Environment and sustainability
The UAB-CIE Sphere hosts several centres of excellence working to address and improve social and environmental management.
- Minimising environmental impact.
- Tools for sustainability and environmental prevention.
- Tools for the prevention of forest fires.
- Tools for studying changes in the territory and territorial planning and management.
- Predicting levels of pollens and spore allergens.
- Prevention of invasions of exotic vegetable species.
- Detection of sick buildings.
- Forest regeneration.
- Maintaining and improving soil health.
- The consequences of human activity on terrestrial ecosystems.
- Microsystems and sensors for environmental monitoring.
- Microsensors for the diagnosis of allergies.
- Analysis of the environmental impact of tourism.
- Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems.
- forest inventories.
- Environmental impact of economic activity.
- Nutrient removal wastewater.
- Degradation of environmental pollutants by biological processes.
- Reuse of waste.
- Renewable energy sourcess.
- Materials for the generation, storage and use of energy.
- Local development strategies that enable rural areas to reach a more sustainable peak.
- Management of natural areas.
- Environmental analysis and land use using satellite images and GIS, with special attention to the water system.
- Improved mobility and territorial transport system management.
- Managing mountain areas.
- Coastal zone management and marine activities.
- Sustainable tourism and local development.
- Application of economics and evolutionary models to resources, environmental policy and institutional problems.
- Support the definition of climate policies.
- Eco-innovation for environmental improvements of products and services.