Our research focuses on the SNCF company. With 160,000 workers, SNCF is a bureaucratic structure (Weber, 1971; Mintzberg, 1982; Alter, 1995, 1996) facing the challenge of openness to competition. We analyse the participative innovation routine that has deeply changed since the 1990s, whereas a routine...

Buildings are responsible for a significant portion of the global energy consumption. In particular, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems in buildings consume significant amounts of energy. Liquid desiccant dehumidification and energy recovery are effective energy...