Benoit MOUGENOT has a master’s degree in Economics and Society “Entrepreneurial partnerships in socio-economic projects” from the University Lumiere Lyon 2. After gaining experience through project coordination of sustainable tourism project in Peru and on issues of sustainable living in Luxembourg, he joined the REEDS team to obtain a PhD via the Continental Industrial Chair. Under the direction of Sylvie Faucheux his thesis concerns the development of economic models arising from the functional economy as it applies to the South Yvelines area. This work, the objective of which is to put in place indictors of the value and richness created by a bringing-together of services, supports a new “dematerialised” knowledge model, participating in territorial sustainable development.