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Dassault

Systèmes

Sustainable thinking and technology are becoming

partners in the ‘Industrial Renaissance.’

ERNARD CHARLÈS HAS exemplify the kind of thinking needed to
two words for what he sees keep up with an ever more tech-dependent
happening with world business: society.
“Industrial Renaissance.” The Dassault practices what it preaches, using
B CEO of Vélizy-Villacoublay, its 3DS technology to sustainably design its
France-based, believes that to succeed in North American headquarters in 2011. The
the coming decades, people will need to go 27-acre campus includes more than 2,000
beyond “thinking outside the box.” They’re tons of recycled steel, and 61,000 tons of
going to have to rethink the box. structural materials were reused as ˜ll. The
Dassault, the “3DEXPERIENCE Com- HVAC units use a chemical-free electrostatic
pany,” provides companies with virtual water treatment unit instead of chlorine.
reality-type solutions to everyday prob- Overall energy use is reduced by 29 percent
lems, such as a more aerodynamic and through a combination of high-eŽciency
fuel-eŽcient automobile or more-durable rooftop HVAC units and boilers. Its design
wind turbines. There are also real chal- awards include LEED Gold certification. “We can no longer see the
lenges—just ask about Solar Impulse, the In 2018, the French company was named
plane powered only by the sun, which “ew “Most Sustainable Company in the World” world merely as an object.
around the world in 2016 without using by the Corporate Knights Global 100 Index,
a drop of fuel. Or the digital twin of the considered the gold standard for corporate To create a sustainable
French city of Rennes, that fully depicts sustainability analysis.
its architectural layout and infrastructure, “Tomorrow’s game-changers will not be world, we cannot simply
giving architects and planners a chance to those with the most automated production carry on as we do today.
˜gure out how it needs to be redesigned to systems,” Charlès says. “[Instead, it’s] those
fully provide water, clean air and electric- who build a culture of knowledge and know- A sustainable world calls
ity to a growing population. These simula- how to reveal and train the workforce of
tions are by no means simple—some, at the future, able to solve the challenges of a for more imagination and
˜rst, called them impossible—but they planet lacking sustainable solutions.”
innovation in science, uses
and economic models.”

Bernard Charlès, CEO/

Vice Chairman
CREDIT: JEAN PIERRE DALBÉRRA FLICKR Industry Renaissance.

Technology’s multi-faceted
grip upon society means
companies must take new
approaches to challenges
COURTESY OF DASSAULT SYSTÈMES such as climate change or
risk being seen as outdated,
according to Dassault
Systèmes CEO Bernard
Charlès.

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