Summary
Rafael Burke is an architect and sustainability specialist with 19 years’ experience leading energy efficiency in building regulation, currently heading the Energy group for Spain’s CTE DB-HE at IETcc-CSIC. He combines advanced architectural design (MArch, UPM) with numerical engineering methods (MEng, CIMNE-UPC) and hands-on tools development—authoring regulatory compliance software like VisorXML, epbdcalc and EnvolventeCTE. A Certified PassivHaus Designer, Rafael bridges code-making, software tooling and practical architecture, also running his own practice for projects and structural calculations. Long active in open-source and maker communities (GNOME member, early Madrid Hacklab contributor), he blends collaborative, research-driven approaches with pragmatic delivery of low-energy building solutions.
19 years of coding experience
Certified PassivHaus Designer, Arquitecto certificado especialista en edificios de consumo casi nulo y nulo o casas pasivas., Certified PassivHaus Designer, Arquitecto certificado especialista en edificios de consumo casi nulo y nulo o casas pasivas. at PassivHaus Institut
UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
MArch, Architecture, MArch, Architecture at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
English, Spanish, Galician, Portuguese, French, German