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Living labs in the context of the UN sustainable development goals: state of the art
- Windesheim University of Applied Sciences
- Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Santa Catarina)
- University of Coimbra
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Universidade Fernando Pessoa
- Bahçeşehir Üniversitesi
This paper reports on a comprehensive study, which has investigated the approaches, methods and tools being deployed in implementing living labs among higher education institutions (HEIs) around the world. Two ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Teaching sustainability within the context of everyday life: Steps toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals through the EUSTEPs Module
- Global Footprint Network (CA)
- Universidade Aberta
- University of Coimbra
- University of Aveiro
- University of Siena
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Kentriki Makedonia)
In a world characterized by Ecological Overshoot, where humanity demands more from natural ecosystems than they can sustainably renew, education can nurture sustainability-minded citizens and future leaders to help accelerate ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Low carbon futures: assessing the status of decarbonisation efforts at universities within a 2050 perspective
- Nottingham Trent University
- University of Coimbra
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- Open University of the Netherlands
- Universidade Fernando Pessoa
- Universidade Federal da Paraíba
Background: The implementation of sustainability at universities means that they can also play a key role in the transition to a low carbon economy, and in assisting global efforts towards ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Bibliometric Analysis and Benchmarking of Life Cycle Assessment of Higher Education Institutions
- University of Coimbra
Higher Education Institutions (HEI), such as Universities and Institutes worldwide, are making efforts and setting goals to assess and minimise their environmental impacts, and to become more sustainable. Life Cycle ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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Towards symbiotic approaches between universities, sustainable development, and cities
- Arizona State University (AZ)
- University of Coimbra
- University of Passo Fundo
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná
Universities are key actors and play a central role in the cities which host them, either as employers, consumers or simply as a magnet to young people and cultural activities ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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How organizational constraints undermine sustainability actions in a university's campuses: A case study
- University of Coimbra
Higher Education Institutions frequently struggle between the urgency to advance toward more sustainable campuses and the slow pace of their transformation. Although several stimuli and barriers are identified in the ...
- Posted June 15, 2023
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A framework for the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals in university programmes
- Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
- University of Passo Fundo
- University of Aveiro
- University of Coimbra
- University of Applied Sciences Zittau/Görlitz
- Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
- University of Wroclaw/Uniwersytet Wrocławski (Wrocław)
- University of Belgrade
- Universidade Positivo
- Manchester Metropolitan University
- University of Milano-Bicocca
- University of Malta (Northern Harbor District)
- Universidade federal de Santa Maria
There is a perceived need to develop approaches, methods and tools that may help higher education institutions to systematically introduce the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into research and teaching as ...
- Posted May 11, 2022
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Lessons from unsuccessful energy and buildings sustainability actions in university campus operations
- University of Coimbra
Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) are increasingly striving to deploy actions that promote the efficient use of energy and other resources on university campuses. Successful sustainability initiatives are vastly described in ...
- Posted April 22, 2021
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IoT Platform for Energy Sustainability in University Campuses
- University of Coimbra
- Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
- Comillas Universidad Pontificia (Madrid)
University campuses are normally constituted of large buildings responsible for high energy demand, and are also important as demonstration sites for new technologies and systems. This paper presents the results ...
- Posted April 21, 2021
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Environmental knowledge, attitudes and behavior of higher education students: a case study in Portugal
- University of Coimbra
The main purpose of this research study is to explore higher education students’ environmental knowledge, attitudes and behavior. To achieve this goal, a questionnaire was conducted among the students of ...
- Posted Feb. 9, 2021
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AASHE Award Winnner Ceremony 2020
- Lehigh University (PA)
- Lafayette College (PA)
- Smith College (MA)
- University of Central Florida (FL)
- University of Coimbra
- Dickinson College (PA)
- Georgia Institute of Technology (GA)
- Muhlenberg College (PA)
- Southwestern University (TX)
- University of Strathclyde
- Carlos III University of Madrid
- Palo Alto College (TX)
- University of Dayton (OH)
- University of Sydney (NSW)
The AASHE Sustainability Awards provide global recognition to the individuals and organizations leading the higher education sustainability movement. On Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020 a virtual ceremony honored the 11 winners ...
- Posted Jan. 12, 2021
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A review of empirical data of sustainability initiatives in university campus operations
- University of Coimbra
Given the need to actively address the challenges of climate change, university leaders have a growing interest in reducing their campuses’ environmental impact. This article carries out a comprehensive literature ...
- Posted Feb. 10, 2020
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Developing and Testing a Method to Measure Academic Societal Impact
- University of Kent
- University of The South Pacific (Central Division)
- University of Coimbra
This paper aims to extend understanding of the business and societal impact of academic research. From a business school perspective, it has taken stock of the role of academic research ...
- Posted May 8, 2018
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Sustainability in university campus: options for achieving nearly zero energy goals
- University of Coimbra
Purpose The purpose of this study was to design a renovation plan for a university campus building (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) with the aim to achieve nearly zero ...
- Posted April 17, 2018
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Parking at the UC campus: Problems and solutions
- University of Coimbra
This study underscores the importance of adopting integrated parking management policies that ensure not only more rational use of the available parking spaces, evenly balancing supply and demand and bringing ...
- Posted Dec. 11, 2017
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