This year 46 students, divided into two groups worked on the ambitious goal to develop "Sustainable Lifestyle Scenarios 2030" including technological, environmental and socioeconomic forecasting as a result of the presented projects and generated discussions.
The first day was dedicated to Innovation
through the presentation and analysis of research projects in the three main
focus areas of Housing, Energy and
Lifestyle.
HOUSING: Students got known to the
innovative concepts of UPC's nearly zero energy buildings, exploring and
analyzing the technological concepts of the LOW3 prototype house in the
fields of solar thermal, solar photovoltaic, HVAC, bioclimatic building
management and energy monitoring systems. Measurements of surface and air
temperatures, calculation of PV production and energy consumption of the house
as well as a forecasting exercise, projecting the analyzed technologies to 2030
allowed to enter fully into the discussion about the relationships between
housing, energy and sustainability.
ENERGY: Students got introduced into
the results of the R4E - Roadmaps for Energy project (www.roadmapsforenergy.eu), getting
known to the developed energy roadmaps for European partner cities in the field
of Smart Buildings and Smart Urban Spaces and Smart Mobility in
order to discuss energy transition of society in the coming decades.
LIFESTYLE: Students got introduced to a holistic transition to sustainability
through the international Sustainable
Lifestyle Accelerator project 2018-2020 (www.suslife.info),
which just started, and where UPC collaborates with international partners from 7 counties under the lead of the Wuppertal
Institute in the reduction of the environmental impact of private
households.
At the end of day 1 students calculated quickly
their current ecological footprint, resulting in an average need of around 3,2 planets if world’s population would
adopt the same way of living. One motivation more within our first seminar day
to search for innovative solutions
The second day was dedicated to co-creation,
applying the R4E methodology of
complexity maps and roadmapping for the generation of innovative product or service concepts for a “more sustainable urban life in 2030”.
Finally, students co-created in dynamic group sessions through a story telling approach concepts for “a more sustainable urban life in 2030”. The holistic visioning and presentation through small performances of a more sustainable future urban life, generated ambitious discussions and allowed to foster the creative potential of these future “game changers” of InnoEnergy.
Finally, students co-created in dynamic group sessions through a story telling approach concepts for “a more sustainable urban life in 2030”. The holistic visioning and presentation through small performances of a more sustainable future urban life, generated ambitious discussions and allowed to foster the creative potential of these future “game changers” of InnoEnergy.
Despite of unusual hot
temperatures, the domestic atmosphere of Living Lab LOW3 with its efficient
cross ventilation, but also the possibility to work outside at shaded places of
our campus, contributed to the success of two days full of technology
exploration, inspiring conversations and intense discussions about innovations
in the field of renewable energies within a wider environmental and
cultural context.
This fifth collaboration
with the MSc Program RENE of KIC InnoEnergy confirms again that LOW3
offers a valuable contribution to engineer students’ education through
its holistic approach to sustainability within a unique, real-world environment of a Living Lab bringing together in one place the important topics of Housing, Energy and Lifestyle.
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