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The second goal reflects our values: to cultivate a team spirit, being open to the world (to host, to travel), to ensure a work of excellence enabling each team member to flourish and develop personally, to apply the principles of sustainable development on a daily basis as much as possible.

The last goal stipulates that each research project must aim for excellence. Even if this is rarely achieved, it should be a target. It is advisable to communicate one’s research, to compare results with others in order to reassure oneself and feed one’s own reflection. To be a good researcher is to be creative, analytical, and above all, to be very critical of one’s own work.

Our first books came out in 1983. We were very proud, because they were taken up by the European Commission and distributed across European Schools of Architecture. They were also taken up by the energy department in the United States and distributed to architects. At that point, we used to discuss winter thermal comfort, which was not new, but also summer thermal comfort, which was relatively new, and natural ventilation and natural lighting, which was completely new.