At Grenoble, Bouygues Construction is just finishing up its ABC demonstrator, a residential complex designed to be water and energy autonomous as well as more comfortable for the people who live in it. An in depth look at this project that brings green buildings to life.

In the new Presqu’île eco-neighborhood at Grenoble, they are hard to miss. Topped with arrays of 688 solar panels, the two apartment buildings based on the ABC (Autonomous Building for Citizens) concept rise imposingly at the foot of the Chartreuse mountains. The concept is extremely ambitious, and this 62-apartment residence, which is designed to be energy autonomous, to consume 70% less water from the public water system, and to optimize waste management, is its first concrete application in France.