COVID-19 has shown that urban areas have become the battlefront because of their high concentration of inhabitants and interrelationships between them. These two factors have made cities particularly vulnerable to Read more…
The objective of the network is to endorse advanced technologies aimed at achieving green, intelligent, and sustainable growth that contributes to improving citizenship’s quality of life. Terrassa is one of Read more…
In many Catalan cities, changes are being made in the internal mobility of the City to improve environmental and acoustic quality. A well-known example for everyone is the creation of Read more…
In the previous articles of “Noise pollution and health” (link) and in the article “How can measure the noise” some definitions were introduced and how noise is measured. If we make Read more…
In the previous article “Acoustic pollution and Health” we defined what was sound, noise, what we understood as noise pollution and its repercussion on health. These definitions were important to enter Read more…
In the previous publication “Terrassa intelligent city and Sentilo platform” we presented what is the Sentilo Platform, its objectives and its use. But how does it evolve and improve the Read more…
Nowadays, we are used to connecting headphones to our mobile phone via Bluetooth, activating the physical alarm clock using our mobile phone or even going to the gym and connecting Read more…
People who live in Terrassa and usually move around it, know the streets and avenues where there is a lot of noise, but do we know what noise means? When is the Read more…
The term Smart City was born at the end of the year 2000, and it’s applied to any city that uses Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to improve the management of Read more…
Urban resilience is a fashionable concept, especially during the Coronavirus crisis that we are experiencing. Preparing cities against critical and unforeseen situations is key to minimize the consequences. Terrassa is a leading Read more…