Team

Members

La Salle Campus Barcelona – Ramon Llull University (URL)

ARC Engineering and Architecture La Salle

La Salle

FUNITEC, an institution affiliated with Ramon Llull University, brings together the Schools of Architecture, Engineering, Digital Arts, and Business at La Salle. Researchers from the ARC Engineering and Architecture La Salle group have extensive experience in developing energy information systems that integrate data from multiple domains and scales using semantic web technologies, as well as in urban regeneration projects at various scales—from buildings to the urban environment—and in the protection of architectural heritage.

Over the past fifteen years, the ARC Engineering and Architecture La Salle research group has led several research projects in the field of building energy efficiency, funded by national and European programs. Among them are SEÍS (2009-12), a system based on semantic technologies for integrating energy information from buildings; the EECITIES platform, developed during the FP7 project SEMANCO (2011-14); and the ENERHAT and ENERPAT applications (2017), which support the assessment of residential building stock and the implementation of renovation measures. In addition, ARC has coordinated the H2020 project TIMEPAC (2021-24), aimed at proposing new methods to improve existing energy certification systems.

The La Salle team members participating in the project are:

Leandro Madrazo PhD Architect	Marta Salgado Multimedia Engineer	Anna Martínez PhD Architect
Álvaro Sicilia PhD in Computer Engineering	Camilo Huertas Web Developer	Isabela de Rentería PhD Architect
Gonçal Costa PhD in Computer Engineering	Laura membrado Graphic Designer	Xavier Martin PhD Architect
Adirane Calvo Architect

Students

Anna Noguer
Carles Roch
Adrián Lüerssen
Youssef Bat
Laura Pascual

Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC)

Thermal Energy and Building Performance

IREC

The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research (IREC) is structured into two main areas: Energy Efficiency for Systems, Buildings, and Communities (ECOS)—which includes the Thermal Energy and Building Performance Group (participant in this project)—and Advanced Materials for Energy (M2E). The Thermal Energy and Building Performance Group has extensive experience in dynamic energy simulation and the application of energy efficiency strategies, including both passive and active solutions, energy management, heat recovery, and the integration of renewable energy at different levels.

One of its research lines focuses on building renovation and the analysis of the building stock at district level. Within the MARIE project, IREC developed a new two-phase approach for identifying cost-optimal solutions for the building stock in Catalonia. Funded by InnoEnergy, IREC authored the report ”Residential Retrofits at District Level”, which provides proposals for implementing different business models to enable large-scale residential building renovations in urban areas, including cost-optimal energy efficiency measures, aiming to address the low renovation rates in Southern European countries.

Along these lines, IREC Is currently developing various research tools. Such as: the LOCALISED project, which aims at transforming local data on possible decarbonisation pathways by 2030 and 2050 into knowledge for action; the platform Som Comunitat Energètica, that emphasizes the simulation of energy community scenarios; the PEDRERA project, which facilitates the engagement of multiple stakeholders in large-scale renovation actions to accelerate the urban transition towards Positive Energy Districts; and the initiative SYN.IKIA that provides the means to achieve and boost plus energy neighbourhoods, relying on the interplay between novel technologies, energy efficiency & flexibility of the buildings, good architectural & spatial qualities, housing affordability and citizen engagement.

IREC researchers participating in the project:

Jordi Pascual Phd Engineer and physicist	Angelos Mylonas Engineer
Jaume Salom PhD Engineer	Davide Cerra MSc in Engineering
Enric Mont MSc in Engineering	Soledad Ibañez Architect