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Multidisciplinary teams with 

advanced scientific and 

technological facilities

The CSTB Carnot institute comprises all 

those CSTB teams involved in R&D and 

the promotion of research results. It 

fosters and facilitates innovation for all 

construction sector stakeholders through 

the use of the laboratories and extensive 

research facilities of the CSTB:

 

 ARIA - Scientific facility studying the 

health aspects of the products and 

equipment used in construction and 

structures. 

 LABE - European Laboratory of 

Building Acoustics. 

 VULCAIN - Scientific facility studying 

the fire resistance of innovative structures.

 AQUASIM - center for the full-scale 

research and testing of solutions for 

sustainable water resource management 

within an integrated building/plot/

environment system.

 Jules Verne climate wind tunnel  

arge-scale atmospheric and climatic wind 

tunnel capable of physical climate 

simulation.

Locations: Marne-la-Vallée, Paris, 

Grenoble, Nantes and Sophia-Antipolis.

A dynamic approach to partnersh 

 At regional level, the CSTB Carnot institute is a 

member of the ‘Paris-Est pour une Ville Durable’ 

and ‘Rhône-Alpes Mobilité Durable’ science and 

technology clusters, the ADVANCITY 

competitiveness clusters (founder member), and 

the increasingly networked regional clusters, such 

as the Alsace Énergivie Cluster.

 Nationally, the CSTB Carnot institute is a 

member of the Alliance Nationale de Coordination 

de la Recherche en Énergie (ANCRE), within which 

it leads and coordinates Program Group 7 on 

Construction. The CSTB Carnot institute 

contributes to around 50 research projects every 

year. Other partnerships include the scientific and 

technical network (IGN, IFSTTAR, etc.), the 

Industrial Technical Centers, construction industry 

federations and the other Carnot institutes. At 

European level, it contributes to some 30 EU 

projects, including around 5 new partnership 

projects commenced during the year.

 Internationally outside Europe, excellence 

partnerships are in place with international 

counterparts, such as the NIST in the USA, BCJ 

and others in Japan, and the University of Moscow.

Research personnel  
(full-time equivalent): 

289

including PhD students: 

49

Partnership  
research incomes: 

11 370 k

€

Global budget: 

34 470 k

€

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Champs-sur-Marne 

77447 Marne-la-Vallée cedex 2 

France

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