UPC International Seminar on Sustainable Technology Development
(9th-13th June 2008)
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| Program | Study cases | Posters | Participants | Readings | Links |
Posters presented by the students
1) Harnessing lignin as a sustainable material
Chalmers University of Technology
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2) Biogas. How much biogas can be produced from residues?
Chalmers University of Technology
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The technical potencial of biogas can be greater than this study suggest. Key areas of improvement are change agricultural behaviour, get more efficient anaerobic digestion and increase end use efficiency.
3) Sustainable plastic production from renewable resources (Poster Award)
Chalmers University of Technology
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4) TMB 2030: Ambassador of Sustainability (Poster Award)
Technical University of Catalonia
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TMB should extend their horizon both in time and space. By redefining their vision and mission, the organization is provided with a powerful tool that will help them choose the correct and sustainable solutions to present and future challenges. TMB will combine this with the developing of and Inter-organizational Sustainability Network in Barcelona, in order to gain strength in political decision-making.
Implementing the stratigies proposed, TMB will demonstrate that it is a multidimensional organization that understands the complexity of sustainability, and has the knowledge, the willingness and the ability to be a role model, thereby demonstrating lidership and innovation.
5) Grup Qualitat. The enterprise presentation
Technical University of Catalonia
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The present poster is a result of the main exercise's resume of the International Seminar on Sustainable Innovation: Technology and Organizations promoted on last february by CITIES-UPC.
The initiative was done to set people together in groups to study with the enterprises the sustainable possibilities to the practise of them. In this case of GroupQualitat study it was proposed an institutionalization of the sustainibility criteria in that enterprise. The project's target is to give an opportunity to improve the enterprise-university relationship and realize with this link a necessary approach to develop a field of sustainability's technical innovation in a business world.
6) El Tinter
Technical University of Catalonia
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The problematics of the work strarts during the definition of the place we should act in order to obtain a major efficiency to improve the factors of sustainability in The Tinter. Because we didn't consider El Tinter as an isolated case, we realize a scheme of the whole productive cycle in the industry of the press and graphical arts.
7) Backcasting towards a sustainable future. The Hybrid city; Ethiopia Utopia; Future transport
Technical University of Delft
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Sustainable Development is a growing concern for political and organizational decision-making. Technology is important in addressing the challenge of SD. The colloquium is open to all TU Delft Msc students. It is a compulsory course for students wishing to pursue a graduation in 'Technology in Sustainable Development'. Participants work during two weeks in interdisciplinary groups on Sustainability issues and approaches. The first week takes place on a boat that visits several interesting SD sites. Developing socio-technological scenario's, and overview of problems and of innovative solutions are important issues of this course. It is organized twice a year, usually in April and in October. Conducted in English to include 
international students. The elective aims on act as a reflexion on the basic knowledge generated about sustainable development within the University as well as an exposure to external stakeholders active in the field. The week is spend together on a boat creates a 'pressure cooker' atmosphere, where students spend time together formally and informally in relative isolation from the outside world. This brings people from different backgrounds and faculties closer, generating interesting discussions on topics related to sustainability.
8) Sustainable Development: Energy Efficient Buildings in Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transportation and Architecture
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Special condition in Kyrgyztan makes possible to build energy efficient buildings in forest independent from fossil fuels. Helped by sophisticated computer programs students from Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transportation and Architecture have calculated the system to make this isolated construction autonomous.More information: ana.luz.saco@upc.edu
