Constructing New Wor(l)ds [English]

M... for Massive Urbanization

Within twenty years, two-thirds of the world's population will be living in cities. Metropolises are getting bigger and bigger, and their challenges are growing all the time: management of drinking water, wastewater, waste, air pollution, access to decent housing... How can new construction methods support cities and this galloping densification? Find out in our podcast.

CONSTRUCTING NEW WORLDS, by Saint-Gobain.

Behind words, solutions and innovations for a sustainable future.

E... for Embodied Emissions

Aiming to achieve carbon neutrality is the objective of the construction industry by 2050. To reach that goal, we need to reduce what's called “embodied carbon” emissions, which are related to the manufacture, installation and disposal of a building and its materials. This episode looks at what embodied emissions really means and deciphers the solutions that enable buildings to reduce their CO2 footprint.

CONSTRUCTING NEW WORLDS, by Saint-Gobain.

Behind words, solutions and innovations for a sustainable future.

X… for Xeriscaping

Green spaces that need no water. This is xeriscaping, an approach gaining in popularity, particularly in urban planning, as water is becoming a rare resource to be preserved. In this episode, we decipher what this strange word actually means.

CONSTRUCTING NEW WORLDS, by Saint-Gobain.

Behind words, solutions and innovations for a sustainable future.

A... for Anthropocene

Modern human activities are responsible for rising temperatures, various forms of pollution and declining biodiversity. This trend is even said to have created a new geological era: the Anthropocene. But what exactly does this concept mean? And how does it impact on the way we think about building a more sustainable world?

CONSTRUCTING NEW WORLDS, by Saint-Gobain.

Behind words, solutions and innovations for a sustainable future.

Z... for Zero Carbon

Businesses in the construction industry are building and renovating more and more sustainably to deal with the climate crisis and scarcity of natural resources. These new construction methods come with a whole lexical field, a vocabulary of innovation and solutions to explore!

CONSTRUCTING NEW WORLDS, by Saint-Gobain.

Behind words, solutions and innovations for a sustainable future.

Discover Constructing New Wor(l)ds, a Saint-Gobain podcast

Cogeneration, Anthropocene, Xeriscaping, Embedded Carbon, eco-materials... The evolution of our vocabulary - with the invention of new words - reveals our desire to think differently, to reinvent habitat and the city, to build a more sustainable futur. But what are the realities behind these neologisms?

Constructing New Wor(l)ds, Saint-Gobain's new podcast series, deciphers more than twenty words that describe a world already in the throes of change.

CONSTRUCTING NEW WOR(L)DS, by Saint-Gobain.

Behind words, solutions and innovations for a sustainable future.