Juan Gallostra Isern

According to the 2019 European Green Deal, the EU must become a net-zero emissions continent by 2050. Buildings account for up to 40% of CO₂ emissions in Europe, so we must make decisive progress toward designing and constructing energy-neutral buildings.

This session will propose a general strategy for designing net-zero buildings, based on three stages:

Maximum reduction of the building’s energy demand.

Optimization of consumption by installing highly efficient systems that use the minimum amount of energy to meet that optimized demand.

Generation of the required energy through clean, renewable sources.

Proper design of a building’s electromechanical systems is essential to implement this optimization strategy.