribute to user information and awareness

These ambitions in terms of sustainable infrastructure development are set out operationally in the following thematic plans:

• strategic infrastructure plan (buildings)
• energy and environmental policy
• mobility policy
• Urban and landscape planning for the 4 campuses
• biodiversity (green spaces, outdoor areas, classified reserves, etc.)
• waste management
• water management