00:02The French airport Roland Garros on the island of La Reunion has been equipped with the world's first bioclimatic terminal
00:09in a tropical zone.
00:11In the arrivals and baggage reclaim building, air conditioning is a thing of the past.
00:19The terminal, co-financed by European funds, contributes to strengthening the connectivity of this European region in the Indian Ocean
00:26and to the decarbonisation of the airport.
00:30This building consumes, roughly, between 55 and 60% of energy than a climate equivalent building.
00:35We were over 8000 tons of CO2 equivalent in 2011.
00:39Today, we are at less than 1 000 tons.
00:42It's like a house, a big Creole house.
00:44The wind comes from the east.
00:45We will canalize this wind by playing with these famous ventels called the Nacon's reunion.
00:54The arrivals terminal at La Reunion Airport is a 13,000 m2 cube of glass, metal and wood that breathes
01:02through the roof and facades, equipped with more than 800 louvered windows, automated louvered windows.
01:25Nature is invited inside as well, with endemic plants, some endangered, growing in the nave and on the roof, specifically
01:32in the canyon.
01:33A longitudinal structure, 10 m high and 10 m wide, an engineering masterpiece of this natural ventilation.
02:07The idea of building this bioclimatic terminal stems from the near future.
02:11The project has a need to reform and adapt baggage screening to European standards.
02:16The project has a total budget of around 65 million euros, of which 58% has been financed by the
02:23European Cohesion Policy.
02:27In addition, 91% of the companies involved in the works were local.
02:33The project has also led to the creation of 1,000 jobs.
02:37In addition to travelers, other direct beneficiaries are the airport workers.
02:43The boaters are aerocious, there are space, there are also nature.
02:47There is a transparent bar that allows, since the arrival, to contemplate the landscapes of La Reunion through the event.
02:52It is much more pleasant than before we were there.
02:54Bravo!
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