Solar house prototypes as living labs in architecture for holistic sustainability education

Autor: Torsten Masseck
Přispěvatelé: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament de Tecnologia de l'Arquitectura, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GAT - Grup d'Arquitectura i Tecnologia
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Popis: The LOW3 prototype solar house of UPC has been designed and built between 2008 and 2010 and converted and operated as a Living Lab for sustainable architecture and lifestyle since 2011 at the ETSAV campus at Sant Cugat del Vallés (Barcelona) under the responsibility of the author (www.livinglab-low3.blogspot.com) This paper highlights the importance of Living Labs as innovation infrastructures in Higher Education and presents the specific educational experience of LOW3 within the institutional framework of UPC, drawing from 5 years of action research regarding pluridisciplinary, experience based sustainability education.
Databáze: OpenAIRE