Projects

WEF4Build - Boosting buildings climate resilience through water-foodenergy nexus based solutions (2024 – 2026)

Coordinator: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: AGAUR. Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris (“CLIMA” program)

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

SBR+V - Sant Boi breaths + green (2023 – 2025)

Coordinators: Dr. Santiago Gassó and Dr. Marcel Macarulla

Funding body: Fundación Biodiversidad

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

ABATE – Marketable high performance compact technologies for the abatement of VOCs in EU waste treatment plants, decreasing CO₂ emissions and energy consumption (2023 – 2027)

Coordinator: Dr. Marcel Macarulla

Funding body: European Commission (“LIFE” Program)

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Implementation of a predictive control algorithm for the optimization of heating and cooling systems in tertiary sector buildings (2023 – 2024)

Coordinator: Dr. Miquel Casals

Scientific enterpreneur: Dr. Blanca Tejedor

Funding body: Barcelona City Council (“DEEP TECH NODE” Program)

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

SYMBIOSYST – Create a Symbiosis where PV and agriculture can have a mutually beneficial relationship (2023 – 2026)

Coordinator: Dr. Marcel Macarulla and Dr. Santiago Gassó

Funding body: European Commission (“HORIZON” Program)

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

BINAFET – Building integrated agriculture for an effective ecological transition: modelling & implementation (2022 – 2024)

Coordinator: Dr. Xavier Gabarell

Principal investigator at UPC: Dr. Santiago Gassó and Dr. Marcel Macarulla

Funding body: AEI. Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Programa “RETOS”)

Consortium: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu, Loughborough University, Aalborg University

N2B2 – Neural networks for boiler behaviour (2022 – 2024)

Coordinator: Dr. Miquel Casals

Scientific enterpreneur: Dr. Blanca Tejedor

Funding body: AGAUR. Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris (Programa “PRODUCTE”)

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

More information at https://n2b2.upc.edu/

MOVE4EDU – Modular ventilation system integrated with urban food production in educational buildings: Increasing energy efficiency and sustainability of the building (2022 – 2025)

Coordinator: Dr. Xavier Gabarell

Principal investigator at UPC: Dr. Santiago Gassó and Dr. Marcel Macarulla

Funding body: AEI. Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Programa “RETOS”)

Consortium: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Instituto Politecnico de Viseu, Loughborough University, Aalborg University

Reducing nanoparticle exposures in industrial workplaces (2022 – 2024)

Coordinator: Vicenta San Félix Forner (ITC)

Principal investigator at UPC: Dr. Marcel Macarulla

Funding body: European Comission (“LIFE+” program)

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Urban Air Purifier, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Unimat Prevención, Ceramica Saloni, Asociación de Investigación de las Industrias Cerámicas

More information available at: https://lifenanohealth.eu/

Promote open access to urban agriculture from Fertilcity laboratory to the city (2021 – 2023)

Coordinator: Dr. Xavier Gabarrell (UAB-ICTA)

Principal investigator at UPC: Dr. Santiago Gassó

Funding body: AEI. Agencia Estatal de Investigación ("Proof-of-concept" Program)

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Design and implementation of strategic sustainable solutions applied to the architecture and circular economy of the building for its integration with BIM models (2021 – 2024)

Coordinator: Dr. Eva Cuerva and Dr. Pablo Pujadas

Funding body: AGAUR. Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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Municipalities resilient to pandemics through the nexus of local agriculture, energy, water and services. From the pilot to the municipality (2021 – 2022)

Coordinator: Dr. Xavier Gabarrell (UAB-ICTA)

Principal investigator at UPC: Dr. Santiago Gassó

Funding body: AGAUR. Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

IAQ4EDU – Optimal ventilation strategies for balancing indoor air quality, comfort and energy use in educational buildings (2021 – 2024)

Principal investigators: Dr. Marta Gangolells and Dr. Pablo Pujadas

Funding body: AEI, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Retos program)

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

More information available at: https://iaq4edu.upc.edu/

ComMit-20 – Designing resilient communities to mitigate pandemic and climate change effects (2021 – 2022)

Coordinator: Dr. Jaume Salom (IREC)

Principal investigators at UPC: Dr. Marcel Macarulla and Dr. Lluc Canals

Funding body: AGAUR. Agència de Gestió d’Ajuts Universitaris

Consortium: Institut de Recerca en Energia de Catalunya, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Thecoelen - Implications of elderly people’s thermal comfort in energy consumption (2020-2023)

Principal investigator: Dr. Núria Forcada

Funding body: AEI, Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Retos program)

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Instituto de Saúde Publica da Universidade do Porto, Sanitas

Morei information available at https://thecoelen.upc.edu/.

Teledetección atmosférica mediante sensores cooperativos lidar, radar y pasivos: aplicaciones sobre tierra y mar para la observación atmosférica y energía eólica off-shore (2019-2021)

Principal investigators: Dr. José Maria Baldasano and Dr. Francisco Rocadenbosch

Funding body: AEI, Agencia Estatal de Investigación

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

ConTerMa - Análisis del confort térmico en residencias para la gente mayor en el espacio de cooperación tranfonterizo de España-Portugal (2018-2020)

Principal investigator: Dr. Núria Forcada

Funding body: Fundación General de la Universidad de Salamanca (FUGUSAL) and European Regional Development Fund (Interreg POCTEP Program)

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya and Instituto de Saúde Pública da Universidade do Oporto

Estudio del funcionamiento de una nave logística mediante simulaciones fluidodinámicas y energéticas (2018-2020)

Principal investigator: Dr. Eva Cuerva

Funding body: Montepino Logística SL

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Energy consumption and CO₂ emissions associated with the production, use and final disposal of PVC cables (2019)

Principal investigator: Dr. José M. Baldasano

Funding body: PlasticsEurope AISBL

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

FERTILECITY-II Integrated rooftop greenhouses: symbiosis of energy, water and CO₂ emissions with the building – Towards urban food security in a circular economy (2016-2019)

Coordinator: Dr. Xavier Gabarell (UAB)

Principal investigator at UPC: Dr. Santiago Gassó

Funding body: Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (Retos Program)

Consortium: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

EOFF - Individualized sustainable and cost optimal energy retrofitting solutions for the existing office building stock (2016-2019)

Principal investigators: Dra. Marta Gangolells and Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (Retos Program)

Consortium: Technical University of Catalonia

EnerGAware - Energy Game for Awareness of energy efficiency in social housing communities (2015-2018)

Coordinator and principal investigator at UPC: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: Unió Europea (H2020-EU.3.3.1)

Consortium: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Fremen Corp, Instituto Superior de Engenharia Do Porto, Advanticsys Sistemas y Servicios SL, University of Plymouth, Devon and Cornwall Housing LTD, EDF Energy R&D UK Centre Limited

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GESTENSIS - Sistema inteligente de gestión de consumo y producción de energía en edificios terciarios (2013-2015)

Principal investigator: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: Esvall Project SA as a partner of a project funded by the Spanish Ministry of Industry (Strategic Action)

Consortium: Technical University of Catalonia (subcontractor of an Spanish research project)

SEAM4US - Sustainable Energy Management for Underground Stations (2011-2014)

Coordinator: Dr. Giovanni Pescatori (Cofely Italia Spa)

Principal investigator at UPC: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: European Union (FP7)

Consortium: Cofely Italia Spa, Universita Politecnica delle Marche, Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Foerderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V, Teknologian Tutkimuskeskus VTT, Universitaet Kassel, Almende B.V., CNET Svenska Ab, Ferrocarril Metropolita de Barcelona SA.

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ENCOURAGE-Embedded iNtelligent COntrols for bUilidings with Renewable generAtion and storaGE (2011-2014)

Principal investigator: Dr. Marta Gangolells

Funding body: Esvall Project SA as a partner of a project funded by the Artemis program (European Union)

Consortium: Technical University of Catalonia (subcontractor of an EU research project)

More information available at Artemis

Estudi de l'eficiència i de criteris de disseny sostenibles de les instal-lacions asociades a l'arquitectura d'edificis d'ús públic (2011-2013)

Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Roca

Funding body: U.T.E Jaume Cassanyer Tosques

Optimització energètica i d’emissions de CO₂ en l’arquitectura d’edificis d’habitatges (2010-2011)

Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Roca

Funding body: Badia Arquitectes

ACV - Modelo Homogéneo de Análisis de Ciclo de Vida para la evaluación del consumo energético del sistema Edificio y de sus emisiones asociadas (2007-2010)

Principal investigator: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: Spanish Ministry of Housing

Consortium: Technical University of Catalonia

MACE - Metadata for Architectural Contents in Europe (2006-2009)

Coordinator: Dr. Markus Eisenhauer (Fraunhofer-FIT)

Principal investigator at UPC: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: European Union (eContentplus program)

Entitats participants: Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, FH Potsdam, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – Ariadne Foundation, Open University Netherlands, Universita´ Politecnica delle Marche, European Association for Architectural Education-Dynamo, Humance Ag, Nautes S.R.L., Università Iuav di Venezia, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Politecnico di Milano, Archinform

More information available at http://mace-project.eu/

LCM - La Ciudad Multidimensional. Gestión activa del conocimiento (2007-2009)

Coordinator: José Carlos Arcediano Azcue (Dragados SA)

Principal investigator at UPC: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: Spanish Ministry of Eductation and Science (PROFIT program)

Consortium: Universidad de Cantabria, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Dragados, Universitat Jaume I

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Assessoria tècnica per a l'aplicació de criteris mediambientals en el disseny d'instal·lacions d'edificis (2007-2009)

Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Roca

Funding body: BAMMP Arquitectes i Associats

Assessoria tècnica per al disseny i construcció d'edificis modulars flotants (2007-2009)

Principal investigator: Dr. Xavier Roca

Funding body: Maritime Architecture Barcelona SL

Desarrollo e implementación de un entorno colaborativo (Web Based Project Management System) para la gestión integral de la seguridad y del medio ambiente en los procesos productivos de las PYMES constructoras (2005-2008)

Principal investigator: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: Spanish Ministry of Development (Strategic Actions, National Construction Program)

Consortium: Technical University of Catalonia

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RECONS - REduint l'impacte ambiental de la CONStrucció (2003-2006)

Coordinator: José Vergé González

Principal investigator: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: European Union (LIFE program in Environment)

Consortium: Gremi de Constructors d’Obres de Barcelona i Comarques, Institut de Tecnologia de la Construcció, Departament de Política Territorial i Obres Públiques, Departament de Medi Ambient i Habitatge, SOCINTEC i Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

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PERFORMANCE - Aplicación del concepto Performance para la mejora de los resultados de los proyectos de construcción (2004-2006)

Principal investigator: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology (Special Actions, National Program in Information and Communication Technologies and Socio-economy)

Funding body: Technical University of Catalonia

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Anàlisi del procés constructiu de la Central Tèrmica d'Arrúbal (2005)

Principal investigator: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: FCC Construcción S.A

ELinCPM - Environmental and Logistics integrated in Construction Project Management (2001-2004)

Coordinator: Rolf-Thorer Berg

Principal investigator: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: European Union (Growth program)

Consortium: Moderne Byggfornyelse A/S, Sotencil, Natur System, S.L., Tecno Impianti, Schuppe + Siska Elektrotechnik, Tekrom, HolteProsjekt Solutions, Norwegian Building Research Institute, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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WINDS - Web based INtelligent Design tutoring System (2000-2004)

Coordinator: Dr. Mario De Grassi

Principal investigator: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: European Union (IST program)

Consortium: UNIAN, IDAU, POLITO, CNR, POLIMI, IUAV, EAPVM, DPAU, UNIGE, UNIPE, SIWINDS, LTMU, UNIPA, PORTSMOUTH, TUM, ECO, EAML, QUB, BRIGHTON, ERG.UCD, UNIPI , UNIKARL, LIV, GMD, Nemetschek AG, Technion, METE, BIRKHAUSER, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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Analysis and assessment of the effects of the practical application of national legislation in the field of health and safety at work concerning Directive 92/57/EEC “Temporary or mobile construction sites” and 92/58/EEC “Safety and/or health signs” (2003-2004)

Principal investigator at UPC: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: European Comission (Directorate General for Employment and Social Affairs)

Consortium: EUROGIP, UPC, IST, ARBOW untill a total number of 16 partners

Anàlisi i valoració de procés constructiu (2002-2003)

Principal investigator: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: FCC Construcción S.A

Estudi del procés constructiu del Centre Comercial Diagonal Mar (2002-2003)

Principal investigator: Dr. Miquel Casals

Funding body: Barcelona Retail Company

WEF4Build - Boosting buildings climate resilience through water-foodenergy nexus based solutions (2024 – 2026)

SBR+V - Sant Boi breaths + green (2023 – 2025)

ABATE – Marketable high performance compact technologies for the abatement of VOCs in EU waste treatment plants, decreasing CO2 emissions and energy consumption (2023 – 2027)

Implementation of a predictive control algorithm for the optimization of heating and cooling systems in tertiary sector buildings (2023 – 2024)

SYMBIOSYST – Create a Symbiosis where PV and agriculture can have a mutually beneficial relationship (2023 – 2026)

BINAFET – Building integrated agriculture for an effective ecological transition: modelling & implementation (2022 – 2024)

N2B2 – Neural networks for boiler behaviour (2022 – 2024)

MOVE4EDU – Modular ventilation system integrated with urban food production in educational buildings: Increasing energy efficiency and sustainability of the building (2022 – 2025)

Reducing nanoparticle exposures in industrial workplaces (2022 – 2024)

Promote open access to urban agriculture from Fertilcity laboratory to the city (2021 – 2023)

Design and implementation of strategic sustainable solutions applied to the architecture and circular economy of the building for its integration with BIM models (2021 – 2024)

Municipalities resilient to pandemics through the nexus of local agriculture, energy, water and services. From the pilot to the municipality (2021 – 2022)

IAQ4EDU – Optimal ventilation strategies for balancing indoor air quality, comfort and energy use in educational buildings (2021 – 2024)

ComMit-20 – Designing resilient communities to mitigate pandemic and climate change effects (2021 – 2022)

Thecoelen - Implications of elderly people’s thermal comfort in energy consumption (2020-2023)

Teledetección atmosférica mediante sensores cooperativos lidar, radar y pasivos: aplicaciones sobre tierra y mar para la observación atmosférica y energía eólica off-shore (2019-2021)

ConTerMa - Análisis del confort térmico en residencias para la gente mayor en el espacio de cooperación tranfonterizo de España-Portugal (2018-2020)

Estudio del funcionamiento de una nave logística mediante simulaciones fluidodinámicas y energéticas (2018-2020)

Energy consumption and CO2 emissions associated with the production, use and final disposal of PVC cables (2019)

FERTILECITY-II Integrated rooftop greenhouses: symbiosis of energy, water and CO2 emissions with the building – Towards urban food security in a circular economy (2016-2019)

EOFF - Individualized sustainable and cost optimal energy retrofitting solutions for the existing office building stock (2016-2019)

EnerGAware - Energy Game for Awareness of energy efficiency in social housing communities (2015-2018)

GESTENSIS - Sistema inteligente de gestión de consumo y producción de energía en edificios terciarios (2013-2015)

SEAM4US - Sustainable Energy Management for Underground Stations (2011-2014)

ENCOURAGE-Embedded iNtelligent COntrols for bUilidings with Renewable generAtion and storaGE (2011-2014)

Estudi de l'eficiència i de criteris de disseny sostenibles de les instal-lacions asociades a l'arquitectura d'edificis d'ús públic (2011-2013)

Optimització energètica i d’emissions de CO2 en l’arquitectura d’edificis d’habitatges (2010-2011)

ACV - Modelo Homogéneo de Análisis de Ciclo de Vida para la evaluación del consumo energético del sistema Edificio y de sus emisiones asociadas (2007-2010)

MACE - Metadata for Architectural Contents in Europe (2006-2009)

LCM - La Ciudad Multidimensional. Gestión activa del conocimiento (2007-2009)

Assessoria tècnica per a l'aplicació de criteris mediambientals en el disseny d'instal·lacions d'edificis (2007-2009)

Assessoria tècnica per al disseny i construcció d'edificis modulars flotants (2007-2009)

Desarrollo e implementación de un entorno colaborativo (Web Based Project Management System) para la gestión integral de la seguridad y del medio ambiente en los procesos productivos de las PYMES constructoras (2005-2008)

RECONS - REduint l'impacte ambiental de la CONStrucció (2003-2006)

PERFORMANCE - Aplicación del concepto Performance para la mejora de los resultados de los proyectos de construcción (2004-2006)

Anàlisi del procés constructiu de la Central Tèrmica d'Arrúbal (2005)

ELinCPM - Environmental and Logistics integrated in Construction Project Management (2001-2004)

WINDS - Web based INtelligent Design tutoring System (2000-2004)

Analysis and assessment of the effects of the practical application of national legislation in the field of health and safety at work concerning Directive 92/57/EEC “Temporary or mobile construction sites” and 92/58/EEC “Safety and/or health signs” (2003-2004)

Anàlisi i valoració de procés constructiu (2002-2003)

Estudi del procés constructiu del Centre Comercial Diagonal Mar (2002-2003)

ABATE – Marketable high performance compact technologies for the abatement of VOCs in EU waste treatment plants, decreasing CO₂ emissions and energy consumption (2023 – 2027)

Energy consumption and CO₂ emissions associated with the production, use and final disposal of PVC cables (2019)

FERTILECITY-II Integrated rooftop greenhouses: symbiosis of energy, water and CO₂ emissions with the building – Towards urban food security in a circular economy (2016-2019)

Optimització energètica i d’emissions de CO₂ en l’arquitectura d’edificis d’habitatges (2010-2011)