Project, solution, service and innovation for Sibca

Sophia Antipolis has always adapted its development to its ambitions. Today, faced with the need to decarbonize activities, a new objective is setting the course for the years to come.
A real dynamic has thus been set in motion, with an ambition in keeping with the brand image that the Technopole has built up over the past 50 years: to create a unifying territorial dynamic around local players, combining economic development and carbon neutrality, and thus turn Sophia Antipolis' environmental and energy exemplarity into a real lever of territorial attractiveness.
The Technopole's history, its heritage and its ecosystem of companies now offer a new opportunity to become a center of innovation and experimentation on decarbonization issues, in line with the sectors of excellence it has been developing for 50 years.
The local authority is also committed to this dynamic, through its transport policy, its development strategy and the projects it supports, notably the Pôle Alpha. The exemplary nature of this project is intended to be replicated in the Technopole's new projects, as well as in its renovation and demolition/reconstruction projects. To this end, the Technopole benefits from a tool that has existed since 1977, its development charter ("La charte de Sophia Antipolis"). Updating this charter, with the aim of achieving low-carbon development, is the first step in boosting the dynamics of the area: preservation of natural spaces, low-carbon construction processes, bio-sourced materials and reduced energy consumption are all themes to be integrated.
At the same time, the ecosystem of innovative companies and start-ups is developing solutions in the fields of mobility, energy management and sustainable construction. These same innovations can offer solutions to major companies committed to decarbonizing their activities. This Sophia Antipolis fabric is complemented by academic and research institutes such as Université Nice Côte d'Azur, EURECOM, Ecole des Mines Paris Tech and INRIA, all key players in research into artificial intelligence and renewable energies.
Artificial Intelligence is a major new tool for decarbonization, particularly through the role it plays in optimizing energy consumption in buildings, as well as travel. The Technopole has been awarded the "IA Cluster" (formerly 3IA) label, and is involved in 4 areas of research. One of the areas identified for the 3 IA Côte d'Azur project is AI and intelligent, secure territories, with research topics including AI for energy distribution systems, shared and multimodal mobility, and autonomous connected vehicles.
The Sophia Antipolis Technopole's decarbonization approach reinforces its uniqueness by modernizing the major principles of its creator and reinventing itself, as it has done over the years to preserve its attractiveness, its economic fabric and its living environment. Sophia Antipolis is historically, genetically and prospectively legitimate to carry out this ambition.