The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) in Seville, Spain, is set to build the EU’s first net-positive energy institutional building, breaking ground in summer 2025 following a ceremony on 30 June. Its design, dome-shaped and heavily influenced by Seville’s architectural heritage, incorporates solar panels, a garden, a shaded public plaza, and locally sourced materials such as wood, limestone, and ceramics. The building aims not just for carbon neutrality, but to generate more energy than it consumes, offsetting CO₂ emissions. It stands as a flagship of the New European Bauhaus (NEB), aligning with its ideals of beauty, sustainability, inclusivity, and innovation. Flexible design is built in to enable future adaptability, and the project embodies policy, design, and construction approaches that go beyond conventional sustainability to achieve net-positive impact.