Browsing by Author "Josa i Culleré, Irene"
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A multi-criteria decision-making tool to advance towards the 2030 Agenda in Higher Education institutions
Josa i Culleré, Irene; Gutiérrez Mijares, Maria Eugenia; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2021-09-20)
Research report
Open AccessResponding to the Agenda 2030 requires the action of a wide range of stakeholders, from local to regional stakeholders. These stakeholders include governmental bodies, but also other actors such as citizen associations or ... -
Constructed wetlands for winery wastewater treatment: a review on the technical, environmental and socio-economic benefits
Flores Rosell, Laura; Josa i Culleré, Irene; García Serrano, Joan; Pena Rios, Rocío; Garfi, Marianna (Elsevier, 2023-07)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyIn wineries, wastewater production and solid waste generation can pose serious environmental threats. Winery wastewater production has a seasonal behavior and needs a treatment system that can adapt to these fluctuations ... -
Development and enhancement of inclusion services at higher education level
Josa i Culleré, Irene; Farré Tost, Carles; Gálvez Carrillo, Maria Immaculada; Ferrer Balas, Dídac; Vilalta Porta, Montserrat; Montero Mercadé, Lídia (International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2019)
Conference report
Open AccessEveryone is unique in their own way and it is necessary to embrace this diversity and make positive use of it. At all levels of education, differences between students can provide a good learning opportunity since every ... -
Dynamic identification of structures
Josa i Culleré, Irene (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2017-09)
Master thesis
Open Access
Covenantee: Universidad de Castilla-La ManchaDynamic structural identification using observability techniques -
Environmental and economic impacts of combining backfill materials for novel circular narrow trenches
Josa i Culleré, Irene; Petit, Ana; Casanovas Rubio, Maria del Mar; Pujadas Álvarez, Pablo; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la (2023-09-01)
Article
Open AccessOver the last few years, several policies and new technological solutions have targeted the construction sector with the aim of reducing the sector's impacts on the environment. Among the different technological advances ... -
Evaluación de la sostenibilidad de materiales para elementos estructurales de cubiertas
Josa i Culleré, Irene; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Pons Valladares, Oriol; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2022)
Conference report
Open AccessHoy en día, es creciente la importancia que debe darse a la consideración de aspectos de sostenibilidad en el desarrollo de proyectos de infraestructuras. En concreto, la elección del material de construcción idóneo puede ... -
Evaluación de sostenibilidad de diferentes materiales para elementos estructurales de cubiertas
Josa i Culleré, Irene; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Pons Valladares, Oriol; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2020-12-17)
Article
Open AccessHoy en día, es creciente la importancia que debe darse a la consideración de aspectos de sostenibilidad en el desarrollo de proyectos de infraestructuras. Las distintas características de estos proyectos pueden influenciar ... -
Infrastructure, innovation and industry as solutions for breaking inequality vicious cycles
Josa i Culleré, Irene; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (Institute of Physics (IOP), 2019)
Conference lecture
Open AccessCurrently, poverty and inequality are crucial social issues around the world. They demand objective evaluations with the purpose of defining policies and prioritizing actions. Most of the times the most important problem ... -
Infrastructures and society: from a literature review to a conceptual framework
Josa i Culleré, Irene; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2019-11)
Article
Open AccessWhile economic and environmental aspects of civil engineering have attracted the greatest attention among contemporary academy, its social side has frequently been set aside. However, the social impact that infrastructures ... -
Life cycle assessment of microalgae systems for wastewater treatment and bioproducts recovery: natural pigments, biofertilizer and biogas
Arashiro, Larissa Terumi; Josa i Culleré, Irene; Ferrer Martí, Ivet; van Hulle, Stijn; Rousseau, Diederik; Garfi, Marianna (Elsevier, 2022-11)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe aim of this study was to assess the potential environmental impacts associated with microalgae systems for wastewater treatment and bioproducts recovery. In this sense, a Life Cycle Assessment was carried out evaluating ... -
Measuring unidimensional inequality: practical framework for the choice of an appropriate measure
Josa i Culleré, Irene; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2020-06)
Article
Open AccessInequality and its analysis have received increasing attention in the literature over the last decades, which has led to the development of a large number of inequality measurement methodologies. In the analysis of inequality, ... -
Meet-Up pilot: an inclusive program for students with autism spectrum disorder at UPC
Gracia Blanes, Mireia; Mampel Caballero, Sergi; Montero Mercadé, Lídia; Vilalta, Montserrat; Josa i Culleré, Irene (International Association of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2019)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyMeet-Up is an innovate pilot program for students enrolled at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). UPC is a Technical University that provides majors in the STEM (Science, Technology, ... -
Multi-criteria decision-making model to assess the sustainability of girders and trusses: case study for roofs of sports halls
Josa i Culleré, Irene; Pons Valladares, Oriol; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2020-03)
Article
Open AccessThe first, and probably the most determining, decision that structural designing teams need to make when facing the design of any infrastructure is the choice of both an appropriate material and the suitable structural ... -
Social life cycle assessment of microalgae-based systems for wastewater treatment and resource recovery
Josa i Culleré, Irene; Garfi, Marianna (Elsevier, 2023-06)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe aim of this study was to assess the social impacts of microalgae-based systems for wastewater treatment and bioproducts recovery by using the Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) tool. In particular, two systems were ... -
Social sciences and humanities in the education of civil engineers: current status and proposal of guidelines
Josa i Culleré, Irene; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2021-08)
Article
Open AccessApart from the importance of Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) in and of themselves, the potential contribution that they can make to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) is huge. Even though some ... -
Sustainability assessment of recycled aggregate concrete structures: a critical view on the current state-of-knowledge and practice
Marinkovic, Snežana; Josa i Culleré, Irene; Braymand, Sandrine; Tošić, Nikola (2023-03-14)
Article
Open AccessThe environmental impacts of activities such as raw material extraction, construction of infrastructure, and demolition, place construction as one of the sectors that exert the highest pressures on the environment, society, ... -
Sustainability-oriented model to decide on concrete pipeline reinforcement
Josa i Culleré, Irene; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Casanovas Rubio, Maria del Mar; Armengou Orús, Jaume; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2021-03)
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Open AccessThe design of sustainable sewerage infrastructure is fundamental for achieving long-term sustainability goals. Piping systems are essential components in the water supply chain and in waste disposal systems worldwide. Among ... -
Sustainability-oriented multi-criteria analysis of different continuous flight auger piles
Josa i Culleré, Irene; Tošić, Nikola; Marinkovic, Snežana; Fuente Antequera, Albert de la; Aguado de Cea, Antonio (2021-07)
Article
Open AccessWith increasing construction activity and concrete consumption globally, the economic, environmental, and social impacts of human activities continue to increase rapidly. Therefore, it is imperative to assess the choice ...