Calculated CO₂ emissions

Emissions of the meeting venue:

UPC has calculated the CO₂ emissions of the venue's energy consumption: 3,95 CO₂ tonnes
The emissions will be compensated through the UPC de-carbonization strategy "UPCO2"

Chalmers delegates travel:

Chalmers has calculated the total CO₂ emissions generated by delegates travel: 24,8 CO₂ tonnes
The emissions will be compensated through the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation

Participants air travel:

UPC has calculated the CO₂ emissions generated by participants travel: 237,2 CO₂ tonnes
The organization encourages all participants to reduce and compensate CO₂ emissions through:

Energy efficiency actions
Use of renewable energy
Sustainable mobility
Local CO₂ offset programmes

Sustainability Policy

The annual meeting is characterized by sustainability values and efforts in minimizing the overall environmental footprint of the event by defined objectives. Below you find the actions taken throughout the planning and arrangement of the meeting.

Local transport

Objective: Promote the use of public transport and reduce the need to travel

Participants are suggested a number of hotel options located near the venue of the meeting
Participants are provided with public transport tickets free of charge to use on bus, metro, tram within Barcelona
Barcelona public transport network information (including bus, metro, tram) is provided to all participants

Catering

Objective: Use local, organic and fair trade food and beverages and support organizations with social policies

All catering is provided by Fundació Futur ( lank till www.futur.cat) which ensures that:
60% of the products are organic and/or fair trade labeled
When disposable packaging is required only biodegradable material is used
EMAS certification
Vegetarian options are offered
When recruiting personnel, people with social difficulties in the labor market are prioritized and given full contracts.

Materials

Objective: Minimize environmental impact of the materials used in the meeting

Registration and payment to the meeting is made online (this includes electronic confirmation and receipts)
Proceedings are provided in electronic versions on the web site
Presentation handouts are substituted to online versions available for download on the web site to reduce paper consumption
Nametag holders are collected and re-used for coming events
Eco-labeled paper and certified print houses are used for all printed materials
The bag with material handed out to participants on arrival is a reusable cloth bag

Note: Please return nametag holder to the secretariat at the end of the meeting

Meeting venue

Objective: Minimize energy use in the buildings and recycle waste on site

Rational use of lighting, heating and air-conditioning throughout the meeting
Recycling points provided at the venue
Directions to public transport points

CO₂ Emissions

Objective: Calculate the total CO₂ emissions generated including transport (the participants trip to Barcelona) and venue (energy consumption of the building) and compensate (offset) these emissions

CO₂ emissions generated by participants travels to/from the meeting and by the venue energy consumption during the meeting is calculated and communicated of the emissions generated through the use of the meeting space by the UPC de-carbonization software UPCO2 and communicated to participants during the meeting
On voluntary basis participants are offered to compensate their emissions at the meeting secretariat through the Spanish climate care initiative
The annual meeting organizors (Chalmers) will compensate the emissions generated for the travels of Chalmers delegates to Barcelona through the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation
The annual meeting hosting university (UPC) will compensate the emissions of the venue according to the UPC de-carbonization strategy "UPCO2"

Co-responsibility

We encourage all participants of the meeting, wherever possible, to contribute to this policy through their individual actions and we welcome suggestions for future meetings. We also encourage other event arrangers to adopt such policy and offer to use these objectives as a basis for developing their own.

Calculated CO2 emissions