A group of students of the Master's Degree of design and management Environmental Building (MDGAE) of the University of Navarra have spent fifteen days at Cardiff University, as part of their process of training. During this time they have participated in a Workshop, organized by the Master's Degree of Sustainable Urbanization of the University of Cardiff and directed by the professors Ms. Marga Munar and Mr. Huw Jenkins. During this time, they have elaborated a series of proposals to improve the sustainability of Campus of the University of Navarra in Pamplona.

"The students have worked on different aspects of sustainability such as: the mobility, accessibility, energy use, safety in the campus and have developed ambitious proposals that could be a starting point for future measures in our campus oriented towards the goal of a sustainable campus ", says Carlos Fernández Bandera, professor of MDGAE who has accompanied the students of the Master's Degree in this experience.

"Among the most important measures we can highlight the connection of the Campus with the different cultural centers of the city, the change of the circulation system of vehicles in the accesses to the Campus, the design of streets that connect the city with the Campus or the creation of a lake that allows absorbing the floods of the Sadar river and that at the same time can generate electricity. The use of runoff water for cooling buildings, the creation of a solar garden that can reduce electricity consumption in the campus and the development of a mobile application that provides information on the status of the different services offered by the campus, both recreational and social," adds Carlos.

During this period, the students have also made a project with a scale model to study the interior lighting of the buildings. These models have been analyzed in the Skydome of Cardiff University, one of the few infrastructures of this subject that exist in the world. This ingenious tool is a hemisphere 6 meters in diameter equipped with a lighting system that can simulate daylight and the effect of the sun on buildings in different parts of the world. "This subject of analysis and optimization makes it possible to make more efficient use of artificial lighting inside buildings and solar protection. The students have experienced how the decisions they make on the design of their facades can have important repercussions on energy savings," explains Carlos Fernández.