Presentation on HAPPY URBANISM in Barcelona

On December 4, 2013, Esteban Pardo on behalf of PlayArquitectura participated in the Technical Conference on Urban Planning and Passivhaus held in Barcelona at the Official College of Architects of Catalonia, giving a presentation on the application of the Passivhaus standard in Urban Planning entitled Happy Urbanism:

The conference focused on the commitment that urban planning must make to building standards with almost zero energy consumption and the challenges of energy rehabilitation of built heritage.

Examples such as the General Municipal Plan of Villamediana de Iregua, which establishes the Passivhaus standard as a mandatory standard for all new public buildings, as well as for the 10% of new homes planned on developable land, and the PGOU of Hontanares de Eresma, which already provides in its regulations the possibility of Energy Rehabilitation of existing buildings from the outside by increasing the constructed surface area, open a hopeful path in the field of Urban Planning with respect to sustainability and energy efficiency in buildings.