TY - CHAP
T1 - Towards a Learning System for University Campuses as Living Labs for Sustainability
AU - Verhoef, L. A.
AU - Bossert, M.
AU - Newman, J.
AU - Ferraz, F.
AU - Robinson, Z. P.
AU - Agarwala, Y.
AU - Wolff, Paul J.
AU - Jiranek, P.
AU - Hellinga, C.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Universities, due to their sizeable estates and populations of staff and students, as well as their connections with, and impact within, their local and wider communities, have significant environmental, social and economic impacts. There is a strong movement for universities to become leaders in driving society towards a more sustainable future, through improving the sustainability of the built environment and the universities’ practices and operations, and through their educational, research and wider community engagement missions. Around the globe the concept of ‘Living Labs’ has emerged as an instrument to integrate these different aspects to deliver sustainability improvements, through engaging multiple stakeholders in all of these areas, and through the co-creation of projects to improve the sustainability of the campus environment and operations, and to link these to the education, research, and wider community missions of the institution. This chapter describes a living, shared framework and methodology, the ‘Campus as Living Lab’ learning system, created through global participatory workshops and Living Lab literature, aimed at supporting universities and their Sustainability (Coordinating) Offices in the development and monitoring of Living Lab projects. The framework includes seven categories of supportive data collection and three levels of details to meet different requirements of potential users. The Living Lab framework presented in this chapter, aims to create value and help universities maximise the benefit of Living Lab projects within an institution, support monitoring, reflection and learning from projects, and facilitate communication with stakeholders, and the sharing of practices and learning between peers across the globe. As a living shared, framework and learning system, the framework will adapt and develop over time and within different contexts. To provide feedback and fast (practical) learning from users, the system will be further developed to facilitate transparent peer reviewing.
AB - Universities, due to their sizeable estates and populations of staff and students, as well as their connections with, and impact within, their local and wider communities, have significant environmental, social and economic impacts. There is a strong movement for universities to become leaders in driving society towards a more sustainable future, through improving the sustainability of the built environment and the universities’ practices and operations, and through their educational, research and wider community engagement missions. Around the globe the concept of ‘Living Labs’ has emerged as an instrument to integrate these different aspects to deliver sustainability improvements, through engaging multiple stakeholders in all of these areas, and through the co-creation of projects to improve the sustainability of the campus environment and operations, and to link these to the education, research, and wider community missions of the institution. This chapter describes a living, shared framework and methodology, the ‘Campus as Living Lab’ learning system, created through global participatory workshops and Living Lab literature, aimed at supporting universities and their Sustainability (Coordinating) Offices in the development and monitoring of Living Lab projects. The framework includes seven categories of supportive data collection and three levels of details to meet different requirements of potential users. The Living Lab framework presented in this chapter, aims to create value and help universities maximise the benefit of Living Lab projects within an institution, support monitoring, reflection and learning from projects, and facilitate communication with stakeholders, and the sharing of practices and learning between peers across the globe. As a living shared, framework and learning system, the framework will adapt and develop over time and within different contexts. To provide feedback and fast (practical) learning from users, the system will be further developed to facilitate transparent peer reviewing.
KW - Co-creation
KW - Living labs
KW - University sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85071890160&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-030-15604-6_9
DO - 10.1007/978-3-030-15604-6_9
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85071890160
SN - 978-3-030-15603-9
T3 - World Sustainability Series
SP - 135
EP - 149
BT - Universities as Living Labs for Sustainable Development
A2 - Leal Filho, Walter
A2 - Lange Salvia, Amanda
A2 - Pretorius, Rudi W.
A2 - Londero Brandli, Luciana
A2 - Manolas, Evangelos
A2 - Alves, Fatima
A2 - Azeiteiro, Ulisses
A2 - Rogers, Judy
A2 - Shiel, Chris
A2 - Do Paco, Arminda
PB - Springer
CY - Cham, Switzerland
ER -