The CSTB – Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment is a French public, industrial, and commercial company aiming to guide sustainable construction and renovation projects.
Its field of expertise covers construction products, buildings, districts, and cities. It brings together multidisciplinary skills and focuses on five key activities: research and expertise, assessment, certification, testing and the dissemination of knowledge. The CSTB develops methods and tools to design, improve or manage buildings, districts, and cities and to assess their performances, based for example on Dynamic Energy Simulation, Life Cycle Assessment, Ecological expertise, Data Science and Urban design.