Sustainable Energies as an Educational Challenge: Regarding Engineering Studies at the University of Girona

Abstract

Education is a keyword when environmental sustainability and climate change mitigation are pursued. It is a global objective that affect all the World, so social and technological universities are engaged with the aim of mitigating the change and improving the necessary adaptation. From the technical school of the University of Girona, our educational framework, consisting of a set of degrees with just some subject related with sustainable energies, is introduced. This work overpasses teaching activity within the university walls because contacts with local entities and the research of productive wind energy lands are also reported. Private and public contacts are both described, the problem is a social issue that focuses on the public interest but also a business opportunity for the private companies.