The report’s
conclusions will support
decision-making and the
adoption of strategies
based on proven data
King Juan Carlos University and FCC
create
an observatory on eco-efficient city services
King Juan Carlos University (URJC) and FCC
signed a collaboration agreement today to
create the “Eco-Cities Trends” Observatory.
Researchers and experts at URJC will use
this platform to identify the main challenges
facing cities in the future in the areas of in-
frastructure, waste management, energy
consumption and efficiency, water con-
sumption, and sustainability, among others.
The Eco-Cities Trends Observatory will dra-
ft a report every two years with a view to
the 2020 deadline, focusing on three main
areas: water, environmental services, and
habitability and infrastructure. The report’s
conclusions will support decision-making
and the adoption of strategies based on pro-
ven data, enabling services to be designed
and objectives to be established in order to
adapt to the needs of future cities.
The creation of the “Eco-Cities Trends” Ob-
servatory by FCC is aligned with the Intelli-
gent Services pillar of its 3rd Corporate So-
cial Responsibility Master Plan 2012-2014,
the main goal of which is to participate acti-
vely in designing cities of the future, through
connections with society and innovation.
FCC, the Citizen Services Group, aims to
anticipate the trends that will shape com-
munities in 2020 and to involve both citizens
and its own employees to create better so-
lutions to the challenges posed by sustaina-
bility, such as population growth and climate
change.
URJC has created a multidisciplinary wor-
king group comprising researchers and
experts in areas such as infrastructure ma-
nagement, sustainable tourism, services
marketing, materials science and ICT. Lon-
don Metropolitan University will also partici-
pate in this project through two of its spe-
cialised centres: the Cities Institute and the
Global Policy Institute.
The agreement was signed by the Rector of
King Juan Carlos University, Professor Fer-
nando Suárez Bilbao, and FCC’s General
Manager of Communications and Corpo-
rate Responsibility, Juan Manuel Velasco.
The University’s research team comprises
professors from the Business Economics
Department: Carmelo Mercado, Beatriz
Rodríguez, Sandra Flores, Arta Antonovi-
ca, Sandra Escamilla, María Luisa Delgado,
José A. Rivero and Javier de Esteban Curiel,
the latter two being the principal researchers.
