Business in this area grew 5% to €5.7 billion over the year.
Some 550 local business units organised as a network provide the comprehensive range of services in this segment (electrical systems, heating, ventilation and air conditioning, fire safety, video surveillance and access control, multi-technical maintenance and facilities management, and fit-out) mostly in France, Western Europe, Africa and South-East Asia. Through its ability to execute all the technical works packages and provide services throughout the life cycle of a building, VINCI Energies is actively solidifying its position as a product and service integrator, helping its customers develop comprehensive, stringently designed solutions. The business line is thus well poised to address the challenges of the energy and environmental transition, which include reducing the long-term energy consumption and carbon footprint of buildings, or adapting them to climate change with solutions that combine energy efficiency with thermal comfort. VINCI Energies’ integrated solutions also aim to accommodate increased technological content in order to enable new features, while facilitating building repurposing in step with changing uses.
In works activities in France, VINCI Energies was involved in a growing number of refurbishment projects, including the Hopen tower in Paris-La Défense and the new contract to transform the Breguet building at the CentraleSupélec engineering school on the Paris-Saclay campus, which includes a comprehensive energy performance contract with a consumption reduction target of 40%. New-build projects awarded or in progress included the Institut Pasteur’s centre for vectorborne diseases in Paris, the extension of Thales’s Hélios 2 campus in Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine), the maintenance and stabling site for the future Line C of the Toulouse metro (Haute-Garonne), a 130,000 sq. metre logistics building for SPL Delta 3 in Dourges (Pas-de-Calais) and a mega data centre for a specialist European operator. VINCI Energies is also involved in the construction of the new university hospital in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique) and the new hospital in Lens serving the greater Artois area (Pas-de-Calais).
In fire protection, where VINCI Energies leads the French market, business units operating under the Uxello brand have been involved in major logistics and industrial projects, such as the battery gigafactories for Automotive Cells Company (second stage) in Douvrin and for Verkor in Dunkirk, both located in northern France. For the latter, Uxello used its patented technique of mounting sprinkler heads on tubes by flow drilling, which limits pressure losses and eliminates the risk of water leaks. Uxello is also developing a solution to reduce the carbon footprint of steel tubes used in sprinkler networks, and a system to significantly reduce the consumption of water and electricity in sprinkler installations.
