Our Engineers Lola Ábalos and Daniel Lago are invited to showcase Transsolar´s work on the field and expand on the relevance of a holistic approach when it comes to sustainable design in architecture, as part of the promotional activities for the inauguration of the University’s first Master in Architectural Sustainability (Máster en Sostenibilidad Arquitectónica: Diseño y Gestión). See University´s website >
The name of the talk is inspired by Transsolar´s brand new slogan: Protect and Adapt: A Sustainable Approach.
Lola Ábalos and Daniel Lago aim to inspire master's students by emphasizing the importance of adopting a holistic approach to sustainability in architecture. An approach that encompasses all project stages, from the initial phases of design and conceptualization to post-occupancy. Drawing on key projects from Transsolar, they will present various sustainable design strategies, showcasing not only the successes achieved but also the mistakes made and the valuable lessons learned from them.
Topics will include harvesting local resources, both material and climatic, climate change adaptation, energy efficiency, user comfort, and economic-environmental impacts. Additionally, different analysis methods will be explained, such as daylight and solar radiation simulations, thermal comfort studies, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and carbon footprint calculations, illustrating how these influence the development of sustainable projects.