Decarbonizing Architecture

Europe sets 2050 as the target date for achieving carbon neutrality. The construction sector is essential, hence the media focused on it. Explore the media coverage linked to the 'Decarbonizing Architecture’ project:

2025

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (20.11.2025)
MeteoMauri: Housing, sustainable materials for life and new construction solutions [1]
Interview with Greta Tressera, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (15.11.2025)
Inhabiting the Future: Architecture and the Climate Emergency [2]
Special edition with Greta Tresserra, Eloi Cordomí, Georgina Pujol and Fernando Aranda

INTEREMPRESAS (23.10.2025)
'Decarbonizing Architecture' is consolidated as a European forum of reference in architectural sustainability and innovation [3]

NAN ARQUITECTURA (22.10.2025)
'Decarbonizing Architecture' is consolidated as a European forum of reference in architectural sustainability and innovation [4]

IREHABITAE (21.10.2025)
'Decarbonizing Architecture' focuses on sustainability, innovation and ecological transition in the construction sector [5]

CONSTRUNEWS (16.10.2025)
“Renovation must be consolidated as a public policy: technically, culturally and economically” [6]
Interview with Greta Tressera, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (8.10.2025)
'Decarbonizing Architecture 2025', all the details of the conference [7]
Interview with Greta Tressera, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

NAN ARQUITECTURA (6.10.2025)
"The way cities and buildings have been designed in the last century has tended to be excessively globalized and delocalized" [8]
Interview with Greta Tressera, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

IDEALISTA (24.07.2025)
In Catalonia, 79% of buildings have an energy rating of E or worse [9]
Statements by Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (6.07.2025)
Revolució 4.0. Before 2050, one and a half million flats will need to be renovated [10]
Interview with Claudina Relat, president of the COAC's Comarques Centrals region

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (14.06.2025)
Revolució 4.0. Buildings: reducing emissions from the very first brick [11]
Interview with Jade Serra, board member of the Architecture and Sustainability Association (AuS) and cofounder of Slow Studio

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (18.05.2025)
Revolució 4.0. The blackout has been a wake-up call: we are too dependent on energy [12]
Interview with Greta Tressera, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (19.04.2025)
Revolució 4.0. Only 19.9% of electricity in Catalonia comes from renewable sources [13]
Interview with Marc Romera, representing BATEC Pol Cooperatiu per la Transició Energètica and manager of Associació SEBA

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (10.04.2025)
MeteoMauri. Decarbonization in the world of architecture and housing, with Greta Tresserra [14]
Interview with Greta Tressera, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (09.03.2025)
Revolució 4.0. Climate change will force us to rethink architecture [15]
Interview with Greta Tressera, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (21.02.2025)
InSOStenibles: Calculate your carbon footprint [16]
Interview with Greta Tressera, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs (minute 2:50)

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (16.02.205)
Revolució 4.0. 50 neighbors in La Bordeta become self-sufficient with solar energy [17]
Interview with Raquel Llorca, architect, partner at the environmental consultancy Societat Orgànica and consumer member of La Bordeta Energy Community

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (25.01.2025)
Revolució 4.0. 160,000 new jobs in Spain in renovation [18]
Interview with Greta Tressera, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

2024

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (08/12/2024)
"The postal code has a greater impact on health than the genetic code" [19]
Interview with Sonia Hernández-Montaño, director of the postgraduate program in Healthy Architecture and Bioconstruction at Escola Sert

LA VANGUARDIA (28.11.2024)
Decarbonizing the construction sector: an urgent challenge and a transformative opportunity
[20]Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

CIC CONSTRUCCIÓN (04.11.2024)
Over 400 professionals gather at the third 'Decarbonizing Architecture' conference [21]

EUROPA PRESS (02.11.2024)
Marcos Ros (S&D): The New Bauhaus balances sustainability "with beauty and inclusion" in buildings
[22]
OBRAS URBANAS (30.10.2024)
Over 400 architects gather at the COAC to promote a new paradigm in the sector
[22]
INMODIARIO (29.10.2024)
Third 'Decarbonizing Architecture' conference
[23]
EL PAÍS (26.10.2024)
Building decarbonization: a great opportunity [24]
Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (26.10.2024)

"More than 50% of buildings in Spain are inefficient and this is very worrying" [25]
Interview with Greta Tressera, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

LA CASA DE LA ARQUITECTURA (22.10.2024)
Decarbonizing Architecture [26]

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (22.10.2024)
Perspectiva: October 29, third event in the 'Decarbonizing Architecture' series [27]
Interview with Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

BATLLEIROIG (22.10.2024)
Don't miss the third 'Decarbonizing Architecture' conference organized by COAC!
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COAM (21.10.2024)
Third 'Decarbonizing Architecture' conference

[29]EUROPEAN COMMISSION (21.10.2024)
Decarbonizing Architecture [30]

CLUB MADERA (21.10.2024)
Third 'Decarbonizing Architecture' conference
[31]
GBCE (21.10.2024)
Decarbonizing Architecture [32]

INSTITUT CATALÀ D'ENERGIA (21.10.2024)
Third 'Decarbonizing Architecture' conference [33]

NAN Arquitectura (21.10.2024)
Decarbonizing Architecture: A Path Towards a Sustainable Future
[34]
3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (29.09.2024)
"All buildings by 2050: sustainable and zero-emission" [35]
Interview with Greta Tressera, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (3.04.2024)
[36]Analysis of the new version of the European Directive on the Energy Efficiency of Buildings [36]
Interview with Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs (minute 46:40)

ONDA CERO (20.03.2024)
The EU updates a directive to achieve climate neutrality in buildings by 2050 [37]
Interview with Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs (minute 58:10)

TVE (18.03.2024)
8 out of every 10 buildings are energy inefficient [38]
Statements by Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

EL PUNT AVUI (18.03.2024)
[39]Homes without gas in 2040 [39]
Statements by Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

TVE (13.03.2024)
[40]A new European directive will encourage citizens to make renovations [40]
Statements by Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

LA XARXA (12.03.2024)
[41]"New low or carbon neutral construction materials will appear" [41]
Interview with Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

3CAT - TV3 (12.03.2024)
TN Migdia: The EU decrees the end of gas boilers [42]
Statements by Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

3CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (12.03.2024)
Catalunya Migdia: How will the European energy efficiency directive affect our homes [43]
Interview with Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

European regulations on energy efficiency will force us to make changes in our home [44]
Statements by Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs (minute 19:10)

TELEVISIÓ D’ARAGÓ (12.03.2024)
Aquí y ahora: Create more efficient buildings [45]
Interview with Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

324 (12.03.2024)
[46]The EU decrees the end of gas boilers [42]
Statements by Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

EL PERIÓDICO (12.03.2024)
Architects predict a "wave" of building renovations with the new European directive [47]

LA VANGUARDIA (12.03.2024)
Architects celebrate directive on energy efficiency of buildings because it will represent a "paradigm shift" [48]

LA REPÚBLICA (12.03.2024)
Architects celebrate directive on energy efficiency of buildings because it will represent a "paradigm shift" [49]

ECOCONSTRUCCIÓN (12.03.2024)
The COAC celebrates the approval of the EPBD [50]

CIC CONSTRUCCIÓN (12.03.2024)
Architects value the approval of the new version of the European Directive on Energy Efficiency in Buildings [51]

EUROPA PRESS (12.03.2024)
The architects value the Energy Efficiency Directive in Buildings, "key" in decarbonization
[52]

2023

EL PAÍS (15.02.2024)
The challenge of decarbonizing architecture [53]

EXPANSIÓN (12.02.2024)
Towards the decarbonized building [54]

Interview with Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

ARQUITECTURA 2050 (27.11.2023)
10 key points of decarbonizing architecture [55]

3 CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (24.11.2023 & 18.11.2023)
Perspectiva: New tools for the decarbonisation of architecture and a decalogue of institutional commitments
[56]Perspectiva: 'Decarbonizing Architecture' session is back [57]

NAN ARQUITECTURA (22.10.2023)
Successful participation in the second edition of 'Decarbonizing Architecture' [58]

CIC CONSTRUCCIÓN (22.11.2023)
'Decarbonizing architecture': tools for architects to build more sustainable projects [59]

ABC (20.11.2023)

Decarbonizing architecture [60]
Opinion article by Greta Tresserra, COAC Board member for Sustainability, Innovation and International Affairs

3 CAT - CATALUNYA RÀDIO (18.11.2023)
Perspectiva: 'Decarbonizing Architecture' session is back [57]

NAN ARQUITECTURA (13.10.2023)
'Decarbonizing Architecture' will address how to achieve a carbon-neutral Europe [61]

2022

NAN ARQUITECTURA (3.11.2022)
The Architects' Association of Catalonia, committed to the decarbonization of architecture [62] [62]

INTEREMPRESAS (21.11.2022)
[63]The COAC and the CSCAE promote the transformation of architecture through the decarbonization of the sector [63]

CIC CONSTRUCCIÓN (17.11.2022)
The CSCAE and the COAC promote the transformation of architecture through the decarbonization of the sector [64]

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