Les Grandes Idées wish you a wonderful year!
No doubt: 2024 will make us all thrive!
✨ May this year bring you beautiful collective and individual victories!
DA: Fiona Desormeau
#Changemaker #NewYear
Author: lgi
Three-stage rehabilitation for Racine project in the 12th arrondissement of Paris
Considered as a true landmark in the Picpus neighbourhood of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, the cylindrical tower, former headquarters of the Office National des Forêts, continues its transformation under the direction of Maud Caubet. Built in the mid-1970s, the iconic building is undergoing extensive rehabilitation to meet new urban needs and uses. The architect enhances the existing while creating new spaces in a three-stage approach: reinvest the carpark basement, bring the building up to standards, extend to the sky thanks to a new glass crown.
6 useful ways to invest in line with your ideas!
Thinking about the destination of one’s savings is a simple way to have an impact. Each person then invests their money in values that matter to them. An overview of useful ways to invest in January issue of Notre Temps magazine.
Among highlighted players, Energie Partagée offers a fundraising tool that promotes the empowerment of local and renewable energy projects by citizens. By purchasing a share for €100, individuals enable these projects to come to fruition and receive ongoing support from Energie Partagée.
Today, more than 7 000 people have committed, participating in over a hundred investments in wind farms, solar power plants, or district heating networks.
Read the full article in the January special edition
Maison Elle goes international with a first address in Amsterdam
Located in the heart of Amsterdam, this 31-room boutique hotel, born from the transformation of Park 6, offers a unique experience.
EXTENDAM, a strategic investor, has acquired and renovated this 4-star hotel in collaboration with Black Label Hospitality, to make Maison ELLE Amsterdam a place where French art de vivre meets Dutch aesthetics.
[BONI.D💡🌎🚆] Low-carbon travel with Mollow
In 2020, Léo Malet, Alisée Pierrot and Chiara Pellas founded Mollow, an association promoting sustainable travel and disseminating tools to facilitate ecological practices. Convinced that travel can be more ethical, they created a community platform to inspire and facilitate low-carbon trips. At Mollow, the team, composed of engineering and business school graduates, puts its skills at the service of the cause: reinventing our travel imaginations for a more sustainable world.
Why Mollow?
Because it’s time to take it easy in a world facing major environmental challenges! 65% of French people are looking for ecological alternatives for their travels, and tourism represents 11% of greenhouse gas emissions in France. Up to 100 times less polluting, trains are the ideal transport mean, but struggle to gain traction. Mollow remove time, price and organization barriers to offer an attractive alternative for all travelers concerned about the future of our planet.
Thank you for this great idea!
How to invest in social economy?
Increasingly popular for giving meaning to one’s savings, investment in social economy is now well-structured and benefits from several investment tools.
Energie Partagée collects citizen savings to invest in renewable energy projects. More than 320 projects have been supported to date, such as the ForestEner boiler plant in Lucinges, Haute-Savoie, which supplies a local wood-fired heating network.
Heading towards singularity and sustainability for hotel rooms
Regardless of its style, the room defines the identity of the hotel and contributes to making guests’ stay memorable as it can greatly contribute to ESG transition of the hotel industry. Industrie Hôtelière offers an overview of initiatives combining responsibility and style: unique decoration, versatile furniture, reuse or local and bio-based materials.
Find EXTENDAM assets in focused examples in the dossier.
Big cities’ future in climate change?
How to survive in a city at +4°C? A question raised during a conference proposed by Icade at 2023 SIMI. An opportunity for city-making players to discuss the ongoing and necessary changes in their work processes to address it. Maud Caubet stressed out :”The architect is responsible for linking building and neighbourhood scales. He/She and can provide answers to the hyper density constraint“.
Revalued action and dividend payout: a new milestone for Énergie Partagée
Énergie Partagée reaches an historic milestone by announcing a share premium of the Énergie Partagée Investissement share associated with a dividend distribution. A new step demonstrating that it is possible to combine general, territorial interest and financial interest.
In 2023, its shareholders will benefit from a double remuneration with a share premium of €3, bringing the share value to €123, and a dividend of €1,70 per share. A measure that links citizen commitment to energy transition to concrete financial returns.
This step marks the financial maturity of Énergie Partagée, opening a new chapter where profitability and citizenship come together.
Thank you ESS et société for this sharing!
2023 confirms the strength and growth of the hotel industry according to the EXTENDAM barometer
The months pass and the trend continues for the European hotel industry! Despite a slightly lower occupancy rate compared to the European average, the RevPAR of French hotels continued to grow in November, rising by 4 points compared to November 2022 levels, itself up 20% compared to 2019. These results reinforce the outperformance of previous months and herald a 2023 year with historic trends. In Europe, activity is very dynamic with an occupancy rate on the rise (71%, +3 points).