El PAÍS and Acciona convene a series of experts to discuss real estate solutions that promote urban regeneration. Real estate is responsible for 20.1% of final energy consumption in the country and 17% of polluting gases.

“The challenge of decarbonization is very demanding and with a clear horizon towards 2030 and 2050. It is really very difficult, especially in the existing park,” says Alejandro Miguel, Manager of Sustainability and Innovation at Acciona Real Estate. The residential park in Spain has energy efficiency problems and they surfaced with the pandemic, says David Lucas, Secretary of State for Housing and Urban Agenda, at the event. The Government has undertaken to face, from different angles, the challenge of housing and sustainability, he added.. The first of them is access to housing, the second is urban transformation and regeneration, and the third is sustainability. ‘We want Madrid to be a better city to live, to work, to invest,’ says Borja Carabante, delegate of the Government Area of Urban Planning, Environment and Mobility of Madrid City Council.