CRASL

The Centro di Ricerche per l'Ambiente e lo Sviluppo sostenibile della Lombardia (USCS-CRASL) - Centre for Research on the Environment and Sustainable Development of Lombardy Region is a research division of the Catholic University “Sacro Cuore”. Its main objective is the investigation of conditions for a sustainable economic development of the Lombardy Region within the frame of environmental equilibrium. Particular attention is paid to the compatibility between a sustainable local development and the global changes.

The USCS-CRASL cover the following research fields: development and implementation of renewable sources in rural communities and in municipalities,  development and impact of ecoefficient materials in industries, analysis and accountability of material flows, environmental accountability, territorial sustainability, quality of the air, climate changes, recovery of contaminated sites, risk assessment, and ecological communication.