IMREDD
Mediterranean Institute of Risk,
Environment and
Sustainable Development
Innovation and Partnerships Institute
“Smart territory, risk management and prevention”
About us
Innovation Explorers: crafting inclusive and efficient solutions for the territories of the future
Change of management at IMREDD
Emmanuel Tric has been appointed Acting Director of IMREDD as of February 1, 2023. He succeeds Eric Dumetz, Director of the Institute since September 2021, and previously Deputy Director since 2013. After 10 years of imagining and co-constructing the IMREDD, Eric Dumetz has decided to devote himself fully to Fondation Université Côte d’Azur, which is beginning its renewal with new ambitions.
IMREDD is an Institute of Innovation and Partnerships (2IP) created in January 2020 which is interested in a societal challenge: the intelligent and resilient territory facing all environmental issues.
Its activities are based on four Strategic Activity Areas (SAAs): energy through the issues of intelligent buildings/neighbourhoods, mobility, risks, the environment and, in a transversal manner, human beings. The philosophical, ethical, safety, well-being, behavioural and usage aspects are at the heart of smart city projects.
IMREDD’s mission, in connection with industry, is to promote partnership research/transfer actions, to create educational and training programmes and to encourage expertise and innovation in companies in the field of economic development and job creation. It expresses its potential in its ability to encourage the emergence and development of projects aimed at understanding existing solutions, new needs and future prospects. In each strategic area of activity, its action consists of the identification of areas of innovation and the integration of expertise from the academic and business worlds.
Founded in 2015 by the former President of the University, Frédérique Vidal, today Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, IMREDD has achieved the objectives of its development plan in just a few years: the implementation of an engineering capacity, either simple or combined, depending on the nature of the projects, with the expertise of the research laboratories in response to a request from companies. Multiple and varied partnership research actions involving private and public partners. Training courses that meet international standards, allowing for targeted and customised continuing education of the highest quality. Finally, an open collaborative technological platform called the “Smart City Innovation Centre” which encourages experimentation, accompanies and supports innovative sectors by opening up the possibility of conducting trials, tests and prototypes.
Located in the Plaine du Var eco-valley, in the heart of the Nice Meridia eco-neighbourhood, IMREDD has integrated its Totem building, a precursor of future designs and technologies, at the start of the 2020 academic year.
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
Urban management has become one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century.
By 2050, 70% of the world population will live in urban areas. Cities produce 80% of CO2 emissions and concentrate 3/4 of the energy needs of the planet. The goal of smart cities is to better manage the city and make it more pleasant for its inhabitants, its economic actors and its visitors.
Thus, IMREDD has the ambition of building the mediterranean city of tomorrow.
Strategic Areas
4 axes of development
Environment
pollution | climate change | air quality | particles | pollen | impact on health | noise | waste | water treatment
Risk
territory | resilience | climate change | natural risks and disasters | floods | landslides | earthquakes | tsunamis
Energy
energy transition | smart district | smart grid | climate change | renewable energies | positive energy building
Mobility
multimodality | dynamic ride-sharing | car sharing | connected vehicles | autonomous vehicles | electromobility
Key figures
IMREDD in numbers
Staff
Direction
Pr Emmanuel TRIC
IMREDD Director
Paulo MOURA
Deputy Director – Innovation
Laurence NELIS-BLANC
IMREDD and Reference Centers
Administrative Director
Innovation and transfer projects engineer
Damienne PROVITOLO
Deputy Director – Science
Expertise & Innovation
Sandra ASALDE DEL RIO
Energy Systems Engineer
Aya ALY
Engineer – Spatial Analysis and A.I. applied to urbanism
Benoit COURAUD
Smart Home – Energy engineer
Paul DAELMAN
Embedded Systems Engineer
Franck DECHAVANNE
Software engineer
Data Scientist – Business intelligence
Mehdi NAFKHA
Data Scientist – Business intelligence
Roberta PENNUCCI, PhD
Partnership and scientific animation officer
Patrick RANARIMAHEFA
Geomatician
Yann ROZIER
Climate Change and Ecological Transition Project Manager
Eliesh SAHYOUN
Urbanism and Future Habitat Engineer
Engineering & Maker
Dr Arnaud ZENERINO
Development engineer,
Smart City Innovation Center
Liliane DA SILVA
Administrative and Financial
management Assistant
Ludovic DESVARENNES
Technical Sales Engineer
Additive Manufacturing and Materials
Robert KULCZYCKI
Operations technician,
Smart City Innovation Center
Education
Arianna CALZA
Continuing education Officer
Sarah SEBIR
International Admissionsand Student Affairs Manager
MSc Engineers for Smart Cities
Solen COZIC
Documentalist, Coordinator of Research Services
Camille JEANNE
In charge of communication and administration
of GEDD Master programme
Communication and Diffusion
Dimitri MЕTОDIЕV
Multimedia developer
Antonio BARROS
Internal Communications and Environment Officer
Assistance
Claire COURTOISIER
Adjointe administrative
Alexandre PERRI
Technical Resources Referent
Vincent FIORENTINO
Logistics and Reception
About us
Innovation Explorers: crafting inclusive and efficient solutions for the territories of the future
IMREDD is an Institute of Innovation and Partnerships (2IP) created in January 2020 which is interested in a societal challenge: the intelligent and resilient territory facing all environmental issues.
Its activities are based on four Strategic Activity Areas (SAAs): energy through the issues of intelligent buildings/neighbourhoods, mobility, risks, the environment and, in a transversal manner, human beings. The philosophical, ethical, safety, well-being, behavioural and usage aspects are at the heart of smart city projects.
IMREDD’s mission, in connection with industry, is to promote partnership research/transfer actions, to create educational and training programmes and to encourage expertise and innovation in companies in the field of economic development and job creation. It expresses its potential in its ability to encourage the emergence and development of projects aimed at understanding existing solutions, new needs and future prospects. In each strategic area of activity, its action consists of the identification of areas of innovation and the integration of expertise from the academic and business worlds.
Founded in 2015 by the former President of the University, Frédérique Vidal, today Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, IMREDD has achieved the objectives of its development plan in just a few years: the implementation of an engineering capacity, either simple or combined, depending on the nature of the projects, with the expertise of the research laboratories in response to a request from companies. Multiple and varied partnership research actions involving private and public partners. Training courses that meet international standards, allowing for targeted and customised continuing education of the highest quality. Finally, an open collaborative technological platform called the “Smart City Innovation Centre” which encourages experimentation, accompanies and supports innovative sectors by opening up the possibility of conducting trials, tests and prototypes.
Located in the Plaine du Var eco-valley, in the heart of the Nice Meridia eco-neighbourhood, IMREDD has integrated its Totem building, a precursor of future designs and technologies, at the start of the 2020 academic year.
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
Urban management has become one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century.
By 2050, 70% of the world population will live in urban areas. Cities produce 80% of CO2 emissions and concentrate 3/4 of the energy needs of the planet. The goal of smart cities is to better manage the city and make it more pleasant for its inhabitants, its economic actors and its visitors.
Thus, IMREDD has the ambition of building the mediterranean city of tomorrow.
4 axes of development
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