COSTIC

COSTIC : perfecting and facilitating the sharing and acquisition of technologies
COSTIC started main theoretical bases and technological development in heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
For over 100 years it has contributed its expertise and know-how in innovating Climatic Engineering and Technical Building Equipment. 
With its partners’help, COSTIC ensures the symbiosis between research and professional needs.

4 skills areas satisfy requirements in

- Building and health
- Renewable energy sources
- Energy efficiency
- Comfort

Our reasoning is divided into 3 areas

- Research and Development: Costic’s independent research and engineering department directly contributes to innovations in climatic engineering and technical building equipment through its studies, analyses and prospecting.
- Training: over a century’s experience and applied research enable COSTIC to offer quality up to date training courses.
- Sharing knowledge: several thousands of books and studies cover heating, ventilation and air conditioning.

COSTIC’s key figures

- Over 100 years old
- Learned company founded in 1906
- Part of FFB until 1987
- UECF founder member (Union of Energy and Climatic Engineering Companies in France)
- Active members: FEDENE, SERCE, FFB, FFIE, UNCP
- Associate members: COSTIC users
- 46 permanent staff
- 28 engineers from prestigious higher education establishments and technical managers
- 18 technicians and administrative staff
- 10 independent employees

In service training:
Inter / intra / decentralised / as advertised in the catalogue or tailor made

100 courses lasting 3 to 5 days

420 sessions per year

Over 4000 trainees

Over 1500 days / trainees per year

30 functional platforms

200 pedagogical signs

16 training rooms, workshops

COSTIC’s history

1906
The company, Committee of Water and Steam-Powered Heater Manufacturers, was born.

1919
Became Committee of Water and Steam Heating

1934
Changed to a non-profit-making association and was renamed Committee of Water and Steam Heating-Technical Committee of the Heating and Ventilation Industry

1951
New name, Scientific and Technical Committee of Heating and Ventilation Industry and brought together Heating Union and National Building Federation

1958
Set up a test centre in St. Rémy lès Chevreuse on the Saint Paul National Building Federation site.
1960
First training course

1962
Welcomed ENSAIS’s final year studies in Technical Building Equipment

1988
New name, Scientific and Technical Committee of Climatic Industries, COSTIC

1997
Training courses all over France in
• air conditioning
• introduction to new technical equipment
• introductory Internet use
• gas regulations

2002
Entered energy markets, developed new services:
• commissioning, development
• maintenance operating sheets
• installation certification
• technical equipment and environmental quality

2006
Decentralisation of training and partnership with CETIAT
Training was certified ISO 9001 / 2000
COSTIC’s new name: Study and Training Centre for Climatic Engineering and Technical Building Equipment

2008
Considerable training development in
• renewable energy sources: thermic solar, photovoltaic solar, wood energy
• energy efficiency
• heat pump applications (PAC)

2009
COSTIC’s activities were certified ISO 9001 / 2008

2010
All activities were grouped together within COSTIC
Consolidation of
• training, external partnerships ( COSTIC courses in training centres, trainer courses)
• high level initial training
• partnership with Hubert Curien School
New types of training, e-learning
Technical balance between structure and equipment in buildings:
• work on eco-friendly air conditioning
• comfort in restored buildings or Low Energy Consumption buildings
• energy performance, thermic diagnosis, guaranteed results, follow-up of energy consumption, low energy consumption development, energy count, ventilation technique development, infiltrometry  in buildings.
COSTIC also offers courses leading to a qualification in renewable energy applications.

Two technical halls with a total surface area of 1100m2 equipped with test beds and pedagogical platforms:
- Boiler rooms, freezing water groups, air conditioning installations
- Measuring equipment on site with digital recording and I.T. perusal

A Resource Centre which houses:
• a library of 16 000 books and more than 60 journals analysed quarterly
• technical press
• documentary materials with :
• 3 000 study summaries, technical articles, books, know-how notebooks, REFCLIM, GECLIM notes
• more than 28 000 digitised pages (PROMOCLIM A,B and E journal articles)
• a complete statutory and daily updated base (800 regulation texts on technical building equipment).