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• February 10, 2026

  C3606

  Insulated cladding and siding

  Exterior Thermal Insulation (ETI), particularly through cladding systems, is a key solution for enhancing the energy efficiency of buildings. It helps reduce thermal losses while offering acoustic and aesthetic benefits.This article explores the various aspects of implementing ETI, focusing on materials, support design, fixing solutions, and technical requirements for weather resistance. It also addresses regulatory thermal standards and best practices to ensure the system's durability and effectiveness.

• June 6, 2024

  C3360 Review

  Room acoustics

• May 10, 2024

  C3845

  Management of septage

  To protect the environment and public health, sewage of on-site wastewater treatment disposal must be managed safely and sustainably.This article reviews the rules and best practices for collecting, treating, and recycling this waste. It describes management approaches, such as treatment in wastewater treatment plants, methanization and composting, considering regulatory challenges. Faecal matter is complex, including organic waste, pathogens, and chemical residues. It is essential to deploy global strategies that respect the environment and human health, to recycle or dispose of this waste in an appropriate and sustainable way

• February 10, 2024

  C3844

  Non-collective sanitation techniques and management

  In this article, we look at the missions of a public non-collective sanitation service (SPANC). It describes the various control procedures that need to be put in place for the design, construction, and maintenance of on-site sanitation systems and for the management of septage.This article is part of a series of publications on Non-Collective Sanitation which includes the following articles:- C3842 - Techniques and management ;- C3843 - The different treatment methods ;- C3844- The missions of a SPANC.

• December 10, 2023

  C3842

  Technique and management of on-site sanitation systems

  Before it was seen as an alternative to the collective sewage system, non-collective sewage treatment, also known as "autonomous sewage treatment" or "individual sewage treatment", was the general practice.Because of its low population density and housing structure, France will always have a high proportion of its population connected to on-site sanitation systems, whether single-family or grouped.It is therefore essential to ensure the quality of sanitation practices.So, in a series of three articles, we're going to present the state of the art in terms of the different techniques availableIn this first article, after a brief history and review of the legislation and regulations governing non-collective sanitation, we look at wastewater pre-treatment and lifting techniques.Key words:…

• November 10, 2023

  C3843

  Techniques and Management of On-Site Wastewater Treatment

  Because of its low population density and housing structure, France has long had, and will always have, a high proportion of its population connected to on-site sanitation disposals, whether single-family or grouped.Ensuring the quality of sanitation practices is therefore essential.In this article, we will describe the state of the art in terms of the various techniques available, including some of them that can only be used with the approval of the prefectural or municipal authorities.This article follows on from article [C3842] on regulations and pretreatment techniques, and is followed by article [C3844].

• July 19, 2022

  C3622 Review

  PVC windows

  This article is about the use of PVC material for the construction of rigid PVC window frames (opening light and casing). The multiple benefits and constraints of PVC are detailed in the article, including extrusion processing facility, easy welding, without adding any additional material, perfect sealing of welded angles. excellent thermal performance, poor wind resistance due to a very low bending elasticity module, hence the need to compensate by the introduction of steel reinforcements in the profiles.Highly evaluated material and system allowing a constant technical progression and a limitation of pathologies.

• May 10, 2022

  C3840

  Water treatment techniques to complement public infrastructures

  This article gives an overview of the different drinking water treatment techniques used in addition to the drinking water supply infrastructure, in order to mitigate certain troublesome aspects of the water supplied (taste, hardness, etc.), for the use of water in private swimming pools or for heating water.The principles of these techniques are presented here, along with their advantages and disadvantages.

• May 10, 2022

  C3841

  Domestic water treatment

  This article provides an overview of the various technical devices for treating drinking water, used in addition to the drinking water distribution infrastructures or in their absence. They are used to alleviate certain annoying aspects of the distributed water (taste, hardness) or to purify water in the absence of available drinking water.This article presents the devices adapted to three types of treatment (disinfection, decantation and filtration). It also discusses techniques used for water distributed by modern drinking water networks (softeners, purifiers, or osmosis).

• November 10, 2021

  C3365

  Building acoustics regulations

  Acoustic regulation of buildings is evolving. For buildings subject to obligations of results of the housing and tertiary areas, evolution is due to revision of the height requirement, the adaptation of the texts to the rules of expression of acoustic performance imposed by Europe or publishing text in a previously unprocessed area.Architects and contractors are not all confirmed acousticians, and some provisions of the regulations are difficult to understand. A presentation of the acoustic criteria with examples of calculations appeared desirable.

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