LIFE CERSUDS is a demonstration project that puts into practice, evaluates and publicises Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) in a context in which these systems are new or little known. In addition, it innovates by using ceramic material with a low commercial value in the development of permeable paving, being easily replicated in similar geo-economic areas.

The project’s main aim is improving cities’ abilities to adapt to climate change and promoting the use of green infrastructures in their urban planning through the development and implementation of a demonstrator consisting of a SuDS with low carbon emissions for the refurbishing of urban areas. The demonstrator’s permeable skin will be made up of an innovative system, which has a low environmental impact, based on the use of ceramic tiles with a low commercial value. This demonstrator will be sufficiently large in order to validate its technical and economic viability.

The project was approved in October 2016 by the European Commission in the LIFE programme and is expected to end in 2019. Currently, work is being done on developing the system and the implementation project, so that this presentation will present the project plan and the laboratory results of the ceramic system. This project is financed by the European Union Programme for the Environment and Climate Action LIFE 2014-2020 with reference LIFE15 CCA/ES/000091.