How can the fish trade be made circular? María Navarro Pastor worked with Pescadería Martín de los Ríos over the course of a year to suggest a model of transition (UFV, 2020-2021):

And how do you take a stall with as much personality as Kitchen154, which specializes in Southeast Asian food, and turn it into a circular business? That’s what Eliel Stofenmacher Stisin did with great skill. (UFV, 2020-2021:

How can Antonio’s butchers shop be made circular? Carolina Caballero Gomez worked side by side with him for a year. And this is the result of her work (UFV, 2020-2021)

Margarita Lis García Palomo daringly decided on a unique proposal for the circularization of one of the pioneering restaurant stalls in the Vallehermoso market, Washoku. (UFV, 2020-2021)

Fruits and vegetables… circular, of course. Paula Rodríguez Jiménez worked with Frutería Torijano y Varas over the course of a year and this was her result (UFV, 2020-2021)

We also circularized a store/restaurant with products from the Canary Islands, Picón, which Julia Herrero Yáñez worked with for ten months, maintaining a great relationship that resulted in a great job (UFV, 2020-2021)

The most famous poultry shop in Spain could not be left out, of course. Higinio and the Antonios warmly welcomed Miguel Dorado Soriano to rethink the business in a circular way(UFV, 2020-2021)

And we finish with the circularization of the unique restaurant stand, the Prost grill, by Miguel Guerrero (UFV, 2020-2021)

Echevarria Gómez-Escolar, Marta (UPM, 2021-2022). Eficiencia energética en el Mercado de la Paz (Madrid). Proyecto Fin de Carrera / Trabajo Fin de Grado, E.T.S. Arquitectura (UPM).

8º Congreso Internacional de Innovación Tecnológica en Edificación CITE 2023 (UPM, 22 – 24 de marzo de 2023).

7º Congreso Internacional de Innovación Educativa en Edificación CINIE 2023 (UPM, 22 – 24 de marzo de 2023).

5th European Conference on Service-Learning in Higher Education (EOSLHE), Rotterdam-Online, 6-7 octubre 2022, Comunicación oral: “Energy For Municipal Markets. Service-Learning and Sustainable Development Goals”. Autores: M. A. Galvez, J. García Herrero, J. L. Parada Rodríguez, M. A. Fernández Nieto, J. G. Sánchez-Torija.

II Congreso Internacional de Innovación y Tendencias Educativas (INNTED 2021), Sevilla-Online, 15-16 de julio de 2021, Comunicación oral: “TFGs vinculados a proyectos de investigación en sostenibilidad: redes de colaboración entre alumnos, investigadores, instituciones y beneficiarios para la circularización del mercado de Vallehermoso de Madrid.”. Autor: José Luis Parada.

Eye on TAMK Business Week, Tampere University of Social Sciences-Online, 22-26 de marzo de 2021. Comunicación oral: “Market Halls and circular economy” (25 de marzo, 16:00 horas). Autores: José Luis Parada y Gloria Claudio.

Congreso Universitario Internacional sobre Contenidos, Investigación, Innovación y Docencia (CUICIID 2020), 7-8 de octubre de 2020-Online. Comunicación oral: “Iniciación de los alumnos a la investigación

On this occasion, we participated in Service-Learning Projects of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, directed by Prof. Dr. Jorge Gallego Sánchez-Torija. The second project, in the San Cristobal Market, is currently in progress. The first project took place in 2022 in Mercado de la Paz, and is presented below.

In the study of the use of energy in buildings, which is undertaken throughout different subjects in the Degree in Fundamentals of Architecture, special emphasis is placed on passive aspects of design (form factor, orientation and proportion of openings, solar gain and protection, etc.), on the configuration of the thermal envelope (thermal insulation, thermal inertia, solar factor, etc.) and on the energy efficiency of the installations

Likewise, throughout their training in the Undergraduate Degree in Business Administration and Management (ADE), students carry out business plans, business analyses, econometric studies, audits, etc. Theoretical knowledge is acquired to prepare these documents, although it is more difficult for students to gain experience in implementing the measures they propose.

This service-learning project aims to include people as a fundamental part of the process of energy use in buildings to make their business more viable. This approach complements and builds on the technical training received by the students, complementing the theoretical aspects with eminently practical issues. The starting point is the analysis of energy and water use in buildings (in this case, the La Paz market in Madrid), in order to apply the knowledge acquired by the students. Teachers and researchers support a student from the UPM Architecture Degree and a student from the UFV Business Administration Degree to set up an energy team together with the management of the La Paz market in Madrid, the head of maintenance and the president of the traders’ association

After the presentation of the Guide to Sustainability for Municipal Markets in December 2022, conversations began with the cities of Panama, Mexico and Guatemala for the development of an academic consultancy on circular management in their food markets supported by the Union of Ibero-American Capital Cities (UCCI) which resulted, with funding from the Vice-Rectorate of the University and the City Council, in two visits to Panama in August 2023 and to Mexico City in November of the same year, from which the following conclusions are derived (note: only summaries are provided). For information on the full reports, please contact the Chair by email)