Unibertsitateen ingurumen-inpaktuaren analisia NESTen bidez eta haren eginkizuna GIHekin bat datorren hiri-plangintza jasangarri bati begira

Abstract

Over the past few years, urban planners and architects have had to seek solutions to improve the performance of urban projects in terms of environmental impact, quality of life and socio-economic problems, in order to achieve the objectives set by the European regulations and by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) established by the United Nations. The environmental and energy impacts at the building scale are amplified at the urban level. In the case of University Campuses, due to their size, population and activity, they can be considered as "small cities" and it has been observed that their environmental impact is significant. In recent years, new tools have been developed to assess this environmental impact at the district level by a life cycle analysis. Among them, it is worth highlighting NEST, an agile and fast tool used to analyze the baseline scenario and improvement hypotheses. It assesses environmental and socio-economic indicators and serves as a life cycle analysis tool for the built environment at the neighborhood level. The authors of this publication have used NEST in different research projects and they have analyzed different baseline scenarios and evaluated improvements in some cases. The article presents a summary of the evolution of the research carried out, explaining each case of study and the general conclusions obtained. It also presents the research project that was recently started that study the possibility to set up the forest biomass as renewable energy source in the university campuses in different regions, governments and countries. The cooperation between universities and cities to establish synergies and cooperation actions will allow substantial progress in the improvement of the key SDGs for society.