SDG Detail

Smart Campus Newton

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Project description

Newton Smart Campus proposes to identify the real problems of society due to urbanization intensification and develop solutions to solve these problems, using the campus as a space for prototyping and learning.�

Year None

Location Brazil

Organization Centro Universit�rio Newton Paiva

Project aims

The intensification of urbanization leads to various aggravating factors in an intensely populous city. Among them, we can mention: difficulties of urban mobility, increase in waste generation, and difficulties of destination, intense use of finite resources, such as water, electricity, and energy. Difficulties such as these also exist within a University Campus. Because of this, the extension nucleus called Smart Campus appeared.

Project outcome

� Recycling of plastics, paper, used oil, electronics, and batteries. � Development of photovoltaic autonomous energy poles; � Actions to encourage the use of rickshaws among students within the Campus; � Elaboration of an online Smart Cities course for the entire academic community; � Smart Talk � a podcast channel available on SoundCloud with a discussion about Smart Cities and Sustainability; � Creating living spaces; � Book fairs promotion, in which students can bring old books and exchange for others in an accessible way; � Poor communities and schools action to make education and job chances better.