Construction giants Saint-Gobain are installing buildings in the Village that can be dismantled and re-used elsewhere after the Games.

"The Saint-Gobain group has put in place innovative and differentiating solutions, specifically designed for the Athletes' Village, which is intended to be a role model in terms of being both environmentally virtuous and entirely modular," a company statement said.

"We are delighted that the Saint-Gobain group is joining the Paris 2024 adventure," Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet said.

"With Saint-Gobain, we are driven by the same ambition to offer environmentally responsible and exemplary Games, inspired by a typically French pioneering and innovative spirit." 

"This partnership is an opportunity for Saint-Gobain to demonstrate in concrete terms, through the completion of major construction works, the Group's responsible commitment and the excellence of its solutions in sustainable and lightweight construction as well as renovation," Saint-Gobain chief executive Benoit Bazin said.

"Paris 2024 has made strong commitments to climate and environmental responsibility that echo Saint-Gobain's ambition, to design and develop, on a daily basis, the best solutions for sustainable construction, while addressing the major planetary challenges of climate change, resource scarcity and population growth."

In constructing the Village, the company claims they have reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 50 per cent by using barges to transport construction materials along the waterways.

They have calculated that 1,500 tonnes of material has been delivered to the Village site in this way so far in 2023. 

According to figures issued by Saint-Gobain this has kept more than sixty 25-tonne trucks off the roads.

The interior walls of the Village buildings constructed for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games have been specially designed to be dismantled and the majority of materials reused. 

The company calculates that 60,000 m² of demountable partitions will be available for reuse after the Games are over.

 "They will make it easy to transform athletes' rooms into student accommodation and bedrooms after the competitions," Saint-Gobain said.

"The plasterboards will then have a second life in new building sites in the Paris region as part of an experiment in a re-use channel.

The materials have been developed by Placo, a company connected with Saint-Gobain.

Construction on the Village site has been disrupted by protests and strike action in recent months, but the first 174 apartments to be offered for sale after the Games were unveiled this week.

The Paris 2024 Olympics are set to open on July 26 net year.