Net-zero emissions

NB - This project-based specialisation is no longer available (closed at the end of the 2020/21 academic year)

Context

It's now a matter of real urgency that we understand and have others understand that the global warming is not mere opinion, but scientific reality. In order to limit global warming to 1.5°C, the IPCC concludes that we must reduce our CO2 emissions by 45% (from 2010 levels) by 2030, reaching 'net zero' by the middle of the century.

This project specialisation is designed for students to take action to support the school - and more broadly, society - in reducing its carbon footprint. Students will be fully immersed in this topic on a daily basis, affording them the knowledge and skills to take action on this issue during their professional careers.

 

Support the school in a decarbonization approach aligned with national and international commitments:
 

• Understand climate change and science-based targets,
• Assess the school’s carbon footprint and evaluate actions to reduce the CO2 emissions,
• Produce effective management tools, directly usable by Centrale Nantes Departments and Committees to design and implement action plans,
• Develop digital tools allowing each user to calculate their carbon footprint and identify their ways to act on campus,
• Raise awareness about climate issues among students and school staff,
• Develop a platform accessible to other institutions to support them in their ecological and solidarity transition process,
• Communicate and share the work carried out in order to guide as many people as possible to reduce their carbon footprint.

• Carbon footprint and decarbonization approaches
• Management of corporate social responsibility projects
• Scientific background 1
• Scientific background 2
• Stories of transition
• Technical skills 1
• Technical skills 2
• Project

Project-based learning allows students to acquire different skills through:
 

• A tailor-made training programme that adapts to the needs of students
• Agile and autonomous organisation
• Tailored support
• An opportunity to take concrete action on a current and global issue,
• Full immersion in ecological and climate themes

 

• Carbon footprint of Centrale Nantes and quantification of the emission reduction actions from the ADEME QuantiGES protocol,
• Tool for calculating decarbonization trajectories adapted to Centrale Nantes and aligned with international science-based targets,
• Development of standardized or automated data collection and analysis systems (sensors, counters, etc.)
• Tools to measure the school’s carbon footprint and also one’s individual carbon footprint to encourage others to act collectively,
• Workshops and support media to raise user awareness and disseminate knowledge,
• Regular project monitoring deliverables (minutes, progress reports and indicators, planning etc.).

• Environment
• Energy
• Management
• Consultancy
• IT
• Innovation
• Communication
• Social

• Project engineering
• Carbon impact
• IT
• Data processing and analysis
• Knowledge transfer
• Change manangement
• Complexity management
• Teamwork
• Creativity