LS Future Lab - Impact Challenge: La Salle-URL students work on challenges related to the SDGs

Tuesday, May 10, 2022. For 48 hours, students from La Salle Campus Barcelona-URL took part in the LS Future Lab - Impact Challenge 2022, a hackathon in which challenges linked to three of the UN's Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were worked on: 3 (health and well-being), 11 (sustainable cities and communities) and 12 (responsible production and consumption). The activity was sponsored by the Fundació Caixa d'Enginyers and with the collaboration and organization of La Salle Technova, the innovation park of La Salle Campus Barcelona.

Students from the different areas of La Salle-URL (engineering, architecture, management and digital arts) formed multidisciplinary work teams to seek innovative and creative solutions to the challenges posed by the organization:

1. New solutions to improve air quality in a public space
2. New solutions to create a more efficient and sustainable home.
3. New solutions for recycling, efficiency and sustainability in consumption for cities.
4. New solutions to make delivery food more sustainable.
5. New solutions to make transport and urban mobility more sustainable.

"At Caixa d'Enginyers we have incorporated the SDGs into our strategy when designing products and services. We are convinced that alliances are what allow these SDGs to be accelerated, and that is why we work with La Salle-URL", explained the director of the Fundació Caixa d'Enginyers, Iñaki Isarri. During the hackathon the students were able to work on their hard and soft skills, conducting market research, building prototypes and preparing for the final launch of the project. Throughout the activity, the students had mentors who advised them.