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Amb nou clústers de recerca, tres unitats d’innovació i una xarxa global arrelada al territori, la comunitat del CIMNE impulsa un progrés constant. Mantén-te al dia dels avenços científics, dels projectes internacionals i de les novetats corporatives que estan definint el futur de l’enginyeria.
La creixent massificació dels espais naturals podria posar en perill la qualitat dels ecosistemes. Amb l’objectiu de mesurar l’impacte antropogènic als parcs natural, un estudi del Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics a l’Enginyeria (CIMNE) i la Universitat de...
El transport marítim és un element vital dels països de les Illes del Pacífic: connecta comunitats, sosté el comerç i garanteix l’accés als serveis essencials. Tanmateix, el sector també representa una font significant, i creixent, de les emissions de gasos d’efecte...
Els investigadors de la unitat d’innovació en transport del CIMNE, CENIT, en col·laboració amb Shipping Business Consultants i Nextport, han identificat un “increment inusual d’activitat en ports extracomunitaris situats a prop d’Europa” en el primer informe...
2-5 Març, 2026 | Fira Gran Via, Barcelona Stand del CIMNE: Hall 8.1, 8.1C12.1 El Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE) presenta solucions innovadores de simulació i tecnologies intel·ligents en aquesta edició del Mobile World Congress,...
Els taxis tenen un paper estratègic dins l’ecosistema del transport públic de Barcelona, complementant el transport massiu i donant servei a nodes urbans clau com l’aeroport, el port i els principals intercanviadors intermodals. Tanmateix, gestionar un sistema de...
Amb motiu del Dia Internacional de la Dona i la Nena a la Ciència 2026, entrevistem a dues investigadores de la unitat d’innovació en Edificis, energia i medi ambient del CIMNE (BEE Group). Maria Teresa (Maite) Sellart Garcia i Núria Salvador Sancho expliquen la seva...
MindOpera és un sistema de gestió d’informació d’equipaments integral que permet a les administracions públiques, hospitals, universitats i gestors d’edificis unificar, analitzar i optimitzar totes les dades d’energia, manteniment i operació en un únic entorn. Aquesta...
Dimarts, 27 de gener de 2026, a Gelida (Alt Penedès), un tren de Rodalies va topar amb un mur de contenció que presumptament s’havia desprès a causa de les fortes pluges. L’accident va provocar una víctima mortal, un maquinista en pràctiques, i 37 persones ferides....
El Dr. Sergi Saurí, director del CENIT —unitat d’innovació en transport del CIMNE— ha remarcat avui que “el compliment del calendari previst d’inversions” i un “compromís de manteniment”, lligats a una bona governança, són claus en la gestió de Rodalies de Catalunya,...
El 10 de desembre, Barcelona va acollir la presentació oficial d’un estudi sobre governança portuària que promet convertir-se en una referència per a la política marítima a la regió mediterrània. El Dr. Sergi Saurí, director del CENIT, la Unitat d’Innovació en...
Sant Cugat disposa, des d’avui, de zones modulars d’intercanvi de mercaderies a la Plaça de Joan Borràs i a la Rambla del Torrent d’en Xandri. També s’han instal·lat a altres ciutats catalanes, com Granollers, Sabadell i Mataró. Aquests “nanointercanviadors”, pioners...
Genís Majoral, investigador a la nostra unitat d’Innovació en Transport (CENIT), ha defensat amb èxit la seva tesi doctoral el'1 de desembre a la UPC (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya-BarcelonaTech). La tesi, titulada “Designing Robust Transport Policy Mechanisms...
CENIT, la Unitat d’Innovació en Transport del CIMNE, acaba de publicar el número 4 de la revista Issue 4 of CENIT magazine: Innovation in Transport Review. L’equip d’innovació presenta anàlisis i resultats d’algunes de les seves últimes investigacions, centrant-se en...
4-6 novembre, 2025 | Fira Gran Via, Barcelona Stand del CIMNE: Hall 3, D50 Tomorrow Mobility: Hall 3, S53 El Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE) presenta solucions innovadores de simulació i tecnologies intel·ligents en aquesta edició de...
Investigadors del CENIT, la Unitat d’innovació en transport del CIMNE, juntament amb el soci del projecte HINICIO, han contribuït a l'informe del Banc Mundial (World Bank) que identifica el potencial de Colòmbia per convertir-se en un dels principals...
La xarxa de bicicleta compartida de Barcelona ha impulsat la mobilitat activa entre la població Una nova publicació del CENIT, la Unitat d’innovació en transport del CIMNE, i el Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) de Singapur mostra com una aproximació...
On this International Women in Engineering Day, we spotlight the work of Chiara Saragani, a researcher at CIMNE Innovation Unit in Transport, CENIT, and PhD fellow at the Port of Barcelona. Her work is contributing to the advancement of port management and...
El CIMNE i l’empresa Pro-activa, amb l’impuls i suport de l’Agència Catalana per la Competitivitat de l’Empresa (ACCIÓ), han col·laborat en la creació d’una Tecnologia de Visió Artificial per ajudar a prevenir ofegaments a les platges. Es tracta d’un sistema que...
Researchers at CIMNE’s Innovation Unit in Transport, CENIT, have begun working on a significant new project that aims to provide insights into one of the most pressing developments in European shipping: the extension of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)...
Jakarta took a step closer in its journey toward a more sustainable, breathable future in April, as Sergi Sauri and Tomas Henriquez from CIMNE’s Innovation Unit in Transport (CENIT) led a validation workshop focused on shaping the city's future Integrated Low...
La Unitat d'Innovació en Transport del CIMNE, CENIT, va participar el juny passat a París a la reunió de clausura de RAIL4CITIES, un projecte internacional sota l'Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking, celebrada a la seu de la UIC – Unió Internacional de Ferrocarrils....
In recent days, several articles have been written about the possible causes of the blackout that hit almost the entire Iberian Peninsula on 28 April 2025, and the various strategies to prevent it from happening again. It seems that the nuclear lobby has found a main...
Article adapted from original article by Alex Mumbrú Camprubí and Genís Majoral Oller Road transport in Fiji is highly dependent on petroleum fuels and accounts for 60% of the total petroleum consumption in the country. CIMNE’s Innovation...
El Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics a l’Enginyeria (CIMNE) ha presentat un pioner Mapa de Vulnerabilitat Climàtica de Barcelona, un pas endavant destacat en les estratègies de resiliència climàtica urbana. L’eina, desenvolupada en el marc del projecte "Climate...
For this year’s International Women’s Day on 8 March, we’re talking to Clara Soler Bañuelos, a Researcher at CIMNE’s Innovation Unit in Transport (CENIT) - and PhD fellow at The Metropolitan Transport Authority of the Barcelona Area (ATM). From Civil Engineering to...
Public transport in Catalonia has been benefiting from temporary fare subsidies, which are only guaranteed until 30 June, 2025. Once they expire, it is not clear who should bear the cost of public transport, a share split between end users ─through ticket fares─ and...
Known for its beautiful landscape and vibrant culture, Bali is facing a growing challenge from traffic congestion and pollution. As tourism and population growth continue to rise, carbon emissions from traditional fuel-powered vehicles threaten environmental...
By Clara Soler i Bañuelos In the coming years, public transport authorities will face unprecedented financing challenges amidst radical transformations in urban mobility. CIMNE's Innovation Unit in Transport, CENIT, operates at the critical intersection of...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) has officially joined Secpho, an innovation cluster that brings together over 150 companies, research centres, and technology experts with a focus on deep tech solutions. By becoming a member of...
A novel study by researchers at CIMNE and the Port of Barcelona has developed an innovative framework to accurately quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from road transport activities within seaports. The research, which combines advanced data collection methods...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) has unveiled a cutting-edge machine learning model designed to predict high-resolution electricity demand in Catalonia, addressing the challenges posed by climate change and increasing...
From 2 to 6 December, the heads of the Technology Transfer Units of several centres of the CERCA system made a strategic visit to the cities of Buenos Aires and Santa Fe, Argentina. The mission aimed to strengthen international relations and promote knowledge transfer...
Dealing with sustainable mobility challenges is no easy task: from technological barriers to physical and infrastructure constraints, the evolution of urban transport is as complex as it is inevitable. The Turkish capital city of Ankara decided to address this...
CIMNE’s Innovation Unit in Transport, CENIT has released the Issue 3 of its magazine, Innovation in Transport Review. In this issue, experts from the group present insights and findings from some of their recent research, focusing on topics such as advanced transport...
CIMNE researchers last week presented two use cases for monitoring air quality in Barcelona and predict energy consumption in extreme climate events in Catalonia, both implemented on the “Data Lake” of Destination Earth, an ambitious European endeavour to...
A group of young professionals on Thursday visited the facilities of the International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) at the Mediterranean Technology Park in Castelldefels. This visit, part of the Innobus initiative led by Innobaix, offered 20...
Photo: Myrabella / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 Around 3,000 maritime incidents occur every year in the European maritime fleet. 28% of these accidents are categorised as severe or very severe accidents. CIMNE is working with twelve other European partners to...
Les estacions ferroviàries ocupen una posició singular en el paisatge urbà: no només funcionen com a nodes complexos de mobilitat i transport, sinó també com a espais públics que poden considerar-se elements integradors de la ciutat. En conseqüència, les estacions...
Schools play a central role in urban spaces, often serving as a second home for children. But modern cities can struggle with heavy traffic and congestion, particularly around school zones. Heavy traffic not only puts children at risk but also contributes to air and...
CIMNE’s innovation unit in transport, CENIT, is one of the more than 40 cross-cutting partners involved in the PIONEERS project, an ambitious European initiative led by the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, that addresses the challenges that maritime terminals in the...
El Centro Internacional de Métodos Numéricos en Ingeniería (CIMNE) es uno de los seis socios del proyecto transfronterizo europeo EKATE+, una iniciativa que usará tecnologías basadas en inteligencia artificial (IA), gemelos digitales...
Our Last Mile Distribution course, organised in collaboration with EIT Urban Mobility, has been a huge success.⦁ Sergi Sauri, Director of CENIT, kicked off the first session with an overview of the pressing issues surrounding last-mile distribution in cities.⦁ In week...
This year’s Smart City Expo 2023 held at the Fira Barcelona was a chance for the CENIT team to connect with brilliant minds across the field of Smart Cities and sustainable mobility.Our stand was a hive of activity with visitors from around the world including...
Researchers from the EU-funded Building Information, aGGregation, harmonisation, and analytics project (BIGG), in which CIMNE is a partner, have published a series of business cases demonstrating the practical application of big data and data analytic techniques to...
The European Public Local Authorities‘ Network for driving the Energy Transition (ePLANET) project has revealed budget constraints and lack of financial and technical expertise as the main obstacles local authorities in Europe face in designing their energy...
The International Centre for Numerical Methods in Engineering (CIMNE) will participate in the Smart City Expo Congress 2023, which will take place from 7 to 9 November at the Fira de Barcelona. At the event, CENIT Group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport will...
CIMNE's Innovation Unit in Transport, CENIT, has published the second issue of Innovation in Transport magazine, offering a deep dive into smart and sustainable mobility solutions and cutting-edge transport research. Articles in this issue This second edition of the...
WE’RE HIRING! CENIT is looking for a Transport Researcher to join our team of diverse and experienced multilingual researchers. Location: UPC Campus Nord, Barcelona Working Hours: Full-time (40 hours/week) Responsibilities: ⦁ Work on innovative transport and...
CENIT’S ANDRÉS REYES DÍAZ WINS THE ABERTIS PRIZE FOR BEST MASTER’S DISSERTATION IN SPAIN The Abertis Spain Chair, associated with the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, awarded its 20th Abertis Awards for research into Sustainable Mobility to the best Master's and...
UNLOCKING SUSTAINABLE FUNDING: CIMNE'S COLLABORATION WITH ATM FOR FUTURE PUBLIC TRANSPORT MODELS In order to define a sustainable, permanent, sufficient, and stable funding model for public transport until the year 2040, the ATM (Autoritat del Transport Metropolità)...
CENIT'S LATEST STUDY REVEALS THE IMPACT OF THE EU ETS ON MARITIME TRANSPORT CENIT has conducted a comprehensive analysis of the EU ETS extension. The resulting study shows how the EU ETS would impact on the European maritime system negatively. The main reason is that...
A STEP FORWARD FOR SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY IN COSTA RICA CENIT visited San José in Costa Rica last month to deliver the key outcomes from our consultancy focused on the electrification of Costa Rica's San José Metropolitan Area (SJMA) public transport. Costa Rica has set...
The researcher from the CENIT Group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport at CIMNE, Samra Sarwar, has published the article "Analysis of superblocks during the transition phase from traditional vehicles to a fully automated vehicle environment: A case study of...
LAIF is a predictive aquatic surveillance system that works using computer vision technology. It analyses different patterns of behaviour of people in an aquatic environment and should be able to detect behaviour compatible with drowning. Once detected, it will...
Fibregy, a pioneering European research project dedicated to revolutionizing offshore energy platforms through the utilization of Fibre-Reinforced Plastics (FRP), recently hosted another highly successful open-door industrial day. This event took place in La Ciotat...
By mid-July, the research consortium of the EU-funded project EN-TRACK announced the first public release of the energy efficiency platform. After two years of collaboration with partners and data collection from pilots in Spain and Bulgaria, EN-TRACK is now seeking...
From smart cities to the future of ports, the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and CENIT are introducing three innovative micro-credentials on the digitalization of mobility. These flexible short courses are designed to help professionals acquire and improve...
Last month the Turkish delegation comprised of EGO Executives, EGO staff and our project partner DAI Global Belgium SRL paid a study visit to Spain within the frame of “Smart Ankara Sustainable Urban Mobility Project (SUMP project)” which is financed by the European...
This January 2023, Genís Majoral and Sergi Saurí presented at the 102nd TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, a research entitled “Lessons from Reality on Automated Container Terminals: What Can Be Expected from Future Technological Developments.” The paper will be...
Figure: phases of the deployment of the recharging points infrastructure One of the main challenges currently facied by the road freight sector is the reduction of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions, while one of the strategies to address it comes from technological...
Participants in the Last Mile Distribution training Last February, CENIT organised, jointly with EIT UM, a training course on last mile distribution, sponsored by the Metropolitan Transport Authority (ATM) of Barcelona. The course provided an overview of last mile...
Figure 1: current functioning model of stations (the most common in European stations) Figure 2: SCP model CENIT is part of the consortium working on the HORIZON project RAIL4CITIES - Railway stations for green and socially-inclusive cities. Stations hold a unique...
On 29th June, 2023, CIMNE received a visit from the Head of Innovation and Technology Transfer at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP), David Santos Llave. He participated in a meeting with the representatives of CIMNE's Tech Transfer Unit, which...
In November, Cenit was delighted to continue our collaboration with the Centre for Liveable Cities (CLC) by welcoming the Singapore delegation here to Barcelona. We enjoyed an action-packed week which included a visit to see Barcelona’s famous superblocks and a ride...
In October, CENIT-CIMNE was in charge of the organisation of the 2nd Conference on Fire Safety at Sea #CFIS2022 held at the European Maritime Safety Agency premises in Lisbon, Portugal. It was a successful, enjoyable conference which counted on over 150 attendees in a...
In November, Cenit were delighted to have their first stand at the Smart City Expo World Congress. We had unparalleled opportunities for networking and promoting our research and lots of fascinating visits and meetings at our stand. We are working through and...
El CENIT y el EIT de Urban Mobility organizan un curso sobre Distribución de Última Milla. Durante cuatro sesiones se expondrán los principales problemas de la logística urbana, especialmente el reparto de la última milla, posibles soluciones y el modo más adecuado de...
Barcelona City Council and CENIT-CIMNE are working on the Kids First (K1) Project, which is co-funded by EIT Urban Mobility. Check out the ongoing work in Barcelona for making the city sustainable for kids. Barcelona City Council is currently undergoing the execution...
The Building, Energy and Environment Group of CIMNE (CIMNE-Beegroup) has just moved to the Lleida Agro-Food Science and Technology Park. This is one of the main scientific and technological platforms in the agri-food and ICT sector at the Catalan and national level....
The group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport of CIMNE, CENIT, takes part in the EU-funded project K1 (Kids First). Within the European Institute of Innovation & Technology (EIT) programme, the K1 (Kids First) address the task of rethink one of the most crucial...
CENIT, la Unitat d’Innovació en Transport de CIMNE, ha publicat el primer número de la seva revista anual, que dona veu a investigadors especialitzats per debatre sobre els reptes del transport actuals. La publicació reflecteix la tasca que es duu a terme dins la...
Recently, Advanced Factories, the largest congress on industry 4.0 which will take place in April 2023 in Barcelona, has shared in its social networks an interview to Sergi Saurí, the leader of CENIT, the group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport of CIMNE....
From 21 to 30 November 2022, CENIT, the group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport of CIMNE, will give a training a course about the distribution of the last mille. The distribution of the last mile is one of the main problems of cities. This course offers to the...
OCEAN is the acronym of Operator-Centered Enhancement of Awareness in Navigation, an European-funded project coordinated by HVL, the Western Norwegian University of Applied Sciences. It has just started at the beginning of this month and CIMNE researcher Francisco...
09/09/22 Researcher: Samra Sarwar Location: European Transport Conference (ETC) Milan, Italy Title: Optimal Dynamic Tolls for Commuting During Transition Phase from Manual Car to Fully Autonomous Vehicle Environment. 15/09/22 Researcher: Francisco Rodero Location:...
European multidisciplinary consortium receives EU funding to increase navigational safety The OCEAN project is focused on enhancing operator awareness in navigation, to reduce the frequency of severe accidents like collision and grounding, to mitigate...
Ongoing research at CENIT is heading toward analyzing future cities incorporating tactical urbanism with a superblock model approach. The elevated dependency on cars for mobility, consequent environmental pollution due to emissions and reduction of public spaces are...
The capacity of the container ship fleet is growing for the first time in many years. What do these new vessels look like? Will they continue to break capacity records? Are they more sustainable? We look at trends based on new vessel orders by the major shipping...
According an UNESCO resolution, on 11th February the International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated. This Day wants to recognize the critical role played by women and girls in science and technology. Coinciding with the celebration,...
The researchers of the CENIT - Group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport are participating these days in different forums of transport. Their intense activity can be followed from the social networks of the group. In this article we summarize some of...
GID Simulation, the pre and post processing software for numerical simulation, has recently published in its social networks a new video about a concrete dam fracture simulation. The video shows the deformation of the dam using contour lines. Watch more simulation...
On 7th September, 2022, CIMNE-Beegroup will be partipating at the "Learnings from across the EU: Smart Meter Rollup", a workshop which aims to promote and disseminate learnings about the pros and cons of various approaches to rolling out smart meters across the EU,...
Abstract The revolution towards the port of the future is going to change the long-term Port Business Ecosystem (PBE). The objective of this paper is to analyse how current trends might have implications for the future PBE. For this purpose, the research uses the...
The researcher Samra Sarwar from CENIT, the group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport of CIMNE, will be presenting her work at the European Transport Conference 2022 that will take place in Milan (Italy). Sarwar will participate in the area of Transport, Economics,...
The Hubs for Last Mile Delivery Solutions activity aim to alleviate local environmental and traffic problems in urban areas through the creation of shared urban consolidation and distribution centres (UCDC), on the borders of the LEZ implemented in AMB. During the...
In April, Cenit signed a research collaboration agreement with the Center for Liveable Cities of Singapore and Casa Asia. It provides a great opportunity to share experiences between Barcelona and Singapore in the field of mobility. TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE MOBILITY...
Check out the infographic on Africa Marrero to celebrate the International Women in Maritime Day. Africa infografic Word for newsletter.docx Africa Marrero Ports and Maritime Researcher at Cenit
A new course on Demand Modeling Traditional transport demand models; 4 stage models, have evolved from trip-based to tour-based to activity-based models. Activity-based models assume that a person’s need to travel is based on what activities they are involved in. The...
According to the Institute for Mobility Research in Berlin (IFMO), 18- to 30-year-olds have no interest in owning a car, due to a greater regard for the environment as well as a shift in needs and priorities. Public transport, carsharing services and UBER are the...
Do you ever wonder how your smartwatch or smartphone can differentiate between walking and jogging while tracking your exercise routine? This aspect is known as Human Activity Recognition (HAR) and is based on the analysis of various sensors’ data including GPS,...
Benedetto Grillone, member of the Building, Energy and Environment Group (BEEgroup) of CIMNE has participated on 17 February in the "Transfiere" Forum held in Málaga (Spain). The event, which arrives to its eleventh edition, is an European Meeting on Science,...
Air pollution has been described as the ‘new tobacco’ by the head of the World Health Organization. In fact over 90% of the world’s population suffers toxic air and research is increasingly revealing the profound impacts on the health of people, especially children....
Crowd management has taken on a renewed importance in our cities following the outbreak of Covid-19 in autumn 2019. Along with important economic and social changes we have also seen our mobility and safety in urban spaces compromised. City Councils are required to...
In 1966, the first container liner service from the US to the Dutch city of Rotterdam started and with it we witnessed the birth of international container shipping. The ensuing success of containerization not only changed the face of shipping, but also...
Tras congregar a más de 5000 directivos y profesionales del sector en su versión online en 2020, el Congreso de Innovación Logística se ha consolidado como el punto de encuentro de conocimiento y foro de networking de referencia en España y Latinoamérica. En 2021, y...
The consultancy financed by the Inter-American Development Bank for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago has been successfully delivered by CENIT and fellow research partners; CPCS Canada and Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland.With...
The Port of Barcelona signs agreement with CENIT and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) to finance 3 PhD positions.The agreement is signed as the Port of Barcelona looks to continue to develop research themes that are critical to the definition of the Port´s...
CENIT joins an international consortium of 46 partners led by the Port of Antwerp to form a leading voice on the Greening of European Ports. The PIONEERS consortium has been awarded a 25 million euro grant from the European Commission's Horizon 2020 programme. CENIT...
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Dr. Aleix Pons has successfully defended his thesis on Second-best pricing schemes for Transport InfrastructureDr. Pons worked on the CENIT transport economics and policy research team from 2014 to 2018 before moving to London to continue his career. During his time...
Diagram of hydrogen distribution stations for use in mobility: hydrogen and hydrolines. Source: www.energetica21.comCENIT reviews Hydrogen as an alternative technology and prepares a practical guide for public transport implementationWe are all agreed on the need to...
CENIT heads up innovative pilots to create foundations for a fossil-fuel free transportation zone business model for small businessesThe post-pandemic growth of e-commerce has raised concerns about the viability of small businesses being able to survive in a...
Francisco Rodero, Lead on Intelligent Transport Systems at CENIT, heads up a training session on mobility modelling during this coming month of June and July hosted by the Professional Association of Col.legi de Camins. Francisco will be sharing his expert knowledge...
The post analysis of the recent blocking of the Suez Canal during six days following the grounding of the 20,000 TEU container ship Ever Given continues with CENIT´s Javier Garrido being quoted in April´s edition of Mar. The full article runs from page 6, with Javier...
CENIT is delighted to announce that our PIONEERS consortium led by the Port of Antwerp has been awarded a 25 million euro grant from European Commission´s Horizon 2020 programme. CENIT will be working alongside other leading international think-tanks, ports, terminal-...
CENIT is in the news with Director Sergi Saurí being interviewed on Good Morning Europe on the continued debate surrounding the Government's plans to introduce pay per use tolls on all public highways by 2024. Watch now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAxFCu8_JbY
On April 1st, HALLO project has kicked-off. Promoted by the European Institute of Innovation & Technology, it will create shared Urban Consolidation and Distribution Centres (UCDC) in the Barcelona Metropolitan Area (AMB) and demonstrate complementary actions such...
The Latin American Development Bank report highlights the current investment gap in the region and reviews intervention strategies to tackle future challenges and trends Increased and sustained investment in infrastructure is of paramount importance for...
CENIT has pioneered a holistic approach to evaluate infrastructure investments using an inclusive Cost Benefit Analysis approach All new major road and rail investment projects are subject to a set of strict criteria to determine the correct use of public funds...
CENIT aids call for municipal action on urban mobility with practical procurement guide for alternative bus technology Flowchart | Download PDF Traditionally the increase in urban mobility demand and infrastructure has been positively correlated with...
A new methodology to quantify ship emissions in the Port of Barcelona reduces the emissions of the most contaminating ships For years the environmental impact of port emissions has been overestimated due to a miss match in methodologies. Pollution from ship...
Eglantina Dani is the co-leader of the European project EnerNETMob: Mediterranean Interregional Electromobility Networks for intermodal and interurban low carbon transport systems at CIMNE. She is a member of CENIT, Group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport of...
África Marrero, Naval and Oceanic Engineer by the Technical University of Cartagena, joined CENIT, the Innovation in Multimodal Transport Group of CIMNE, two years ago. Marrero’s research areas include computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and sustainable...
Recently, the researchers of CENIT Group for Innovation in Multimodal Transport of CIMNE have appeared as experts in urban mobility. Sergi Saurí, leader of the group, gave his opinion in the newspaper "La Nació Digital" which addresses, among other...