About
Our Vision
UAW is a consultancy dedicated to improving user comfort and energy optimization in indoor and outdoor spaces. Our approach prioritizes people, aiming to create healthier, inspiring, and environmentally respectful environments. We employ scientifically-informed methods and expert teams to develop sustainable solutions for homeowners, companies, municipalities, and urban planners.
We focus on creating better residential environments, enhancing workplace productivity, optimizing energy for municipalities, and supporting urban planners in designing public spaces.
How We Work
Our Methodologies
At UAW, we believe that well-being and energy efficiency start with understanding. Every project—whether it’s a private home, a workplace, or an entire urban district—begins with listening to your needs, observing how spaces are used, and assessing their environmental performance. From there, we develop tailored, evidence-based sustainable strategies balancing comfort, and efficacy.
Consultancy
Sustainable Solutions
We provide personalized guidance for homeowners, companies, municipalities, and urban planners who want to create healthier, more comfortable, and energy-efficient spaces. Our consultancy covers everything from comfort enhancement and climate vulnerability management to energy optimization and lighting design for well-being—always adapted to your unique context.
Products
Innovative Offerings
Some challenges require more than advice—they need new tools and solutions. We develop and deliver adaptive products like our Dynamic Screen and Lighting Blanket, designed to improve comfort and reduce energy use. These innovations are born from rigorous research and real-world testing to ensure measurable impact.
Tailored Solutions
Applied Adaptive Renovations
Turning analysis into action, we propose adaptive renovations that elevate well-being and energy performance. Whether it’s leveraging thermal potential in galleries, re-thinking lighting and color for health, or optimizing layouts for comfort, our design expertise ensures that every intervention is both functional and inspiring.
Science-based
Scientifically Grounded Approach
Our methods are rooted in decades of architectural and environmental research. By combining advanced diagnostics (thermal performance analysis, moisture detection, energy certifications) with proven design strategies, we ensure that every recommendation is credible, transparent, and effective. This scientific foundation allows us to bridge the gap between theory and practice—turning knowledge into meaningful improvements for your spaces.
What do we Offer?
Tailored Assessments & Solutions
Adaptive Renovation for Well-Being
Innovative Products
Science-Based Diagnostics
Our Team
At UAW, we bring together seasoned scientific experts and innovative young professionals to create spaces that enhance well-being and energy performance.
Our work is rooted in rigorous research, enriched by real-world design experience, and driven by a shared passion for improving how people live, work, and connect with their environment.
We believe the best solutions emerge when evidence-based knowledge meets creativity and adaptability.
Innovative mindset
We thrive on curiosity and experimentation. By blending emerging technologies, fresh perspectives, and adaptive design strategies, we challenge conventional approaches to architecture and urban planning. Our team actively explores new methods—from dynamic shading systems to user-centered diagnostics—to ensure our solutions are not only effective today but remain resilient and inspiring for years to come.
Scientific Expertise
Our recommendations are grounded in decades of research on comfort, energy efficiency, and environmental design. With a long-standing academic trajectory and collaborations across leading universities and research institutions, we translate complex scientific insights into practical strategies. This evidence-based foundation allows us to deliver solutions you can trust—whether it’s a tailored assessment of your home, an energy optimization plan for your company, or guidance for municipalities and planners shaping public spaces.
Founders
Helena Coch Roura
Helena Coch Roura is a leading architect and researcher in environmental architecture and urban comfort. A Full Professor at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC), she has pioneered work on bioclimatic design, urban morphology, and energy efficiency in Mediterranean contexts. Helena’s career bridges academic research, design practice, and consultancy, with decades of experience developing solutions for the creation of comfortable environments and energy-centered design and planning.
Her contributions—documented through numerous peer-reviewed publications, international workshops, and innovative projects—have shaped how professionals integrate environmental performance and human well-being in architecture and urban planning.
Glòria Serra Coch
Glòria Serra Coch, PhD, is an architect (ETSAB, UPC), urban planner (Columbia University), and Doctor in Sciences of the City (EPFL) specializing in urban analytics, neighbourhood planning, and geographies of innovation.
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Her international experience spans Europe and the United States, where she has combined professional practice—designing urban spaces and mixed-use developments—with cutting-edge research on energy transitions, proximity, and information networks.
Glòria has worked with leading institutions such as EPFL’s HERUS lab, CallisonRTKL in New York, and BTA Architecture in Barcelona. Her work explores how built environments influence comfort, energy use, and social interactions, ensuring that well-being is at the core of every project. At UAW, she brings scientific rigor, innovative thinking, and a people-centered vision to guide clients toward healthier, inspiring, and energy-efficient spaces.
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Get in Touch
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