RT Journal Article T1 Edificios de balance energético positivo. Aplicación al diseño de un colegio en Abárzuza T2 Net positive energy buildings. Application to the design of a school building in abarzuza A1 Romero-Amorrortu, Ander A1 Barreiro-Sánchez, Eneritz A1 Sánchez-Zabala, Víctor AB Buildings are great consumers of energy, being responsible for almost 36% of CO2 emissions in Europe. Though there are many initiatives towards the reduction of energy consumption and CO2 emissions in buildings, many of the alternatives are diminished due to a lack of a unique and holistic approach to the problem. This paper reports a new innovative concept of Positive Energy Buildings (EB+), as well as an integral methodology that covers the overall design process for achieving them. The methodology evaluates energy efficiency solutions at different scales, from building site to generation systems. An educational building design in Navarra serves as a case study to check the feasibility of the proposed methodology. The study concludes that the key to achieve a Positive Energy Building is a minimized energy demand, complemented by effi cient facilities and enhanced by distributed power generation from renewable sources. SN 0012-7361 YR 2010 FD 2010-12-01 LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3569 UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3569 LA spa NO Romero-Amorrortu , A , Barreiro-Sánchez , E & Sánchez-Zabala , V 2010 , ' Edificios de balance energético positivo. Aplicación al diseño de un colegio en Abárzuza ' , Dyna (Spain) , vol. 85 , N.º 9 , pp. 746-759 . https://doi.org/10.6036/3842 DS TECNALIA Publications RD 3 sept 2024