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entire lifecycle of a building, from the extraction insulation. “There are quality controls at each “We anticipate the reforms»
of raw materials to the transport and distribution stage of the work,” notes the MPG Environment On the 70-square-metre roof, thermal solar
of these materials before construction, until Manager. panels have been installed, producing 46% of
the end of the building’s life, including the domestic hot water needs; and other solutions
recycling of materials and, of course, passing A geothermal loop dug with 40 boreholes of improve energy performance: presence detection
through the site and construction phase, with 250 metres systems to control lighting in common areas,
the challenge of waste management; but also Part of the arsenal of this 86-metre tower is low-consumption sources (LED) for collective
through the operation of the building. “We try a geothermal loop system, providing 100% lighting, automatic watering of green spaces
to have a global and pragmatic approach. We of the heating and cooling for the building controlled by a weather station and selective
operate a technological watch and choose through the use of active floor slabs. “This sorting of waste for each storey: “We are going
suitable materials (such as low-carbon concrete) is the only loop system of this dimension in beyond French and Monégasque regulations.
for the construction; we seek technological Monaco which allows you to be autonomous. We anticipate the changes and reforms, drawing
solutions that can easily be adopted by the users On the technical level, it was necessary to inspiration from the most advanced countries,”
of the building, whether they be residents or drill 40 holes of 250 metres and place 10,000 stresses Serge Ginesy, for whom, “It is imperative
technical teams, in order to optimise its energy metres of probes in the drilling holes! It is a very always to be one step ahead.”
performance. A home automation interface, technical operation, carried out by specialists.
placed in each apartment, thus makes it possible This requires a lot of monitoring, because
to control heating, air conditioning and lighting it is necessary, in particular, to manage the “Monaco pushes us
installations and encourages virtuous behaviour.” crossing of the underground water table without to be innovative”
causing pollution,” observes Serge Ginesy. The
BREEAM-certified operation advantage of active floor slabs is “to benefit Architectural verticality and the use of
The group’s latest building, the MoNa Residence, from the inertia of the building and to benefit glass in a tower appear at first glance
designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte and the from a low-emission temperature regime, to be anything but ecological – but
Rainier Boisson office in Monaco. “It was ranging from 18° in cooling to 28° in heating.” what is the reality? “Nothing is all white
built deliberately to comply with the BREEAM Other solutions have been integrated in order to or all black,” evaluates Serge Ginesy. “In
certification process and has achieved the limit the summer heat: sliding sunshades on the Monaco, the surface area is limited and
Excellent Label. This is the first collective balconies and adjustable sunshades integrated the possibilities for expansion at sea
housing construction project in continental into the joinery of the bay windows, argon-filled are not endless. We need verticality and
Europe to have subscribed to this programme,” double glazing and even thermal break window that pushes us to be innovative! We can
explains Aïleen Fabre, Commercial Director barriers. “The balconies themselves on each also pool the energy performance in a
of the Centre Immobilier Pastor real estate floor serve as protection for the floor below. tower for all residents, thanks to a high-
centre. This is a certification that guarantees This reduces summer discomfort with a PPD performance system. In comparison with
the building limits the production of greenhouse of less than 10% (percentage of people finding individual homes with the same number
gases through the use of renewable energies the environment uncomfortable), without even of inhabitants, there is less energy loss
and offers high performance in terms of thermal adding air conditioning!” declares Serge Ginesy. in a building.”

Le hall abrite une création artistique
géométrique signée Ora-ïto / Daniel
Buren. Pendant 12 semaines, près
de 2000 pièces de marbre aux motifs
différents (marbre vert des Alpes,
marbre blanc Calacatta Caldia),
ont été assemblées.
The hall houses a geometric artistic
creation by Ora-ïto/Daniel Buren.
Over the space of 12 weeks, nearly
2,000 pieces of marble with different © Centre Immobilier Pastor
patterns were assembled, including
green marble from the Alps and white
Calacatta Caldia marble.
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