Bouygues For Resilience

StreetADAPT is an innovative approach developed by Colas to support local authorities in addressing the impacts of climate change, already deployed in France and internationally. Designed as a tailored and scalable approach, it aims to make cities more resilient by combining engineering, nature-based solutions, and material innovations. It addresses key urban challenges: overheating, increasingly intense rainfall events, and soil sealing, which exacerbate flooding and biodiversity loss.

To tackle urban overheating, StreetADAPT offers solutions for creating cool islands: light-colored pavements that limit heat accumulation, greening initiatives that support de-sealing and urban cooling, shading devices, and more. These solutions help reduce perceived temperatures while improving urban comfort.

Within the StreetADAPT framework, Colas also implements integrated stormwater management through permeable pavements and other water storage systems. The principle? To promote infiltration at the source, slow down water flows, enable temporary storage, and enhance water reuse. All of this helps reduce flood risks and strengthen neighborhood resilience.

By adopting a systemic approach (soil de-sealing, material selection, greening, water management, etc.), supported by a product offering and expertise in microclimate engineering and ecological engineering, StreetADAPT helps territories adapt while sustainably improving quality of life.

In all residential developments where possible, Bouygues Immobilier incorporates green spaces that limit soil sealing, benefiting both residents and biodiversity, and creating genuine urban cool islands.

The Signature Garden is a concrete response to climate-related challenges. Its innovative feature lies in the vegetated swale, a system that stores rainwater in the soil to nourish vegetation even during drought periods, ensuring green spaces remain vibrant and resilient all year round.

It is designed in collaboration with a landscape architect who proposes layouts and uses in line with the ecologist’s recommendations. The latter conducts an assessment and provides guidance to ensure conditions that support biodiversity.

In response to rising sea levels, Bouygues Construction (through its subsidiary Bouygues Travaux Publics) undertook works including the construction of a 700-meter protective seawall as part of the development of the Dominican Republic’s first freight port in Caucedo (30 km from Santo Domingo).

This seawall consists of a rock-fill embankment protected by concrete blocks, along with a 70-hectare platform for container storage.

Equans deploys NEMOSYS FIRE, an innovative detection solution based on artificial intelligence as part of wildfire prevention efforts.

This system combines high-resolution thermal cameras, smart sensors, artificial intelligence, and a 3D digital twin of the territory to continuously monitor vast forested areas, day and night. Each camera can detect a fire outbreak in under three minutes—several minutes earlier than traditional methods—enabling faster and more targeted emergency response. Images are transmitted in real time via a high-speed, low-latency connection.

Designed using proven technologies from the defense sector, the solution also stands out for its durability, energy efficiency, and the continuous updating of its algorithms to improve detection accuracy while minimizing false alarms. Through this project, Equans makes a tangible contribution to protecting natural areas, ensuring public safety, and helping territories adapt to growing climate challenges.

On the island of Oléron, Colas teams have been urgently mobilized to protect the infiltration basins of a wastewater treatment plant, threatened by advancing sea levels. In just a few years, the coastline has receded by 25 meters, outpacing initial projections for 2030 by five years. This coastal area is among the most exposed in Europe.

Since January 2026, Colas has been deploying an innovative solution: 900 gabions, each weighing 4 tons and filled with locally sourced stones, forming a flexible 600-meter barrier at the base of the dune ridge.

Le principe : absorber l’énergie des vagues plutôt que de la repousser. Contrairement à un mur rigide qui renvoie la force de l’eau, ces structures en filets métalliques dissipent progressivement l’impact grâce à leur flexibilité et leur porosité, laissant l’eau circuler entre les pierres.

Faced with the depletion of resources (materials, water, land) and increasing pressure on the workforce, the construction sector must fundamentally reinvent itself. The use of industrialized and modular construction, notably driven by Bouygues Construction, is emerging as a key response to these constraints.

Building on off-site methods (factory prefabrication, on-site assembly), flagship projects such as Serangoon North in Singapore demonstrate that it is possible to build more efficiently, using fewer resources and with better operational control.

This approach enables a significant reduction in environmental impacts while improving overall site performance:

• -30 to -50% waste
• -20 to -40% water consumption
• Significantly improved control over timelines and costs

Integrated stormwater management is a key component of the Kipolis project in Tours, led by Bouygues Immobilier, through the implementation of vegetated swales and drainage structures designed to sustainably manage rainwater.

It makes it possible to store and infiltrate rainwater as close as possible to where it falls. Initially, more than 66% of the site was impermeable. Thanks to the development of planted sunken green spaces and the installation of drainage systems beneath the roads, this share will be reduced to 56%.

The Sustainable and Integrated Stormwater Management (GDIEP) project enables the handling of a 100-year rainfall event through multifunctional structures designed according to a plot-level management approach. In the event of storms or heavy rainfall, the site is able to effectively retain and infiltrate water, thereby reducing the risks of flooding and overflow.

Easycold is a range of low-temperature asphalt mixes developed by Colas to significantly reduce the carbon footprint of roadworks while maintaining performance levels equivalent to traditional hot-mix asphalt. Developed through several years of research and development, this solution is primarily intended for road asset maintenance—surface courses, reprofiling, or structural reinforcement—with thicknesses ranging from 1.5 to 7 cm. Easycold can be applied at ambient or moderate temperatures, depending on the formulation, which helps limit energy consumption during both production and installation.

The range is based on various technologies (bitumen emulsions, fluxed bitumen with bio-based additives or plant-based binders), incorporating high levels of recycled materials, which can reach up to 100% reclaimed asphalt depending on the solution. This approach makes it possible to reduce the carbon footprint by 30% to 70% compared with conventional reference mixes, while ensuring durability, mechanical strength, and early-age performance comparable to that of hot-mix asphalt.

Bouygues Construction created Cyneo in 2022, a new subsidiary entirely dedicated to the reuse of construction materials, in response to a major industry challenge: each year, the building sector generates 46 million tonnes of waste, 80% of which could be reused, yet barely 1% currently is.

Cyneo is scaling up by structuring a professional reuse sector and deploying a national network of technical centers capable of collecting, testing, refurbishing, and reintroducing materials from construction sites into circulation. Following Vitry-sur-Seine and Nantes, a third technical center opened in February 2026 near Lille. These centers include refurbishment workshops, storage areas, a showroom, and a digital platform that facilitates matching supply with demand among construction industry stakeholders.

The model quickly proved its effectiveness: 5,000 references are available, a community of over 200 partner companies has been established, and more than 19,000 tonnes of circular materials will be reused, repurposed, or recycled in 2026. This initiative demonstrates the ambition to scale up the circular economy in the construction sector and to offer reliable, insurable, and ready-to-use refurbished materials.

Equans supported Aledia in the design and build of a scalable system for the production and distribution of purified water for LED manufacturing. The setup, designed for a production capacity of 2.5 m³/h and storage of 5 m³, ensures water quality below 0.1 µS/cm, meeting microelectronics requirements. Beyond the feasibility study, the teams provided continuous support as needs evolved, integrating a modular production unit and storage capacity anticipating the client’s future growth.

Aledia thus benefits from an optimized, standards-compliant installation delivered by a flexible team, while reducing its water consumption and strengthening its CSR commitments. Delivered in 2021, this project stands as a key reference in the integration of process solutions for the high-tech industry.

Equans designs, installs, and operates the district heating network for the Rives Ardentes eco‑district, the largest ever built in Belgium. Located near the center of Liège, this 25-hectare sustainable neighborhood includes more than 1,350 homes and buildings (schools, nurseries, shops), all supplied with domestic hot water and heating from a local, low-carbon, and centralized energy source. This project fully aligns with Equans’ strategy to accelerate the region’s energy transition.

The key innovation lies in the use of heat generated by waste incineration in the city of Liège. Through the Uvelia‑Intradel energy recovery facility, Equans captures the steam produced by combustion, transports it via a primary network, and then redistributes it to the district through a secondary piping network. This system enables residents to benefit from a stable energy supply that is less dependent on fluctuations in fossil fuel markets.

Bouygues Immobilier is developing, through its UrbanEra program, the Étoile eco-district in Annemasse, Ambilly, and Ville‑la‑Grand. This 19-hectare project, set to accommodate nearly 1,600 homes, serves as a true urban laboratory to anticipate the energy and environmental needs of the city of tomorrow, while addressing the strong demographic and economic growth of the Greater Geneva cross-border region.

Conceived as a zero-energy district, Étoile aims to ultimately produce as much energy as it consumes. To achieve this ambition, the project relies on local and renewable energy sources: a biomass heating plant supplies homes, offices, and shops with heat, while photovoltaic panels installed on around 20% of rooftops provide local electricity generation. This approach enables a lasting reduction in energy consumption, limits carbon emissions associated with buildings, and aligns the district with current climate challenges.

Beyond energy performance, Étoile takes a comprehensive approach to the transition by combining mixed uses, land efficiency, and quality of life. The district offers a diverse housing mix—affordable, social, and market-rate—and places strong emphasis on its 3 hectares of green spaces, designed to cool the urban microclimate, preserve biodiversity, and encourage soft mobility. Scheduled for phased delivery through 2031, the Étoile eco-district provides a concrete response to the energy and environmental challenges faced by territories, combining performance, attractiveness, and long-term sustainability.

Faced with the major challenge of decarbonizing air transport, Equans is supporting Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport in its transition toward a more energy-efficient and sustainable model. In a context of post-pandemic traffic recovery and carbon neutrality targets by 2050, airports must reduce their emissions while maintaining a high level of operational performance. Schiphol is therefore positioning itself as a pilot site, demonstrating that the energy transition of the aviation sector also relies on the modernization of ground infrastructure.

Equans played a key role in the renovation of Lounge 1 and its 24,000 m² of space, carried out without interrupting operations. Beyond architectural improvements and the passenger experience, the project included a complete overhaul of technical systems: ventilation, lighting, air conditioning, data networks, fire safety, and electrical equipment. These installations were designed to improve energy efficiency, reduce consumption, and integrate high-performance equipment, while also incorporating circular economy principles, notably through material recycling and resource optimization.

The site’s energy transition also relies on the integration of advanced digital technologies, with the implementation of a digital twin at the scale of the entire airport. This “Common Data Environment” centralizes BIM and GIS data for more than 80,000 assets across 7,000 hectares, enabling optimized operations, anticipation of maintenance needs, and long-term reduction of environmental impact. This intelligent management of infrastructure makes the Schiphol project an international benchmark, illustrating how the combination of digital innovation and high-performance energy solutions allows airports to make a tangible contribution to the energy transition of the aviation sector.

Hypervision, a solution by Equans Digital, transforms the way operators monitor their multi-utility infrastructures. It is fully customizable and automatically collects data from a wide range of systems (business applications, controllers, energy management tools, and sensors embedded in facilities). This provides a single, comprehensive view, enhanced by artificial intelligence algorithms, and immediately actionable for site managers.

Faced with numerous challenges such as difficulties in identifying the causes of performance issues or limited access to information, Hypervision consolidates this data in real time and translates it into clear indicators, accessible remotely via a browser or smartphone. It enables users to quickly understand abnormal behaviors, trace the origin of malfunctions, and optimize the quality of service delivered to end users.

For GNVERT, ENGIE Solutions’ natural gas mobility offering, which provides alternative fuels at its stations, Hypervision was deployed to improve operational performance and reduce operating and maintenance costs. The solution also meets the need to optimize management and enhance service quality. Data from more than 100 stations has therefore been centralized into a single unified view. Site managers can directly monitor the technical data of their stations with greatly enhanced accessibility, from a smartphone or a computer.

Faced with profound societal changes marked by the climate emergency, the search for meaning, and growing expectations for media engagement, the TF1 group has made Ushuaïa TV a unique and pioneering editorial project. Launched in 2005, the channel has established itself as the only French channel entirely dedicated to protecting the planet, with a mission to raise public awareness of environmental and social issues without adopting a guilt-inducing tone, instead favoring wonder, understanding, and collective action.

This ambition has been strengthened with the launch of Ushuaïa TV For Change, a digital extension that concretely addresses the necessary transformations in our lifestyles: responsible food, sustainable mobility, renewable energy, more mindful consumption, and social justice. Freely accessible, this offering reflects the TF1 group’s commitment to adapting its formats to new usage patterns and playing an active role in the ecological and societal transition, by giving citizens the tools to understand and take action.

To meet the growing need for social connection, UrbanEra, Bouygues Immobilier’s urban development brand, partnered with Reciprocité to design a third place at the heart of the Étoile eco-district in Ambilly. Open to all—residents, families, students, associations, or visitors interested in getting involved in neighborhood life—this space offers a friendly and evolving program, including information sessions about the project, regular social gatherings (afternoon snacks, aperitifs), and local concierge services. This approach helps create connections, simplify daily life, and foster mutual support, while leaving room for residents and local stakeholders to take initiative and shape how the space is used over time.

Bouygues Telecom offers a concrete response to growing family concerns with Kids Watch. As screen time among younger users continues to rise and the age at which children receive their first smartphone keeps getting younger, parents are expressing strong concerns about exposure to inappropriate content, cyberbullying, and excessive screen use. In this context, in June 2025 Bouygues Telecom became the first operator in France to launch a connected watch without internet access, combined with a dedicated plan, enabling a gradual and controlled introduction to digital technologies.

Designed specifically for children aged 9 and over, Kids Watch offers a responsible alternative to the smartphone. It allows children to stay reachable and gain independence while on the move, while deliberately limiting sensitive digital uses. Without internet or social media access, the watch provides only essential and secure features: calls and messages restricted to authorized contacts, geolocation, safe zones, an SOS button, and a school mode. All settings can be managed remotely via a dedicated app, giving parents a reassuring framework tailored to their child’s age.

Systrans, an Equans subsidiary, designs and develops Intelligent Transport Systems to improve the performance and efficiency of public transport networks.

The NAVINEO solution helps optimize public transport network operations and ensures all passengers receive reliable real-time information.

NAVINEO helps improve operators’ operational efficiency, monitor network status in real time, ensure smooth journeys for passengers, and optimize public transport services. This system enhances operators’ performance, provides real-time visibility over the network, ensures seamless travel for users, and improves the overall efficiency of public transport offerings.

Today, more than 250 public transport networks across 12 countries are equipped with the solution, benefiting from smoother operations and greater control over their activities. A total of 60,000 buses, trams, and trains are continuously monitored thanks to this system.

The S.A.V.E. (Vehicle Alert and Evacuation System), a solution deployed by Colas, analyzes the trajectories of road users approaching work zone signage and helps protect workers by triggering alerts in case of an imminent collision risk.

Traditional safety devices for workers generally aim to reduce the consequences of an impact (such as crash attenuators). S.A.V.E. introduces a new approach by predicting trajectories to anticipate collisions, thereby allowing our personnel to move to safety.

Bouygues Telecom Business and Bordeaux University Hospital (CHU de Bordeaux) have launched 5MART HO5PITAL, a pioneering project designed to address the growing connectivity challenges in healthcare facilities through 5G. Their objective is to equip 18 hospital buildings with a hybrid 5G infrastructure, combining public and private networks, to support the hospital’s digital transformation and improve quality of care. This solution, based on network slicing, standalone 5G, and an edge computing infrastructure installed directly on site, ensures high data speeds, low latency, and the security of sensitive data.

Concretely, this innovative architecture will enable the deployment of advanced medical uses from 2027: connected ambulances for faster patient care, 3D modeling in surgery to prepare operations, and connected glasses to assist surgeons in real time. The hospital will also benefit from improved indoor mobile coverage, precise equipment geolocation, and enhanced resilience thanks to redundant 5G equipment.

Colas is launching 2IN (twin), a territorial digital twin offering designed to support local authorities, developers, and infrastructure managers in supervising and managing their assets. In a context marked by increasing territorial complexity, the proliferation of data, and the need for fast, informed decision-making, 2IN addresses a core challenge: making data accessible, understandable, and actionable, even for users without expertise in BIM or geographic information systems.

Unveiled at BIM World, the 2IN platform compiles and enriches all available data on a territory to create a multi-scale digital representation: buildings, road and underground infrastructure, risks, uses, and environmental constraints. As a true decision-support tool, the digital twin helps anticipate and optimize infrastructure management through integrated services such as predictive maintenance, preventive network management, mitigation of urban heat islands, soil remediation, and the integration of circular economy principles into development and construction projects.

Equans Digital supports healthcare institutions in their transition toward smart hospitals capable of simultaneously improving quality of care, operational efficiency, and environmental performance. The project led by Plan Group, in collaboration with Alberta Health Sciences, provides a concrete illustration of this approach: a hospital designed around integrated digital systems, centered on the patient and built to meet the growing demands of modern healthcare environments.

The deployed solution is based on advanced integration of hospital technologies, orchestrated by Equans Digital through its network of expertise. Plan Group handled the design, construction, and integration of all digital systems and automated workflows, creating a contextual, adaptive, and semi-autonomous hospital environment. This intelligent architecture streamlines daily operations, optimizes resource management, and frees up time for medical teams, allowing them to focus more on direct patient care.

At the core of the system, several flagship digital solutions illustrate the added value of the smart hospital: automated guided vehicles ensure the autonomous transport of meals and supplies while interacting with the building (doors, elevators); patient environmental control panels enable precise management of comfort (temperature, lighting, smart glazing); and unified communication systems connect patients directly to care teams via the nurse call system. Together, these elements form an integrated digital ecosystem capable of anticipating needs, adapting in real time to usage conditions, and reducing the building’s overall energy consumption.

Bouygues Telecom Business is strengthening its position as a key player in digital resilience by forming a strategic partnership with Mailinblack, a French provider of sovereign cybersecurity solutions. In a context where mid-sized companies and public sector organizations are facing a growing number of attacks (particularly through email and password breaches) cybersecurity has become an essential pillar of any digital transformation strategy.

The proposed solution is notably based on U‑Cyber 360°, a comprehensive platform that focuses on the human factor, considered the primary entry point for cyberattacks. Email protection, password security, ongoing awareness, cybersecurity training, and centralized management of cyber maturity are combined within an integrated, sovereign, turnkey offering. Bouygues Telecom Business therefore leverages its expertise in security, cloud, and managed services to deploy accessible, high-performance solutions tailored to the specific challenges faced by mid-sized companies and public sector organizations.