Energy-positive architecture is no longer a distant vision, but a tangible, working reality. For Óbuda University, it is a priority to foster research and innovation that simultaneously support sustainability, create more livable urban environments, and drive economic growth.
This approach is well illustrated by the work of Professor István Kistelegdi, which demonstrates that existing building stock – including family houses built in the 1970s – can be transformed into energy-positive systems. These buildings generate more energy annually than they consume, making them not only more sustainable but also more cost-efficient in the long term. Such solutions play a key role in achieving climate goals and reducing energy dependency.
At the university’s Ybl Miklós Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering, ongoing research focuses on applying the most advanced technologies to sustainable architecture. The use of simulation models and artificial intelligence enables faster, more accurate, and more efficient design processes. Students and researchers work together to ensure that the buildings of the future are not only energy-conscious, but also healthy and economically viable to operate.
Óbuda University believes that the close collaboration between architecture and technology can provide answers to one of the greatest challenges of our time: how to build in a way that preserves the planet’s resources for future generations.
For those interested in the topic, the message of Professor István Kistelegdi offers particularly inspiring insight into the future of research and the opportunities available to students:
“We show our students how humans and machines can ‘communicate’ with each other, teaching systems what a sustainable building is. At the same time, we can observe how buildings take shape and what they are capable of achieving from a sustainability perspective. We guide and visualize all of this as an accelerated process. This will fundamentally change how we think about sustainability, construction, and building usage. New building types will emerge – the architecture of the future is already taking shape.”
We recommend this topic to anyone interested in how engineering thinking, sustainability, and cutting-edge technology come together in shaping the architecture of the future.
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