A digital tool to help guide territories toward management strategies that are good for the environment.
In a world where climate change is making resources scarce and roadside management only uses resources, it has untapped production potential if it is done in a sustainable way. SAGID is a digital modeling tool that shows how roadside management can lead to positive externalities and opportunities. For example, you could collect grass from the edges of the road and turn it into renewable bioenergy by composting or making biogas. So, it should help managers figure out and measure the economic effects of different ways to manage road dependencies compared to traditional road maintenance. These effects are social (like bringing in new skills and forming local partnerships between farmers, government agencies, and businesses), economic (like making maintenance tasks like cleaning ditches less often) and environmental (like increasing the value of biomass so it can be used to make energy) (renewable bioenergy production without competing with food crops, water quality preservation and biodiversity enhancement).
Positive facts about SAGID
Unlimited number of modelling based on field data
With only 4 to 8 input figures, SAGID can model different road maintenance scenarios with incomes and costs
Helps to reduce roadside management greenhouse gas emissions up to 65%
The biomethane produced by 1 km of road provides the equivalent of 1 to 2 months electricity
-25% on road maintenance costs by collecting and valorisating grass
Free software
Video about SAGID
https://www.youtube.com/embed/eF8oHNsMCqQ
SAGID website : https://erpi.univ-lorraine.fr/fr/projects/noremat/