Research group from CIAUD, Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design, Lisbon School of Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, that supports projects, studies or any research activities within the framework of "sustainable design" development Sustenta - Laboratory for Sustainable Design is a research group from CIAUD, Research Centre for Architecture, Urbanism and Design, Lisbon School o
f Architecture, Universidade de Lisboa, since 2012. Its main goal is to support projects, studies or any research/training activities in the area of Eco-architecture, by developing methodologies for sustainable intervention, not only on traditional building techniques with the help of new technologies, low cost self-design and heritage rehabilitation, but also on territory planning based on Geographic Information Systems.
Sustenta aims to develop research projects (in the theoretical and/or applied approach) in Architecture, Urban Planning, and Design, as well as to develop training and dissemination activities of scientific knowledge, especially through the provision of postgraduate training courses, workshops, seminars, and curriculum monitoring internships.