Lavola is a leading organization in integral sustainability with 30 years of experience, offering solutions in responsible organization, energy and climate change, environmental studies, and education for sustainability. With a diverse team of around 150 professionals, the company operates in various sectors, assisting clients in achieving economic, social, and environmental goals while promoting sustainability through multiple services. They have received national and international recognition and are committed to utilizing sustainable practices in their operations and projects.

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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.

7. RESPONSIBLE
ORGANISATION

8. Participation in the development of:
_ ISO 26000 on MANAGEMENTof SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY through the Spanish Mirror
Group
_ ISO 20121on managing SUSTAINABLE
EVENTS
SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY
__ 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)

9. 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

10. 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

11. ENERGY AND
CLIMATE CHANGE

12. 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

13. More than 3,600
ENERGY AND
WATER AUDITS
in almost EVERY
ACTIVITY SECTOR
MORE THAN 50
GENERATED MOBILITY
STUDIES
Production of 10 COMPANY
MOBILITY PLANSto 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

14. 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

15. ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDIES AND THE
SURROUNDINGS

16. ENVIRONMENTAL
STUDIES AND THE
SURROUNDINGS
RURAL 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.)

17. NOISE
__ Drafting of acoustic power maps
__ Drafting of noise maps
__ Help in the drafting of municipal bylaws

18. ALL-ROUND ASSISTANCE IN TOWN
PLANNING for regions with 1.5 MILLION
inhabitants
TOWN-PLANNING
AND ENVIRONMEN-
TAL ASSESSMENT
__ Integral support for planning development:
_ Environmentalassessmentofplansandprogrammes
_ Mobility case studies
_ Social reports
_ Environmental assessment in drawing up plans
_ Designandimplementationofparticipationprocesses
__ 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,localagendasforenergyandotheroffices
_ 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

19. EDUCATION FOR
SUSTAINABILITY

20. EDUCATIONFOR
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

22. 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

23. COMUNICACIÓ I
ECOEXPOSICIONS
COMMUNICATION
AND ECO-
EXHIBITIONS

24. SKILLand
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

25. UNCONVENTIONAL,
MORE ECONOMICAL,
MORE ADAPTABLE,
MOREVIRALMARKETING
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

26. SPECIALISTSin
the production of
proximitycampaigns
using creative and
effective
STRATEGIES
GRAPHIC
DESIGN
__ Branding
__ Corporate image manuals
__ Illustrations
__ Packaging

27. GRAPHICAL
PRODUCTIONS
ACCORDING TO ECO-
PUBLISHING CRITERIA
PRODUCTIONS
__ Graphical production and eco-publishing
__ Audiovisual production
__ Animations
__ Sustainable merchandising

28. 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).

30. av. Roma, 252-254
08560 Manlleu (Barcelona)
tel. +34 938 515 055
c. Pamplona, 96, L.18
08018 Barcelona
tel. +34 938 515 055
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28013 Madrid
tel. +34 911 732 151
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tel. +34 938 515 055
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