On Wednesday, March 13, teams from the L2EP Lille laboratory took part in planting shrubs in Baisieux.
The objective: To offset emissions from the CE2I (Convertisseur d’Energie Intégré Intelligent, or Intelligent Integrated Energy Converter) project, which ran from 2015 to 2022 and whose greenhouse gas emissions have been estimated.
A project aimed at reducing CO2 emissions, whose own emissions have been offset.
The Intelligent Integrated Energy Converter (CE2I) project has enabled the development of "intelligent machines" that integrate their own control systems, while meeting constraints in terms of size, functional and structural reliability, and eco-efficiency.
The greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions indirectly avoided thanks to the project will therefore probably exceed those emitted by the project, but the fact that the development of the project may have an ecological footprint is not in line with the philosophy of the L2EP laboratory. For the past 10 years, we have been committed to raising awareness of the ecological footprint of our research activities and offsetting events organized by the laboratory, such as the VPPC 2010 and EPE 2013 conferences," explains Christophe Giraud Audine, Head of the L2EP laboratory at the Arts et Métiers campus Arts et Métiers Lille.
A series of planting initiatives at several sites in the Hauts-de-France region
In collaboration with Canopée Reforestation, the number of trees needed to offset the project's emissions, i.e., 3,500 shrubs and 100 trees, were planted at several sites in the Hauts-de-France region between November 2023 and March 2024.
On March 13, about 30 Master of Science students, doctoral candidates, engineers, faculty members, and laboratory administrators gathered to plant the final 400 seedlings.
An initiative aimed at making CE2I an exemplary project in line with its primary objective: to contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Congratulations to L2EP for this responsible and inspiring initiative!
