MILAN (ITALPRESS) – Intesa Sanpaolo and Campus Bio-Medico SpA, one of the Promoters of the Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, have signed a loan agreement for a total amount of 50 million euros linked to investments with innovative characteristics of sustainability. The investment plan thus financed provides for the construction of new spaces and infrastructures for university teaching, training and scientific research, all with characteristics of environmental sustainability and energy efficiency. Intesa Sanpaolo thus concludes a further transaction worth the 6 billion euros dedicated to the circular economy envisaged in the 2018-2021 Business Plan, a ceiling that has financed around 200 projects since its launch. The loan was concluded by the IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division of Intesa Sanpaolo led by Mauro Micillo with the support of the Circular Economy Desk of the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center, a company dedicated to innovation and dissemination of the circular economy. “For Intesa Sanpaolo it is a source of great pride and satisfaction to be able to support an Italian excellence such as the Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome in its development projects – says Richard Zatta, Head of Global Corporate of the IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division of Intesa Sanpaolo -. In a moment like the present one, deeply marked by the effects of the pandemic crisis, support for the healthcare, university and scientific research sectors appears even more crucial. spaces for university teaching with eco-sustainable structures with low environmental impact “. “A great crisis like the one in progress has made evident the many fragilities of our socio-economic system but at the same time reveals the great opportunities of the Universities that are able to translate the needs for change towards great technological, social and scientific knowledge and reflection on the founding values of our civil life, on social organization and on commitment to the service of others – explains Giuseppe Garofano, president of Campus Bio-Medico SpA – Promoter of the Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome -. In this context, the funds available to us will be invested according to a plan consistent with the University’s mission to enhance the training and service offer according to the paradigm of integral sustainability: environmental, economic, social and financial the cultural infrastructure on which we will pursue the University’s long-term development plan “. The operation includes a tranche of about 30 million euros aimed at the creation of green infrastructures and mobility and innovative spaces dedicated to university training, informal learning and campus life that will welcome the students of the University starting from ‘Academic Year 2022-23. The project provides for a significant improvement in the energy efficiency of both the new spaces and the various connected systems that will allow to optimize solar radiation, regulate air renewal and will also allow the production of the heat necessary for heating, thus avoiding ‘the combustion of methane. A second tranche of 20 million euros will be aimed at refinancing, by extending the maturity, the remaining part of a previous loan granted to allow the construction of the hospital and university complex. The Campus Bio-Medico University is made up of the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (with degree courses in Italian and English and 24 specialized schools), the Faculty of Engineering (with the course, among others, of Chemical Engineering for Sustainable Development) and the Faculty of Sciences and Technologies for man and the environment (with a course specifically dedicated to the circular economy) and welcomes over 2,200 students. Its research laboratories host 50 research units, with about 400 researchers. The Campus Bio-Medico University Hospital is equipped with 400 beds, 18 operating theaters, 70 clinics and a 1st level First Aid – DEA (temporarily converted into Covid Center with 100 dedicated beds) and equipped with all the most modern technological equipment in the diagnostic and therapeutic field. (ITALPRESS). sat / com 14-May-21 16:46
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