A tailor-made, scalable, and innovative approach to help build more resilient cities.
Urban overheating, increasingly frequent and intense rainfall, soil sealing, and loss of biodiversity — these are the issues that urban areas are facing today.
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Colas stands by your side with a customized approach that delivers:
- Improved thermal comfort through the creation of cool islands.
- Integrated rainwater management (infiltration, storage, reuse).
- Increased integration of nature into the urban environment.
Our teams provide expert guidance and support in implementing highperformance solutions tailored to your local needs.
Customizable and targeted solutions
Pavement and surfaces
- Deconstruction and soil remediation.
- Permeable pavements.
- Pavements with optimized albedo.
- Amended inert soils as alternatives to natural topsoil.
- Soil protection and erosion control.
Vegetation
- Greening of urban areas (in open ground or through adapted systems).
- Installation of vegetated pavers and slabs.
Water
- Water storage systems (reservoir pavements, tanks, prefabricated structures, etc.) designed for infiltration or redistribution for natural ecosystems or specific uses (irrigation, street cleaning, etc.).
- Urban water feature enhancement and renaturation (canals, misting systems, reflecting pools, etc.).
Shade
- Consulting and implementation of shading systems (vegetation, urban furniture, etc.) to improve the overall performance of cooling solutions.
Dedicated expertise
Dedicated expertise
Performance Measurement
- Site configuration analysis.
- On-site instrumentation.
- Monitoring and data collection.
Urban Ecological Engineering
- Implementation of ecological developments to preserve biodiversity and strengthen ecosystem resilience.
Microclimate Modeling
- Project design optimization through modeling of the impacts of planned developments.
- Visualization of expected performance outcomes.
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A range of adapted products
VEGECOL
The environment-friendly Colas solution
A light-colored, aesthetically pleasing pavement with a reduced carbon footprint, also available in a permeable version. Vegecol is designed for plazas, pedestrian walkways, active mobility routes, and light local access roads.
URBALITH
Highly-aesthetic, permeable solution
A light-colored, aesthetic, permeable pavement with a low carbon footprint. Urbalith is suitable for environmentally sensitive areas (Natura 2000, ZNIEFF), and in urban contexts, it is ideal for active mobility routes, parking areas, and light vehicle traffic.
COLCLAIR
Light-colored asphalt mixes to support shared transport
A bright and aesthetic pavement, also available in a permeable version. Colclair is suitable for all types of traffic.
RAINCOL
Permeable parking lots
A permeable pavement specifically designed for parking areas built on permeable structures. It allows rainwater to infiltrate directly into the natural soil through the pavement.
ALBETOP
Aesthetic and cooling surface paint for urban spaces (plazas, walkways, roads, etc.). By increasing albedo, it contributes to lowering surface temperatures.
AXIROOF
Cooling roof paint that helps reduce indoor temperatures in buildings. Technosols Constructed fertile soils made from inert soil and compost, used for urban landscaping.
