Higher education institutions (HEIs) have a huge potential to save energy as they are significantly more energy-intensive in comparison with commercial offices and manufacturing premises. This paper provides an overview of the chief actions of sustainability and energy efficiency addressed by the University of Alcalá (Madrid, Spain). The policies implemented have shifted the University of Alcalá (UAH) to become the top-ranking university in Spain and one of the leading universities internationally on environmentally sustainable practices. The paper highlights two key elements. First, the actions adopted by the managerial teams, and second, the potential of public–private collaboration when considering different stakeholders. A descriptive study is developed through document analysis. The results show that energy consumption per user and energy consumption per area first fall and are then maintained, thereby contributing to meeting the objectives of the Spanish Government’s Action Plan for Energy Saving and Efficiency (2011–2020). Because of the research approach, the results cannot be generalized. However, the paper fulfils an identified need to study the impact of HEIs and their stakeholders on sustainable development through initiatives in saving energy on their campuses and highlights the role of HEIs as test laboratories for the introduction of innovations in this field (monitoring, sensing, and reporting, among others).

Education in entrepreneurship is a key factor in intentions to create companies. Given that adolescence is an ideal stage to acquire knowledge, secondary schools and universities are tasked with the challenge of offering educational programs. This study identifies potential entrepreneurs from among 897 secondary school’s students and analyzes their entrepreneurial skills in motivation, risk, dedication, empathetic and communication. Results indicate that there is a high percentage of potential entrepreneurs among secondary school and that entrepreneurship is not limited to a specific field, but rather it is recognized as a future employment option regardless of the studies students want to pursue.

Los cambios en la organización de la producción, asociados a las economías y des-economías de aglomeración y a los costes de transporte, generan un impacto visible sobre la reconfiguración de las grandes metrópolis, particularmente sobre las interrelaciones existentes entre diferentes áreas urbanas y periféricas. La región de Madrid no ha estado ajena a esta dinámica, observándose la reducción del peso de la ciudad central en términos demográficos y productivos y la transformación de algunas sub-áreas en sub-centros metropolitanos. El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar las formas de reestructuración de la región madrileña en los últimos años, considerando que los patrones de dispersión y policentrismo pueden presentarse simultáneamente en el territorio. Se concluye la existencia de un modelo mixto con patrones de policentrismo, donde han comenzado a consolidarse sub-centros urbanos articulados en nodos de alta accesibilidad, con una dinámica propia y que pueden influir en la estructura funcional de la ciudad.