My latest post in the PI&ORP site (Polytechnic University of Catalonia) is titled “Confort térmico en invierno: cálculo y variables más eficientes sobre las que actuar” (“Thermal confort in winter: calculation and the most efficient factors to act on”) and is all about Read More …
Tag: sustainable development
The position of the occupational safety and health within organizations´ sustainability strategy
As time goes by and I observe certain occurrences, I get more and more convinced that among all the possible environments throughout the organizations, the sustainability strategies are becoming the ideal habitat for occupational safety and health. I am not the only one who thinks Read More …
Urban development models in Europe: south of France
France is an amazing country, however you look at it. In addition to the overwhelming nature and the touching historical heritage, there is a factor that attracts the attention as soon as you go through any of the existing border crossings Read More …
Aragon Valley Classic: Railroad Surveillance Regulation, 1894, Central Catalan Railway Company
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 …
I am not in Brussels, but I follow this conference almost as I were there
This week is being held the European Sustainable Energy Week. It is an important event in the field of energy and sustainability -including the Brussels´conference as a summit- and embraces a number of interesting activities. Unfortunately, I could´t go to Read More …
The apocalyptic reality of Dan Brown´s Inferno
Dan Brown´s works do not leave indifferent anybody. The enigmatic ambiguity with witch reality and fiction combine in his stories, are source of both admiration and criticism of the author´s career. His last novel is Inferno. Should you have the Read More …
Jánovas, the evicted village aiming to reborn – Part II
[… this post is a continuation of the previous entry…] Mr. Antonio Espinosa, from Casa Agustín (family nickname), is more or less 65. His approximate age may be deduced from some details he told me last saturday in Jánovas: in Read More …
Jánovas, the evicted village aiming to reborn – Part I
The sad story of the latests decades of Jánovas (Chánovas in Aragonese lenguaje) hangs on the wall of one of the houses that remain partially standing in this village belonging to the municipality of Fiscal, in the Aragonese region of Sobrarbe. Read More …
Photographic post: The railway Zaragoza-Pau and the Canfranc International Station
In 2009, a study titled “Valoración de una línea de ferrocarril internacional por el Pirineo central” (“An appraisal of an international railway line through the Central Pyrinees”) was released. It is the doctoral thesis written a little time before by Read More …
New development models based on nature
Almost at the end (1h 10´ 30”) of the Spanish public television documentary “Comprar, tirar, comprar” (“buy, dump, buy”) is explained a new concept based on the rethinking of products engineering and production. This model is named “cradle to cradle” and was Read More …
A new and wonderful dimension of knowledge and learning
Two weeks ago I enrolled in a course named “climate change in four dimensions”. I am receiving it from University of California – San Diego. You may be asking yourself how am I able to receive a course from an Read More …
The shanzhai dilemma, part I: a serious parody
Last week I attended a lecture given in Barcelona Activa about China from a professional and business point of view. Among all the explanations, there was one issue that attracted specially my attention: “shanzhai” products. The term shanzhai refers to the range Read More …
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