ERF Team

Industrial engineer and environmental consultant

My work at ERF

I have been a partner and director at ERF since 2011, building on my previous experience as Technical Director (2000-2011) and also taking on management and business development responsibilities. This has allowed me to reinvent a large part of the products and services in order to make them more efficient and effective for clients. As an example, we have generated the Immediate Energy Savings System for buildings and equipment, become experts in turnkey consumption monitoring installations and carried out detailed and calibrated energy audits.

As a result of the business union with the engineering company ARCbcn, I am now the Director of the Energy and Sustainability area of WATTEGA

My experience

I have a cross-disciplinary education in the fields of engineering, environment and humanities. Before working in ERF, from 1995 to 2000 I was in charge of developing and implementing the strategic environmental plan of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).
I have written the books Eficiencia energética en la rehabilitación de edificios [Energy Efficiency in the Rehabilitation of Buildings] (co-author, 2012), La energía en el horizonte de 2030 [Energy on the Horizon of 2030] (co-author, 2005), Gobernabilidad democrática global [Global Democratic Governance] (co-author, 2007) and La ambientalización de la universidad [The Environmentalization of the University] (1999). I have overseen the publishing of the books Criterios ambientales en el diseño, construcción y utilización de edificios [Environmental Criteria in the Design, Construction and Use of Buildings] (1999) and Medio ambiente y tecnología. Guía ambiental de la UPC [Environment and Technology. An Environmental Guide to UPC] (1998).

I have published several technical articles in specialist journals (Journal of Cleaner Production, Debates Tecnológicos, etc.), as well as popular articles in newspapers and general information publications (Hoy, Ara, La Vanguardia, etc.).

The greenest energy is the energy we don't use.

''Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.''

Nelson Mandela

Biologist and Postgraduate in Sustainable City and Territory

My work at ERF

I started working in the company in June 1999. I have been project manager since 2005. Throughout these years, as an environmental consultant, I have specialized in the areas of territorial management and planning, strategic environmental assessment, natural heritage and biodiversity, urban greenery and climate change.

Throughout my professional activity I have directed, co-ordinated or participated in over a hundred projects related to multiple areas of sustainability, beyond those already mentioned. Among those carried out in recent years, I would highlight:

• Strategic environmental assessment of the urban master plan of the Three Chimneys (Besòs Consortium, 2017-2022).

• Preliminary study on the feasibility of creating an agroforestry park in the Aubi plain (Palafrugell City Council, 2022).

• Assessment of the vulnerability of transport infrastructures in Catalonia to climate change (Catalan Office for Climate Change, 2020-2021).

• Segre river Plan as it passes through Lleida (Lleida City Council, 2017).

I am the author of La creación de valor compartido en el sector energético. 25 casos prácticos [The Creation of Shared Value in the Energy Sector.

25 Practical Cases] (2015) and Canon de Belloch. Catálogo razonado de arbolado urbano [Belloch’s Canon. Catalogue Raisonné of Urban Trees] (2015), and co-author of El transporte eléctrico y su impacto ambiental. Reflexiones y propuestas para la mejora de la evaluación ambiental [Electric Transportation and its Environmental Impact.

Reflections and Proposals for Improving Environmental Evaluation] (2012).

My experience

Before I joined ERF, I worked as an environmental educator (1999). Previously, I was a resident internal biologist (RIB) in the fields of Clinical Biochemistry (1994-1997) and Clinical Microbiology and Parasitology (1991-1993).

I enjoy hiking in the mountains and I am a great fan of nature photography and writing, both in its technical and literary aspects.

Each project is an opportunity, faced with renewed enthusiasm, to contribute to making a more sustainable world.

Environmentalist, Master in Ecology, Management and Restoration of the Natural Environment

My work at ERF

Since June 2014, my work at ERF has been based above all on socio-environmental, natural heritage or urban planning and management issues. I have contributed to environmental impact reports and analyses (Environmental report on the installation of a waste recycling facility in the Sant Jaume de Llierca area; previous environmental analysis of options for the passage of the Sentmenat - Santa Coloma Very High Voltage line as it passes through Santa Coloma de Gramenet). I am also interested in topics related to the urban environment, such as metabolism and greenery (Formulation of programmes and projects in the field of environmental aspects and urban metabolism as well as climate change and urban sustainability in Lima-Callao; principles, criteria and socio-environmental objectives of urban planning). At the same time, one of my specialties is Geographic Information systems for the generation of cartography and territorial analysis, which are applied in one way or another to a good part of the projects on which I work.

My experience

My employment history prior to ERF is articulated in areas quite far from those who currently draw my attention. During 2012, I came into contact with environmental management systems in the industrial field. Between 2013 and 2014, through the Final Degree and Master's projects, I began to undertake research, applied to the use of byproducts as an agricultural amendment.

One of the strong points of ERF is its ability to master cross-disciplinary topics through the collaborative work of a multidisciplinary team.

Environmentalist, Master in Urban and Industrial Ecology

My work at ERF

I joined ERF in October 2018, and participated in territorial planning and climate change adaptation and mitigation projects. Among others, it is worth highlighting the study on the vulnerabilities of the mobility system due to the effects of climate change, the Definition of Management, Intermediation and Supervision Tools for Compensation Obligations arising from the Environmental Assessment, the support for the organization and promotion of the first Catalan Climate Action Summit, held in 2020, and the Study to Reduce the Impact on Climate and Environmental Change caused by Maritime Transport of Passengers and Goods in the Balearic Islands..

I have also collaborated in the drafting of the Rubí, Vilanova y Geltrú and Torredembarra Action Plans for Sustainable Energy and Climate (PAESC).

My experience

Previously, I have worked in the areas of life cycle analysis of construction products, environmental certifications and waste prevention. ​In addition, I have participated in different scientific projects resulting from visits to research centres in Barcelona, Sweden and Ecuador. In this sense, it is worth highlighting the expedition to the Yasuní National Park and Biosphere Reserve (Ecuador), where I contributed to projects related to the impacts of climate change on the biodiversity of the Park.

In parallel, since 2018, I have co-managed a Twitter account (@EcoFaqs) intended for dissemination and environmental reporting.

Be the change you want to see in the world.

Architect and Building Engineer

My work at ERF

Since April 2023, I have been a sustainable building consultant, dealing with LEED certifications. The first project I have started working on is the renovation of the old Fish Market in Barcelona, a project that consists of the creation of a new complex with three buildings dedicated to research and innovation for planetary well-being. Meanwhile, I am in the process of obtaining the LEED GA (Green Associate) and LEED AP BD+C qualifications (Accredited Professional in Building Design + Construction).

My experience

I graduated in Architecture/Building Engineering from the University of Trento (Italy), also doing part of my studies in Austria and Germany. I have experience in consulting and energy certifications, and have worked on both new building projects and existing building renovations.

I began my experience in Barcelona collaborating with the BH Arquitectura studio on GrowSmarter – European Project for the development of solutions for the Smart Cities of the future, within the Horizon 2020 framework.

Since 2020, I have worked as an energy efficiency and sustainability consultant in the residential and tertiary sectors in PGI Engineering & Consulting, where I have learned about, among other things, software such as Design Builder, HULC and CE3x.

"Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant an apple tree today".

Martin Luther King