Environment & sustainable construction
For 29 years, TERAO has been a pioneering design office for environmental quality in the building sector, taking part in the development of sustainable buildings and districts by combining technological, environmental and societal innovations.
Its global expertise enables it to anticipate needs and offer pragmatic solutions to its customers in order to support them in the development of buildings and urban projects that are increasingly efficient and virtuous.
Terao
For 29 years, TERAO has been a pioneering design office for environmental quality in the building sector, taking part in the development of sustainable buildings and districts by combining technological, environmental and societal innovations.
Its global expertise enables it to anticipate needs and offer pragmatic solutions to its customers in order to support them in the development of buildings and urban projects that are increasingly efficient and virtuous.
3 Dedicated divisions
With its Sustainable Development Owner’s Representation Division for Buildings, TERAO provides expert and independent consulting on energy and environmental performance for all types of structure and at each stage of a project.
With its Sustainable Development Owner’s Representation/Project Management Division for Development, TERAO provides development stakeholders – developers and urban planners, both public and private, promoters, urban planning project managers – with a vast panel of expertise in consulting and engineering for the sustainable city.
With its Environmental Project Management and Sustainable Use Owner’s Representation/Project Management Division, TERAO can offer support to those involved in the design and operation of buildings, in order to incorporate high environmental quality and energy efficiency approaches in projects involving public and private construction contracts, to last the entire lifetime of the buildings.
3 Dedicated divisions
With its Sustainable Development Owner’s Representation Division for Buildings, TERAO provides expert and independent consulting on energy and environmental performance for all types of structure and at each stage of a project.
With its Sustainable Development Owner’s Representation/Project Management Division for Development, TERAO provides development stakeholders – developers and urban planners, both public and private, promoters, urban planning project managers – with a vast panel of expertise in consulting and engineering for the sustainable city.
With its Environmental Project Management and Sustainable Use Owner’s Representation/Project Management Division, TERAO can offer support to those involved in the design and operation of buildings, in order to incorporate high environmental quality and energy efficiency approaches in projects involving public and private construction contracts, to last the entire lifetime of the buildings.
Expertise
Low-carbon design
- TER’ACV: predictive LCA tool developed in-house
- Low-carbon materials library developed in-house
- Advanced operating feedback on E+C-/frugality/low-tech
- National working groups on RE2020
- Low-Carbon specifiers hub
- Network of committed suppliers
Bioclimatic modelling and design
- Highly qualified team in dynamic simulation modelling
- Multi-criteria design methods
- Advanced modelling and simulation
- Basic choices and guidelines for efficient, comfortable and sustainable buildings
Energy efficiency and operation
- Team of specialists dedicated to operational monitoring
- Commitment and Energy Performance Contracts (CPE)
- Energy audits
- Deployment of service sector building regulations strategies
- Commissioning and recommissioning
Expertise
Low-carbon design
- TER’ACV: predictive LCA tool developed in-house
- Low-carbon materials library developed in-house
- Advanced operating feedback on E+C-/frugality/low-tech
- National working groups on RE2020
- Low-Carbon specifiers hub
- Network of committed suppliers
Bioclimatic modelling and design
- Highly qualified team in dynamic simulation modelling
- Multi-criteria design methods
- Advanced modelling and simulation
- Basic choices and guidelines for efficient, comfortable and sustainable buildings
Energy efficiency and operation
- Team of specialists dedicated to operational monitoring
- Commitment and Energy Performance Contracts (CPE)
- Energy audits
- Deployment of service sector building regulations strategies
- Commissioning and recommissioning
Certification and labels
TERAO is competent in and able to deploy all general and specific environmental performance certifications and labels (energy, carbon, quality of life & well-being, connectivity, biodiversity, etc.) for buildings or districts, and does so with discernment and with a view to making these levers for the optimisation and global performance of projects.
We also provide support for many projects that have no certification or labelling.
Certification and labels
TERAO is competent in and able to deploy all general and specific environmental performance certifications and labels (energy, carbon, quality of life & well-being, connectivity, biodiversity, etc.) for buildings or districts, and does so with discernment and with a view to making these levers for the optimisation and global performance of projects.
We also provide support for many projects that have no certification or labelling.