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March 17, 2021

SAINT-GOBAIN LAUNCHES A CALL FOR INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

DEDICATED TO ENERGY RENOVATION IN FRANCE

Saint-Gobain, already highly involved in contributing to the success of France's economic recovery plan, has launched a call for innovative solutions for the energy renovation of buildings. The selected applicants will be able to test their solutions under real conditions and be given support to develop them.

The process will involve three phases:

  • - Phase 1: A call for innovative solutions, open from early March through May 2021. The main targets are start-ups, and small and medium-sized businesses with original solutions for the French energy renovation market. Applications must be made through the renov-up.com website.

    Applications will be assessed and winners selected at the end of September 2021.

  • - Phase2: Field trials of the winning solutions, a key step in determining success by developing solutions adapted to the diversity of actual needs in real situations.

  • - Phase 3: Roll out and ramp up of the production volume of the selected solutions.

This call for solutions is part of a program called Renov'up, to accelerate innovation specifically targeting energy renovation in France created by Saint-Gobain, with the support of the startup incubator Impulse Partners.

In addition to Saint-Gobain, Renov'up includes several key sector players with the common aim of creating the conditions for creating new, disruptive solutions for the energy renovation of buildings: ADEME (French agency for energy management), ArcelorMittal Construction, Artelia, Pôle Habitat FFB communication, FNAIM (French property federation), LafargeHolcim, Schneider Electric, Total, UNSFA (French union of architects' trade unions), and USH (French union of social housing organizations).

ABOUT SAINT-GOBAIN

Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures and distributes materials and solutions for the construction, mobility, healthcare and other industrial application markets. Developed through a continuous innovation process, they can be found everywhere in our living places and daily life, providing wellbeing, performance and safety, while addressing the challenges of sustainable construction, resource efficiency and the fight against climate change. This strategy of responsible growth is guided by the Saint-Gobain purpose,

"MAKING THE WORLD A BETTER HOME", which responds to the shared ambition of all the women and men in the Group to act every day to make the world a more beautiful and sustainable place to live in.

€38.1 billion in sales in 2020

More than 167,000 employees, located in 70 countries

SAINT-GOBAIN

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