Internship: Professional practices in ecoconstruction-ecorehabilitation in the Marais Poitevin

Internship offer

Course title Professional practices in eco-construction and eco-rehabilitation in the Marais Poitevin.

Hosting organization : Parc naturel régional du Marais poitevin 2 rue de l'Eglise 79510 COULON

Duration of internship : minimum 4 months, preferably 6 months, starting in February or March 2025

Course supervisor CALVEZ Gaële, consulting architect

Background and challenges
As part of its mission to strike a balance between preserving natural, landscape and architectural heritage and developing the region, the Marais Poitevin Regional Nature Park aims to encourage renovation and sustainable construction, using biosourced, geosourced and recycled materials. In 2020, an initial assessment of the ecomaterial construction sector identified straw, hemp, earth, poplar, reused and recycled materials as possible areas for action. The Park has taken initial steps to raise awareness among elected representatives and technicians, with a view to drawing up a collective territorial strategy. In the chain of actors involved in the act of eco-renovation and eco-building, the link of local actors in implementation is little known. The aim of this internship is to refine the territorial diagnosis, particularly with regard to the "businesses" aspect, in order to feed the action plan of the Park and its partners.

Course objectives

1. Refine territorial diagnostics on the use of eco-materials, particularly with regard to professionals involved in the act of building: companies, architects, materials suppliers, etc.

2. Identify the obstacles and levers to the use of ecomaterials by companies

3. Suggest actions to encourage business involvement

4. Raising companies' awareness of eco-materials
   

Missions
- Interviews with building professionals and local players.
- Creation of a mapped address book of professionals with descriptive files.
- Understand local practices, and in particular the "ecosystem" involved in rehabilitating old buildings.
- Identify awareness-raising, information and training tools available to businesses.

- Identification of obstacles and levers to the use of eco-materials by companies
- Drafting of a report and presentation of results
- Participation in awareness-raising events for elected representatives, technicians and companies

- Possible creation of awareness-raising materials
- If possible, prefiguration of complementary actions and partnerships to increase corporate involvement

- If possible, collect data on recent construction projects in the area.

Profile required:
- Student or adult in training, in architecture and/or sustainable construction engineering, or possibly local development.
- Knowledge of eco-materials, sustainable construction practices and renovation of old buildings (built with traditional materials before 1948).
- Good communication skills, ability to engage in dialogue and adapt to different people.
- Data analysis and documentary research.
- Good analytical and synthesis skills
- A strong interest in old buildings
- Sense of teamwork
- Self-motivated

Material conditions:

Internship bonus (in accordance with current regulations: for information, €4.35/hour in 2024) + reimbursement of travel expenses related to the assignment

B driving license and personal vehicle (mileage reimbursed when company car not available)

Contact

CALVEZ Gaële, consultant architect at the Parc naturel régional du Marais poitevin, Tel :05 49 35 15 20

Letter of application and CV to be sent by 1^st December 2024

Parc naturel régional du Marais poitevin, 2 rue de l'Église, 79510 Coulon, France

or by e-mail g.calvez@parc-marais-poitevin.fr