APPLICATION SECTORS
ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES
- Artificial intelligence
- Smart devices
- Data science
- Data infraestructure
- 5G / 6G
- Connectivity
- Digital twins
- Robotics
- Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and mixed reality (MR)
- Blockchain
- Digital services
- City platforms
- laaS & PaaS
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
- Climate emergency
- Greenhouse gas detection
- Food & agriculture
- Water and waste management
- Green spaces
- CleanTech
- New energetic models
- Energy management
- Zero waste
MOBILITY
- Public transport
- E-Mobility
- Micro & Shared
- Transportation networks
- Mobility as a Service (MaaS)
- Mobility's future
- Autonomous vehicles
- Drones
- Connected vehicles
- Vehicle mobility plans
- Governance
- Seamless transportation
LIVING & INCLUSION
- Cities for everybody
- Digital, social and gender inclusion
- Health
- Education
- Green buildings
GOVERNANCE & ECONOMY
- Circular economy
- Innovation ecosystems
- Industry 4.0
- Talent attraction
INFRASTRUCTURE & BUILDING
- Smart buildings
- Sustainable construction
- Innovative materials
- Nearly Zero-Energy Buildings (NZEB)
- Urban planifications
- BIM (Building Information Modeling)
SAFETY & SECURITY
- Cibersecurity
- Data security
- Digital rights
- Fraud detection - urban security
- Ethics of the city and security
- Risk predictions and emergency response
- Safety in critical infrastructures
RELATED PROJECTS
- The Centre for Technological Risk Studies (CERTEC) at UPC is participating in the WUITIPS project (Wildland-Urban-Interface Fire Touristic Infrastructure Protection Solutions), which aims to develop a new wildfire management framework for the tourism sector. This project contributes to risk analysis and the design of specific strategies to mitigate such risks.
- The adoption of 6G applications will have a positive impact on a broad range of innovations set to transform our society in the future. These include autonomous vehicles that reduce accidents, more efficient emergency services, and connected drones that expedite the delivery of medical supplies between healthcare centres, to name a few examples. These and other emerging solutions continue to evolve, driven by the constant technological advancements in communications. The implementation of these new technologies requires a process that inevitably involves testing in environments as true to real-life conditions as possible.
- The European project LIFE Biogasnet, coordinated by the Biological Treatment of Gaseous Contaminants and Odours Group (BIOGAP) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), has validated a new biogas purification technology that improves the quality of this resource, produced in urban solid waste treatment plants and wastewater treatment facilities, while reducing the carbon footprint, thus promoting the concept of a circular economy. The new solution is based on efficient, low-cost biological technologies, combining a biotrickling filter with a nitrification bioreactor.
