Degree | Type | Year |
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Management of Smart and Sustainable Cities | FB | 2 |
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It is not obligatory to have taken any course previously. In any case, in order to take this course, it is necessary:
- Written and oral communication skills in Spanish and Catalan;
- Intermediate level of Catalan, Spanish and English, which allows written and auditory comprehension in the three languages, and
- Intermediate level of office automation -MS Office or other free softwares - especially in managing spreadsheets, texts and presentations.
The course has a dual objective. On one hand, it aims to provide basic knowledge about the economic, social, and territorial context in which energy and resource management systems operate in advanced societies. On the other hand, the course also aims to acquaint students with different instruments and mechanisms for resource management and planning.
Regarding the first objective, the course starts with an introductory approach to the socioeconomic and territorial elements that affect systems with a high level of technical complexity, such as energy and resources. Thus, it is considered that the configuration and evolution of these systems are not solely due to technical or technological components but are clearly conditioned by various issues such as the legal and administrative framework, the impositions and requirements of the urban and territorial environment in which they operate, the economic structure of each sector, the geopolitical framework and the functioning of the global economy, consumption patterns and population demands, or the level of societal awareness of the impacts of this consumption. In this regard, understanding the logic of these socioeconomic and territorial elements is fundamental to interpreting the development possibilities of a particular energy or resource model successfully. This first objective is addressed in the first part of the course, which mainly focuses on the energy area to thoroughly address each of these issues. Thus, after a geographical and historical contextualization of energy, the components of an energy system are detailed, followed by a description of the functioning of energy markets based on the three main groups of agents that integrate them: suppliers, consumers, and the administration. Finally, some of the impacts of the current energy model on our society are described, and solution proposals based on planning are provided.
As for the second objective, acquiring a global vision of environmental management will provide students with fundamental concepts of sustainability, as well as mechanisms and public policies to promote sustainable behaviors at all levels. Methods for measuring sustainability and their application in resource management will be introduced.
Block 1: Environmental Management
Sustainability
Block 2: Energy
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
Classroom exercises (practical) | 30 | 1.2 | CM12, KM16, SM16, CM12 |
Lectures | 30 | 1.2 | KM16, SM16, KM16 |
Type: Supervised | |||
Conducting practical excercises | 30 | 1.2 | CM12, KM16, SM16, CM12 |
Oriented readings | 10 | 0.4 | KM16, KM16 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
Information search | 6 | 0.24 | KM16, SM16, KM16 |
Reading and individual study | 10 | 0.4 | CM12, KM16, SM16, CM12 |
The subject will be structured around two main classroom activities, theory classes and practical exercises. The practical exercises, carried out with a computer, will provide the students opportunity to practice how to look for information, and select, treat, analyse and represent data on the subjects explained in the theory class. It is aimed to follow the evolution of each student in the understanding and use of the tools applied in the subject.
Apart from the directed activities, the students will have to spend time outside the classroom to complete those practical exercises not finished in classes, as well as to carry out the recommended readings for each topic.
During the theory classes, students will ask open-ended questions that will allow them to demonstrate their creativity, initiative and sensitivity towards social and environmental issues (T02).
In order to carry out the practical exercises successfully, innovative and competitive proposals must be generated in the professional activity (T03). At the same time, the realization of practical exercises will allow to generate proposals to prevent and to solve problems, adapting to unforeseen situations and to take decisions (T04).
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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energy | 40% | 25 | 1 | CM12, KM16, SM16 |
Exam Energy Block | 30% | 2 | 0.08 | SM16 |
Exam Environmental Management Block | 15% | 1 | 0.04 | SM16 |
Practices environmental management | 15% | 6 | 0.24 | CM12, KM16, SM16 |
All the official communication related to the subject between professors and students will be made through moodle
The evaluation of the course will be carried out progressively and continuously throughout the semester. The evaluation system is based on the following learning evidences:
Evaluation Criteria
The final grade will be calculated based on the two partial exams and the practical work.
Final Grade = Environmental Module Grade (30%) + Energy Module Grade (70%)
In grading exams and reports, aspects such as presentation of the exam, writing quality, and basic errors will be considered, adjusting, if necessary, the final grade obtained from the weighted average of each score.
In order to calculated the weighted sum for the final note, it is necessary to have all the practical work submitted with average grade equal to or greather than 5 and the exam grades must be equal to or greater than 5. It is important to note that the practical work must be completed and submitted on the dates specified by the course instructor. The students who are qualified as Fail for not having achieved the abovementioned condition will receive the minimum grade of 3.
The date of the revision will be communicated to students via Moodle. Ideally the date will be set with in 2 weeks from the exam date.
Re-evaluation
Forstudents who, at the end of the evaluation process, have not obtained a grade equal to or greater than 5on the exams but have a grade higher than 5 on the practical work, there will be a re-evaluation. This will consist of anexam, scheduled by the Faculty in the last week of the semester, representing the situations covered during the course. Students will only have to retake the theoretical part they did not pass in the midterm exams. For repeat students, the theory grade for the parts passed will not be carried over to the next year. However, the practical work grade will be carried over from one year to the next. The maximum grade for the re-evaluation is a 7.
With honors
Awarding an honors mark (MH) is the decision of the faculty responsible for the subject. UAB regulations indicate that MHs may only be awarded to students who have obtained a final grade equal to or greater than 9.00. Up to 5% MH of total enrolled students can be awarded.
Block 1: Environmental Management
Block 2: Energy
General reading
MS Excel, SankeyMATIC
Please note that this information is provisional until 30 November 2025. You can check it through this link. To consult the language you will need to enter the CODE of the subject.
Name | Group | Language | Semester | Turn |
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(PAUL) Classroom practices | 611 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |
(TE) Theory | 61 | Catalan/Spanish | first semester | afternoon |