ECOLOGICAL TRANSITION
Standardization makes a major contribution through an approach that takes the specificities of each player into account. Three examples are cited here:
Encouraging the energy transition
Initiate structured approaches for more efficient energy consumption by combining streamlining and innovation.
Enable power grids to “intelligently” incorporate locally generated renewable energies and new controlled consumption models (electromobility, air-conditioning, etc.) with the objective of dramatically reducing greenhouse gas emissions in communities and improving resilience.
Drive down the cost of technologies that can assist the energy transition in developing countries.
Implementing the circular economy
The circular economy involves organizational changes and new economic balances and calls for new methods: ecodesign, end-of-life recovery of products and materials with waste management and waste status management, a functional economy and industrial symbiosis.
The circular economy also requires new global management which should ideally be implemented in a structured way, based on standards for instance.
Preserving and encouraging biodiversity
The preservation of biodiversity is a key challenge which transcends national borders and requires tools to measure dependency in biodiversity and the biodiversity footprint of organizations and activities.
OBJECTIVES
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- Maintain our leading position by showcasing the stances and initiatives of French players at international level in the circular economy and by strengthening France’s position as a leader in the fight against climate change.
INFLUENCE
- Promote standardization subjects in support of the energy transition: smart grid infrastructures, development of low voltage direct current (LVDC) in response to the need for electrification in developing economies, development of low carbon energies (electricity, hydrogen, biomass, biomethane, etc.) and ecodesign of equipment to make it less energy intensive.
- Play an active role on the international stage on the issue of measuring and factoring-in biodiversity.