From Positive-Energy Buildings to Positive Global Energy Regions
The TEGPOS (Positive Global Energy Region), a real Trojan horse compared with the model for buildings that are super-efficient yet conceived in silo (BEPOS, a building that produces more energy than it consumes), asserts the cross-cutting nature of energy and the challenges to be taken into account. It urges us to open our minds to the wider, regional dimension, to think and act outside the given operational perimeters, often confined to lots of land.
For our studio, developing the BEPOS directive in a more urban and responsive way became an early priority. In 2010, Franck Boutté was invited by the PUCA (an inter-ministerial research and experimentation program relating to urban planning and the built environment) to take part in the “BEPOS and the Smart Grid: Why Connect Them?” working group, where he had the opportunity to conceptualize the notion of TEGPOS.
Neither a benchmark nor a label or certification, TEGPOS is more a philosophy, a way of thinking. It will shape the way our studio approaches built and regional projects by encompassing out-of-scope approaches, pooling resources, harnessing synergies, networking, pursuing balances, equalization, multi-criteria evaluation.