Sustainability
EnvironmentSoftwareSustainability IN3 project calculates environmental footprint of cloud services
“Cloud servers consume the same amount of electricity as a medium-sized industrialized country like Spain. Therefore, in terms of energy consumption, this type of infrastructure is like having another country in the world,” explained researchers[…]
EnvironmentSustainability The Sierra de Guadarrama reflects on its future
By Elisa Oteros-Rozas, Concepción Piñeiro, María López-Rodríguez, María Heras, Hug March and Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, members of TURBA research group. As part of the ENVISION international research project, a group of people gathered on 9[…]
Open dataSoftwareSustainabilityTechnology Studies Conversations on Open Source Sustainability
By Javer Luis Cánovas Nowadays, Open Source Systems (OSS) has become a vital part of our society and its digital transformation. It lives in almost every device we use, ranging from mobile devices or personal[…]
ConsumerismCOVID19Sustainability Ricard Espelt: “Consumerism after COVID-19 will be more aware and responsible”
Ricard Espelt, an expert in platform cooperativism, is a researcher with the DIMMONS (Digital Commons) research group at the UOC’s Internet Interdisciplinary Institute. In light of the health crisis linked to COVID-19, he believes that[…]
InterdisciplinaritySmart CitiesSocial impactSustainability RESCITIES: the limits and potentials of Urban Resilience
A new research project by TURBA that explores urban resilience to hydro-climatic events in Barcelona and Seville through the lenses of political ecology.