Table 3.
Description of the selected projects in the Smart-Campus Innovation Plan.
Acronym | Description |
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APICAMPUS | The proposed work consists of developing a pilot project for the installation and monitoring of beehives in the UMA Smart-Campus. A pollen characterization of different “urban” honeys will also be made, and the properties of bee products (honey and propolis) will be studied. It is noteworthy that environmental dissemination will be made to raise awareness in society about the importance of bees and other pollinators in cities and achieve a more sustainable urban environment. It is also intended to monitor the hives, and the data from the sensors would help in knowing more about the behavior of bees inside cities, which is important in the sustainability of urban ecosystems. |
Biblio-Smart | Currently, the limited number of study places in the libraries, computer rooms, and other cultural spaces of our campuses, the potential number of users, and the distance between them generates a huge scarcity in study places. This creates the need to offer the certainty to the user that, after making a trip to the study facility, the user will find a free space. By using novel techniques, it is proposed to develop and manage a patentable device consisting of linking Building Information Modeling (BIM) models of cultural spaces with free entry and requiring physical reservation of spaces. All through an IoT-based system connected to an APP, which will allow the identification of the potential user through its mobile. |
CAI_UMA | This project intends to perform the following actions: to measure, monitor, and compute the indoor air quality through the development and integration of measurement instrumentation and communication systems, as well as the treatment of the registered data in order to perform diagnosis of the parameters of indoor air quality. The magnitudes to be measured are temperature, relative humidity, and levels of CO, CO2, and radon. This will make UMA the first Spanish university to incorporate radon measurements in an indoor air quality study. |
CIES-C | The objective of this project is to define an intelligent control algorithm that integrates the operation of the shadow elements and the building’s air conditioning system, optimizing energy consumption and ensuring thermal and visual comfort (prioritizing the entry of natural light). |
CONMET | The objective of the project is to automatically connect the meteorological station installed in the campus with the irrigation control system currently used by UMA. The data from the station would be processed along with the information received from a wireless sensor network. In this way, the process will be optimized, improving efficiency and sustainability in the campus. |
DIAS2P + StreetQR | The problems addressed with this project are increasing the safety of pedestrians in pedestrian crossings that do not have traffic lights (when most accidents occur) and capturing and transmitting information of vehicular and pedestrian flows. |
E4 (SmartCity Kids + AulaVerde + Smart Parametric Pavilion) |
The aim is to create a prototype for the semi-exterior classroom (non-confined space) on the campus. Thermal and aeraulic simulation models will be created, which will help to decide the configuration of the space, the terminal units, and the thermal production system. The prototype project includes the use of parametric design and some variability of adaptability with integration of the systems assets, sensors, and environmental intelligence. An adaptive urban design that evolves with time and new learning environments will be created, and these spaces will also be used for the care and attention of children. |
FRATERNI-LAB SMART-UMA | The need that this project identifies is improving the level of happiness. Given the growing configuration of social relationships as cybernetic networks, and in parallel with the efforts of economic and technological development, the World Reports on Happiness of the United Nations shows the need for sustainable development, taking into account social and ecological aspects. It is those two aspects that this project focuses on, offering the creation of a laboratory that, in a very interdisciplinary way and with the help of researchers from social sciences and experimental and technological sciences, will offer guidelines for the improvement of happiness by improving interpersonal relationships and human–nature ones. |
GREEN-SENTI | The proposed solution in this project consists of a new web service for the monitoring of the green areas of the campus and its evolution in general through the capture and analysis of satellite images Sentinel-2 of the Copernicus program of the EU. This service will be implemented as a demonstration pilot to support decision-making both for maintenance personnel and for management and planning. The data engine will be carried out, keeping in mind that it is to be scaled to the frame of the city of Malaga as well as to other universities and cities. |
MAHDUMA | This project proposes the manufacturing of a micro olive mill. Here, it is intended to take advantage of the olive production in the campus to generate oil of the UMA brand. The prototyping and manufacturing of the micro olive mill and the analysis of oil quality will be the main objectives. The final design might be commercialized for sale to small olive farms and cooperatives. |
Secure EV-Urban Lab | The ultimate goal of this project is to provide ICT support and provide the campus with a pilot infrastructure for the management of sustainable mobility, promoting the use of the campus as an “urban-lab” to carry out ambitious projects where they can test new ideas and innovative concepts related to electric vehicle charging infrastructures and energy management systems of Smart-Cities. To do this, within the framework of the Smart-Campus of the University of Malaga, an open laboratory composed of intelligent multimodal charging points and bidirectional for electric vehicles will be defined. |
Smart Trees: Reusing UMA Waste | The purpose of this project is the development of a technological tree prototype built by means of a removable and transportable system assembled from reused materials. Smart-Trees should be scalable elements valid for both the interior of university buildings (lobbies, courtyards, and paths) where the tree includes the elements of support and irrigation of natural vegetation, as well as creates spaces for shade, rest, and work exterior. The Smart-Trees will integrate systems for the generation of renewable energies (wind, photovoltaic) and will create points or technological nodes with WI-FI connection, mobile recharge, computers, and electric bikes, which will integrate temperature, humidity, air quality, and noise sensors. |
UsMArtDrive | The objective of this project is the development of tools to allow the collection of data and characteristics of the vehicles that access the University Campus of Teatinos every day with a double main objective. First, the characterization of the most frequent driving patterns between different places of residence and the campus, as well as within the campus itself, and second, the analysis of the data obtained for the generation of information that provide feedback to the driver and to the administration in such a way as to optimize the use of vehicles and improve traffic in and around the campus. |