Ecodesign declaration

Last updated on 26/09/2023

A2D is committed to an eco-design approach for its www.a2d.ai website, in order to reduce its environmental impact.

As part of this process, the communications department has appointed Pierre LOONIS – Founder and Managing Director – as the person responsible for the company’s digital strategy.

In order to draw up an initial status report and define areas for improvement, an audit will shortly be carried out to reveal whether the site is fully or partially compliant with the Référentiel général d’écoconception des services numériques (RGESN) – Version 1 of 28/11/2022.

What is the General Ecodesign Framework?

Recommended in the report on software obsolescence that the Government submitted to Parliament in June 2021, the General Ecodesign Repository for Digital Services is a commitment of the Government’s “Digital and Environment” roadmap published in February 2021. Piloted by the Interministerial Digital Department (DINUM), the Ministry of Ecological Transition, but also ADEME and the Institut du Numérique Responsable (INR), this reference framework has two main objectives:

  • Combat the obsolescence of user, network and server equipment
  • Reduce consumption of IT and energy resources

Purpose of this website

The purpose of this website is to centralize all information and documentation enabling any individual to discover A2D and the services it offers. This website aims to promote A2D’s activity and its commitment to eco-responsibility.

The identification of the people using this website has been the subject of UX research since its first conception. Real needs and expectations are studied, and the A2D website is updated to remove functionalities or content that are little used, poorly understood and/or provide little value.

The service’s target users are primarily private and public sector companies looking for a reference in data acquisition and processing, visualization, interpretation and decision support.

Sustainable development goals

By facilitating access to information and promoting its activities and services, A2D contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

  • SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth, in particular:
    – 8.4: Progressively improve, by 2030, the efficiency of global resource use in both consumption and production, and ensure that economic growth no longer leads to environmental degradation, as envisaged in the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production, with developed countries taking the lead in this respect.
  • SDG 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive sustainable industrialization and foster innovation, in particular :
    – 9.4: By 2030, modernize infrastructure and adapt industries to make them sustainable, through more rational use of resources and increased use of clean, environmentally-friendly technologies and industrial processes, with each country acting within its means.
    – 9.5: Strengthen scientific research, improve the technological capabilities of the industrial sectors of all countries, particularly developing countries, notably by encouraging innovation and significantly increasing the number of people working in the research and development sector per 1 million inhabitants, and by increasing public and private spending on research and development by 2030.
  • ODD 13: Measures to combat climate change, in particular:
    – 13.2: Incorporate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning
    – 13.3: Improve education, awareness and individual and institutional capacities with regard to climate change adaptation, mitigation and impact reduction, and early warning systems.

Strategy and objectives for reducing or limiting environmental impacts

The main challenge is to ensure that this website works on the oldest possible terminals and in a variety of connectivity conditions:

  • Work on the UX (user experience) by proposing different ways of accessing content: via quick access or via a search engine.
  • The most intuitive navigation possible to reduce the time spent finding information
  • Maximum number of server requests per screen: 30
  • Maximum resource size required per screen: 600 Kb
  • All content can be viewed at least on cell phones. The site adapts to all screen sizes
  • Maximum image and video compression
  • Text alternative to videos
  • Manual deletion of obsolete content: news, calendar entries, etc.

RGESN diagnosis

A RGESN diagnosis will be carried out shortly and published on this page.

Supported hardware profiles

A2D uses the most standard mechanisms possible. All desktop and mobile browsers must be supported. The www.a2d.ia website is therefore compatible with any terminal capable of running a compatible web browser:

  • PC Pentium 4 or higher, 2 GB RAM minimum for Windows (minimum for Firefox and Chrome)
  • Mac compatible with MacOS X High Sierra or higher (Mac hardware from 2009 or later)
  • Android 6.0 or higher mobile devices (2015 or later)
  • Mobile device IOS 10.3 or higher (terminals from 2012 or later). In particular, the service has been successfully tested (in real life or by emulation) on :
  • Operating system: Windows 7 and above, MacOS X High Sierra and above, Linux
  • Browsers: Chrome/Chromium, Firefox (latest version or ESR), Edge, Opera, Safari 11 or +. The product is therefore committed to a display adapted to different resolutions.
  • All consultation users: smartphone 360 x 800 minimum, tablet and computer
  • Offer holder: tablet 800 x 1080 minimum or computer 1366 x 768 minimum


Minimum system requirements to access the site

  • Type, year of manufacture or target versions of user equipment supported: all mobile equipment dating from at least 2014
  • Minimum connection for comfortable access and use of the service: 3G mobile and 512 Kbs fixed connection
  • Adaptation to different screen sizes: Yes, minimum screen size 320 pixels wide