Month: July 2014

My first certificate for an university course on the Internet (MooC)

David Mairal

Last april 2014, I started a course on the Internet offered by an university throughout one of the emerging educational sites (edX y Coursera, MiriadaX in Spanish); online learning initiative called MooC (Massive open online course). Yesterday, I received the course´s certificate: my first certificate proving Read More …

How to assess the thermal comfort and how to address the most efficient factors

David Mairal

One of the works in which I am currently involved, for the Research Centre for the Development and Innovation in Enterprises, of the Technical University of Catalonia (CERpIE-UPC), consist of testing applications for diverse uses. Afterwards, we draft a review Read More …

Changes in people´s mindset to take advantage of the technology progress

David Mairal

Last friday, july 11, the MIT´s Climate CoLab (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) broadcast a web seminar on the implementation of a carbon pricing in the United States. It was a streaming seminar, throughout its web (that is, a webinar, term from gathering “seminar” Read More …

Aragon Valley Classic: Railroad Surveillance Regulation, 1894, Central Catalan Railway Company

David Mairal

The special affection I have for the railway comes from being a high cost effective mean of transportation also meeting an environmental efficiency and that contributes to the territories balance, even in the most adverse cases [1]. In a word, sustainability. Read More …

Sustainability strategies, the ideal habitat for safety and health

David Mairal

If i´d had to start from zero to develop the safety and health duties in an organization, It is clear to me which should be the path to follow: to develop a sustainability strategy. A proper sustainability strategy brings as consequence Read More …