Our Competences

ARDITEC Association was created to promote sustainable development, social & societal responsibility and conservation of our cultural heritage.

The importance of adopting environmental & social considerations in your business strategy

  • Comply with regulations, guidelines & directives and anticipate market trends.
  • Assess the environmental footprint of your products and services Identifying hotspots in your value-chain to reduce impacts on the environment, mitigate supply-related risks & increase profitability.
  • Standout from your competitors Share your efforts in terms of innovation and sustainability, highlighting the commitments and results, while avoiding Greenwashing.

Throughout its actions, the ARDITEC Association commits to support: the transition to an ecological and equitable economy ; the success of the energy transition : the understanding & implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals 17 SDG-UN ; and the Coordination of R&D projects with high environmental and socio-cultural stakes.

Training

ARDITEC Association was created to promote sustainable development, social & societal responsibility and conservation of our cultural heritage.

Sustainability assessments of innovative technologies, products and processes

Evaluation of their potential environmental impacts :

  • Based on the Life Cycle Thinking approach : Life cycle analysis LCA (Environmental focus)
  • Based on the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Assessment and the GHG Protocol

Evaluation of their potential socio-economic impacts :

  • Based on the Life Cycle Thinking approach : Life-cycle costing LCC (Economic focus) and Social Life Cycle Analysis SLCA (Social focus)

Reduction of the environmental footprint

Implementation of Circular Economy guidelines :

  • Product eco-design
  • Optimisation of resource consumption (energy, water, raw materials)
  • Waste valorisation
  • End-of-life treatment of products (3R: Reduction, Reuse, Recycling)

Smart and sustainable cities & buildings :

  • Energy Efficiency: Exergy & Energy analysis
  • Renewable & clean energies scenarios
  • Territorial & Urban Metabolism
  • Mobility schemes & Energy efficiency (including Smartgrids)

Technical feasibility study and application of participatory science

Technical feasibility studies:

  • Technico-economic assessment
  • Material Flow analysis
  • Health & safety compliance
  • Risk Management
  • Technical standards and regulatory compliance studies

Social sciences & humanities :

  • Social acceptance and customers’ acceptance studies
  • Citizen sciences
  • Stakeholder Engagement studies
  • Protection of cultural heritage studies
  • Behavioral studies oriented to business development
  • Gender issues

Voluntary & regulated compensation

From an environmental perspective :

  • Through the acquisition of carbon credits, following a voluntary or regulated approach with CER / VER / Gold standard certification.

From a social perspective :

  • Through the support of projects with high social & cultural value, especially in developing countries.

Organisation of awereness workshops, training session & partnership agreements

For policy makers, members of associations or managers & executives of companies, our information meetings and training sessions are open to all interested parties.

The association will provide its expertise to organisations by conceiving a tailored program to meet specific internal requirements.