Beatriz Arranz

PhD in Architecture from the Madrid School of Architecture (ETSAM-UPM). Her research projects are strongly focused on technology transfer to society and involve experimental development. These projects materialize in three transversal areas: industrialized construction, experimental evaluation of building envelope components in test cells, and comprehensive energy renovation (integrating indoor environmental quality and energy efficiency). In parallel to her research projects, since 2006, she has worked on various editions of Solar Decathlon: Solar Decathlon 2007 as a student and SDE 2010 and SDE 2012 as an organization. At Solar Decathlon, housing prototypes are developed to decarbonize the construction sector, largely using industrialized systems that incorporate many of the principles of circularity. In recent years, she has been a member of international expert groups linked to the Solar Decathlon "IEA EBC Annex 74. Competition and Living Lab Platform" (2019/22) and "Solar Decathlon Europe. Analysis of the results" EC (2018/20). Her line of research has recently expanded towards the field of circularity in the building industry. Over the last 20 years, the construction sector has made progress in decarbonizing the operational phase of buildings. This implies that in the coming years, environmental impacts must be reduced in the remaining phases of a building's life cycle. Life Cycle Assessment from a circular perspective addresses this challenge.