SERVICES FOR

INTEGRAL SUSTAINABILITY

We are a leading organisation in the sector with 30 YEARS’ experience.

We WORK WITH our clients and HElp THEm to achieve economic, social and environmental sustainability.

We provide different SOlUTIONS in response to requirements in different areas:

_ RESPONSIBLE ORGANISATION_ ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE_ ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND THE SURROUNDINGS_ EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY_ INTEGRAL GREEN COMMUNICATION

FOCUSED ON OUR CLIENTS

A PLURIDISCIPLINARY TEAM OF ABOUT 150 PEOPLE

Responsible organisation

Energy and climate change

Environmental studies and the

surroundings

Education for sustainability

Integral green communication

ClIENTS

150 people

JOURNALISM, PUBLIC RELATIONS

BIOLOGY

EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES

GEOGRAPHY

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

ENGINEERING

EXPERIENCE IN YOUR SECTOR lavola IN FIGURES

PUBLIC SECTOR TURNOVER IN 2012

PRIVATE SECTOR

Food

Industry

Tourism and leisure

Events

Financial and insurance

services

Infrastructures and building

Educational and outreach

services

Health

Third sector 6,70million euros

NOT FAR FROM YOU

OUR HEADQUARTERS, REPRESENTATION AND DEMONSTRATION

Since 2005, our headquarters have been THE ECO-BUIlDING.

Our headquarters are in mANllEU.

We have branches in:BARCElONA, VIlANOVA I lA GElTRú, mADRID, mÀlAGA, BAlEARIC ISlES and ANDORRA.

It REpRESENTS the company’s values.

It DEmONSTRATES our engineering and climate change services. NATIONAllY AND INTERNATIONAllY RECOGNISED with different prizes and awards.

RESPONSIBLE ORGANISATION

Participation in the development of:

_ ISO 26000 on MANAGEMENT of SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY through the Spanish Mirror Group

_ ISO 20121 on managing SUSTAINABLE EVENTS

SOCIALRESPONSIBILITY__ Management systems and social responsibility strategies in line with the main standards (ISO 26000, SA8000, etc.)

__ Preparation and implementation of equal opportunity plans

__ Event sustainability management systems (in line with ISO 20121)

__ Drafting of sustainability reports

__ Mechanisms for participation and involvement by stakehol ders and materiality studies (AA1000SES)

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

EXPERTISE AND ADAPTABILITY IN DIFFERENT SECTORS OF BUSINESS ACTIVITY

__ Drafting of environmental strategic plans

__ Implementation of management systems (quality, environment, eco-design, OHSAS and energy management)

__ Internal auditing of management systems

__ Advice on obtaining the Emblem of Guarantee of Environmental Quality and the Ecolabel of the European Union

__ Legal auditing

__ lv-legal service: legal update service in the fields of environment, industrial security, occupational hazards and social responsibility

TRAINING__ Social responsibility

_ We are one of the four Training Partners in Spain certified by the Global Reporting Initiative

__ Climate change

__ Mobility

__ Waste

__ Environmental management (good practices, applicable

legislation, implementation of management systems, etc.)

__ Sustainable building and rehabilitation

__ Town planning

__ Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) and SIMAPRO

__ Eco-design

__ Geographical information system (GIS)

__ Environmental communication and education

ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE

Members of a GLOBAL PARTNER NETWORK (the Simapro Network)

for LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS (LCA)

__ Carbon footprint calculation (ISO 14064, GHG Protocolo, PAS 2050, etc.)

__ Emission mitigation strategies (emission inventories at the national, regional and local), SEAPs (Sustainable Energy Action Plans, Convenant of Mayors) , sectoral studies, etc.

__ Climate change adaptation strategy (climate projections, sectoral analysis of climate vulnerability, resilience studies, etc.)

__ Offsetting assets through voluntary carbon markets (VCU o CER GS) with CleanCO2 certificate

__ Development projects and emission reduction schemes (VSC, GS, CDM, NAMA, Clima Projects, etc.)

CLIMATE CHANGE

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS__ Agents for SIMAPRO (professional tool for assessing

the environmental impact of products, processes and services throughout their life cycle)

__ Production of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) studies: eco-design of products, environmental declaration of products (type III label), ecological footprint calcula-tion, etc.

__ On-line LCA analysis application

__ Advice on green purchasing strategies

SOLE AGENTS FOR SIMAPRO IN SPAIN

WE OFFER CALCULATION, REDUCTION AND OFFSETTING OF CO2 EMISSIONS

More than 3,600 ENERGY AND

WATER AUDITS in almost EVERY

ACTIVITY SECTOR

MORE THAN 50 GENERATED MOBILITY STUDIES

Production of 10 COMPANY MOBILITY PLANS to find SOLUTIONS for more than 6,500 people

ENERGY SAVING AND EFFICIENCY__ Energy audits

__ Energy management and environmental monitoring services

__ Integral energy efficiency services

__ Energy engineering support for energy services companies (ESCOs)

__ Technical advice and assistance in energy service contracting, subventions and financing

__ Urban mobility plans and case studies

__ Generated mobility assessment studies

__ Company mobility plans

__ Transport fleet environmental management plans

MOBILITY

LEADERS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEED CERTIFICATION SYSTEM (Leadership in Energy & Environmental

Design) FOR EXISTING BUILDINGS

WE ARE COMMITTED TO COMMERCIALLY APPRAISED AND ECONOMICALLY PROFITABLE TECHNOLOGICAL INTERVENTIONS

__ Energy rehabilitation projects

__ Basic and execution plans

__ Works management and legalisation

__ Environmental authorisations

SUSTAINABLE BUILDING AND REHABILITATION __ Incorporation of environmental criteria in the drafting of

execution plans for new buildings and for rehabilitations and in their specifications

__ Advice to teams of architects (choice of materials, passive systems, energy efficiency, etc.)

__ Advice for the environmental certification of buildings: LEED, Emblem of Guarantee of Environmental Quality, VERDE and BREEAM

__ Energy Performance Certification for Buildings

__ Environmental works management

RENEWABLE ENERGY__ Viability studies

__ Heat networks using biomass boilers

__ Technical assistance and works management

__ Diagnostics of renewable energy yield

__ Development of remote control systems

PLANS FOR PIONEER INSTALLATIONS

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND THE SURROUNDINGS

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND THE SURROUNDINGSRURAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT__ Planning and management of the countryside__ Sustainable agriculture__ Management plans for natural areas__ Conservation plans for the natural environment and the

landscape__ River restoration plans__ Signposting for footpaths, routes and itineraries__ Care of the surroundings

WASTE__ Municipal solid waste management plans

__ Local waste prevention plans

__ Control audits, inspection and ongoing improvement programme for solid waste collection and road cleaning service

__ Help in drafting specifications for solid waste collection and road cleaning service

__ Help for municipal solid waste taxation systems (envi-ronmentalisation of rates, introduction of pay per production, etc.)

NOISE

__ Drafting of acoustic power maps

__ Drafting of noise maps

__ Help in the drafting of municipal bylaws

ALL-ROUND ASSISTANCE IN TOWN PLANNING for regions with 1.5 MILLION inhabitants

TOWN-PLANNING AND ENVIRONMEN-TAL ASSESSMENT__ Integral support for planning development:

_ Environmental assessment of plans and programmes

_ Mobility case studies

_ Social reports

_ Environmental assessment in drawing up plans

_ Design and implementation of participation processes

__ Landscape integration projects

__ Environment impact project assessment

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION__ Consensus and participation processes in different

fields: planning, services management, mobility, sustainability, etc.

__ Environmental management

__ Participation through the use of ICT (participative GIS, web 2.0, on-line surveys, etc.)

SERVICES FOR LOCAL SUSTAINABILITY__ Technical assistance in the handling of local activities

(censuses of activities, processing of files on activities, activity

census viewer using municipal cartography, etc.)

__ Technical support in questions of local sustainability:

_ Drafting and monitoring of Agenda 21 and municipal action plans

_ Sustainability indicators

_ “21” Offices, local agendas for energy and other offices

_ Environmentalisation of municipal regulations

__ Technical support for the structuring of a geographi-cal information system (GIS) and custom design for a web-based image viewer

MORE THAN 200 URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANS IN 10 YEARS

EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY

TOWN-PLANNING AND ENVIRONMEN-TAL ASSESSMENT

EDUCATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY

CREATION OF RIGOROUS AND CREATIVE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCES

__ Educational and outreach programmes

_ Conceptualisation and creation of activities (talks,

workshops, visits and itineraries) and support material

_ Managing people

_ Technical department services

__ Design of educational projects (educational and outreach

programmes, educational audits, installation usage programmes,

teaching strategies, school routes, etc.)

__ Master plans

__ Small- and large-format workshops

__ Conceptualisation of teaching material on paper or digital format (student outline, teacher’s dossier, competitions,

guides, etc.)

__ Multi-player resources

We provide almost 44,000 HOURS

of teaching a year

__ Teaching service for scientific outreach facilities and educating for sustainability

__ Reception, information and museum admissions services

__ Booking handling for school parties and other groups

__ All-round school management

__ Master plans

SCHOOL MANAGEMENT

FIRST-CLASS ATTENTION TO VISITORS

COMUNICACIÓ I ECOEXPOSICIONS

COMMUNICATION AND ECO-EXHIBITIONS

SKILL and VERSATILITY for carrying out integral and sustainable projects

__ Creation of easy, adaptable and transportable structures using sustainable materials:

_ Ephemeral architecture

_ Workshops

_ Signposting

_ Exhibition structures

ECO-SPACES__ Design and production of turnkey exhibition spaces with sustainable criteria:

_ Museographic projects

_ Travelling and/or permanent exhibitions

_ Stands

UNCONVENTIONAL, MORE ECONOMICAL, MORE ADAPTABLE, MORE VIRAL MARKETING

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION__ Web sites

__ Virtual postcards

__ Interactive games

__ Virtual visits

__ Applications for mobiles and PC tablets

__ Viral marketing

__ Social network presence

__ Adaptation of documents to 2.0 format

COMMUNICATION__ Campaigns

__ Environmental information equipment

__ Internal and external communication strategies and plans

__ Naming

__ Event organisation

__ Advice

SPECIALISTS in the production of proximity campaigns using creative and effective STRATEGIES

GRAPHIC DESIGN__ Branding

__ Corporate image manuals

__ Illustrations

__ Packaging

GRAPHICAL PRODUCTIONS ACCORDING TO ECO-PUBLISHING CRITERIA

PRODUCTIONS__ Graphical production and eco-publishing

__ Audiovisual production

__ Animations

__ Sustainable merchandising

Credits:Conception and production: lavola

Photographs: Xevi Vilaregut and lavola

The catalogue you are holding helps protect the planet’s forests. It has been printed using plant-based inks on paper from sustainable managed forests and plantations (FSC).

Environmental criteria have been taken into account in the production of this publication (emissions compensation through e)mission).

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