The objective of the Positive energy wood and biosourced residential demonstration district project is to experiment with the construction of a large district, using mainly wood (especially for the structure) and biosourced materials.
The heights of the buildings (up to R+10), are unusual in France for wooden constructions.
Finally, performance levels are well above current regulations with a BEPOS level.
However, if the experimentation is technical-constructive, it is implemented on an urban housing programme that must concretely meet the needs of populations that should not be the object of experimentation, with high quality standards (habitability, comfort of the housing and its extensions, environmental quality, etc.) and with controlled prices that guarantee a social mix through access to housing for all.
Thus, despite the importance of the demonstrator theme, it is indeed, for us, this ambition of urban quality and housing that will give meaning to the experimental constructive dimension of the operation.