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BA
RC
EL
ON
AC
LE
AN
EN
ER
GY
TO
UR
Dis
cove
rw
hy B
arce
lona
is
beco
min
g th
e E
cono
mic
and
E
ntre
pren
eurs
hip
Hub
of
the
Med
iter
rane
an a
nda
Sm
art
Cit
y le
ader
in C
lean
Ene
rgy
The
Tour
will
vis
it on
e of
the
mos
t dy
nam
ic a
nd i
nter
estin
g
area
s of
the
city
of B
arce
lona
: 2
2@B
arce
lona
, th
e In
nova
tion
Dis
tric
t, a
nd t
he F
orum
Are
a.
It w
ill c
over
the
fol
low
ing
Key
Poi
nts
of In
tere
st:
2
2@
Urb
an L
ab
IMPL
EMEN
TIN
G S
MAR
T C
ITY
SO
LUTI
ON
S
A
gbar
Tow
er
EX
AM
PLE
OF
GR
EEN
AR
CH
ITEC
TUR
E
S
ilken
Hot
el D
iago
nal B
arce
lona
E
XAM
PLE
OF
SO
LAR
TH
ERM
AL
INS
TALL
ATIO
N
M
edia
tic
(Med
ia-IC
T) B
uild
ing
E
XAM
PLE
OF
GR
EEN
AR
CH
ITEC
TUR
E
LI
VE
Bar
celo
na P
roje
ct
LOG
ISTI
CS
FO
R T
HE
IMPL
EMEN
TATI
ON
OF
THE
ELEC
TRIC
VEH
ICLE
H
otel
ME
A
MEM
BER
OF
MO
BEC
HO
TELS
: EL
ECTR
IC M
OTO
RB
IKES
FO
R T
OU
RIS
TS
Fo
rum
Are
a
EXT
ENS
IVE
REG
ENER
ATIO
N P
RO
JEC
T W
ITH
CLE
AN E
NER
GY
INFR
ASTR
UC
TUR
ES
b_
TEC
Fou
ndat
ion
LE
Ad
ING
TH
E d
IAG
ON
AL-
BES
òS
CAM
PUS
C
atal
onia
Ene
rgy
Effi
cien
cy C
lust
er
PUB
LIC
-PR
IVAT
E S
ECTO
R P
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OR
M
IR
EC
C
ATALO
NIA
IN
STI
TUTE
FO
R E
NER
GY
RES
EAR
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iclim
a
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ATIN
G A
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CO
OLI
NG
SYS
TEM
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rum
Sol
ar P
hoto
volt
aic
Pla
nt
A S
YM
BO
L O
F LO
CAL
ENVIR
ON
MEN
TALL
Y FR
IEN
dLY
PO
LIC
IES
Fu
sion
for
Ene
rgy
(F4
E)
EU
RO
PEAN
ITE
R C
ON
TRAC
TIN
G A
UTH
OR
ITY
B
lood
& H
uman
tis
sues
Ban
k B
uild
ing
E
XAM
PLE
OF
GR
EEN
AR
CH
ITEC
TUR
E
B
icin
g
BAR
CEL
ON
A’S
BIK
E PU
BLI
C U
RB
AN
TR
AN
SPO
RT
02
01
03
04
05
06
08
07
09
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14
15
02
03
10
11
04
05 1
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06
13
15
01
09
TM
BC
LE
AN
PU
BL
IC
BU
SE
S
ww
w.t
mb.
cat
Tran
spor
ts M
etro
polit
ans
de B
arce
lona
(TM
B)
is t
he m
ain
publ
ic t
rans
port
co
mpa
ny in
Bar
celo
na a
nd it
s m
etro
polit
an a
rea,
and
it m
anag
es b
uses
and
m
etro
.
Cur
rent
ly,
TMB
has
a la
rge
num
ber
of b
uses
pow
ered
by
natu
ral g
as (3
3%
of
its
fleet
). I
t is
als
o m
akin
g a
com
mitm
ent
to t
he t
echn
olog
ies
of h
ybrid
vehi
-cl
es. Th
is c
omm
itm
ent
is r
eflec
ted
in b
oth
the
acqu
isitio
n of
new
hyb
rid
vehi
-cl
es a
nd t
he c
onve
rsio
n of
die
sel v
ehic
les
into
hyb
rid
vehi
cles
. TM
B p
lans
to
prod
uce
80
hyb
rid
vehi
cles
(die
sel-e
lect
ric)
bef
ore
201
2, w
hich
will
rep
rese
nt
a si
gnifi
cant
red
uction
of
emis
sion
s (N
Ox,
par
ticu
late
mat
ter,
CO
2).
Furt
herm
ore,
TM
B a
nd t
he c
ompa
ny G
as N
atur
al a
re w
orki
ng t
oget
her
to
tran
sfor
m a
gas
veh
icle
into
a h
ybrid
one
by t
he e
nd o
f O
ctob
er 2
01
1.
The
tran
spor
t com
pany
is a
lso
inst
allin
g fil
ters
for p
articu
late
mat
ter a
nd N
Ox
in o
ver
50
0 v
ehic
les.
With
all t
hese
mea
sure
s by
the
end
of
201
2,
TMB
will
ha
ve o
ne o
f th
e cl
eane
st s
urfa
ce p
ublic
tra
nspo
rt fl
eets
in E
urop
e.
22@
BA
RC
EL
ON
A,
TH
E
INN
OV
AT
ION
DIS
TR
ICT
The
22@
Bar
celo
na p
roje
ct t
rans
form
s tw
o hu
ndre
d he
ctar
es
of i
ndus
tria
l la
nd i
nto
an i
nnov
ativ
e di
stric
t of
ferin
g m
oder
n
spac
es f
or t
he s
trat
egic
con
cent
rati
on o
f in
tens
ive
know
l-
edge
-bas
ed a
ctiv
itie
s. T
his
initi
ativ
e is
als
o a
proj
ect o
f urb
an,
econ
omic
and
soc
ial
refu
rbis
hmen
t to
cre
ate
a hi
gh-q
ualit
y
envi
ronm
ent
for
wor
king
and
liv
ing.
It
is t
he m
ost
impo
rtan
t
proj
ect
of u
rban
tra
nsfo
rmat
ion
in t
he c
ity
of B
arce
lona
in
re-
cent
yea
rs,
and
one
of t
he m
ost
ambi
tious
in E
urop
e of
the
se
char
acte
ristic
s, w
ith a
hig
h re
al e
stat
e po
tent
ial
and
a 18
0
mill
ion
Euro
s pu
blic
inve
stm
ent
in t
he in
fras
truc
ture
pla
n.
The
coex
iste
nce
of i
nnov
ativ
e an
d dy
nam
ic c
ompa
nies
with
loca
l di
stric
t on
es -
shop
ping
, sm
all
wor
ksho
ps,
serv
ice
sec-
tor-
confi
gure
a r
ich
prod
uctiv
e fa
bric
. Th
e pr
esen
ce o
f en
ter-
pris
es a
llow
s th
e cr
eatio
n of
clu
ster
are
as i
n se
vera
l fie
lds
of k
now
ledg
e in
whi
ch B
arce
lona
is
susc
eptib
le t
o ob
tain
in-
tern
atio
nal
lead
ersh
ip,
by m
eans
of
the
conc
entr
atio
n in
the
area
of
com
pani
es,
publ
ic in
stitu
tions
and
sci
entifi
c an
d te
ch-
nolo
gic
cent
res
of ref
eren
ce. T
he s
trat
egic
sec
tors
are
: Med
ia,
Info
rmat
ion
and
Com
mun
icat
ion
Tech
nolo
gies
(IC
T),
Med
ical
Tech
nolo
gies
(M
edTe
ch),
des
ign
and
Ene
rgy.
Com
pani
es i
n
the
Ener
gy c
lust
er a
lread
y pr
esen
t in
the
22@
dis
tric
t ar
e:
Ende
sa E
nel,
Als
tom
Eco
tècn
ica,
Sch
neid
er E
lect
ric,
Gas
Nat
ural
Fen
osa,
etc
.
01
22@
UR
BA
N L
AB
IMP
LE
ME
NT
ING
SM
AR
T C
ITY
SO
LU
TIO
NS
Bar
celo
na h
as m
ade
a co
mm
itm
ent
to d
evel
op d
igit
al in
fras
truc
ture
s an
d to
ap
ply
tech
nolo
gy fo
r mor
e in
telli
gent
cit
y m
anag
emen
t, b
ecom
ing
a re
fere
nce
in E
urop
e as
a S
mar
t an
d In
nova
tive
Cit
y. In
thi
s co
ntex
t, t
he 2
2@
Urb
an L
ab
proj
ect
was
lau
nche
d to
fos
ter
the
use
of t
he c
ity
as a
n ur
ban
labo
rato
ry,
a te
stin
g gr
ound
for
inn
ovat
ive
solu
tion
s fo
r co
mpa
nies
see
king
to
impl
emen
t te
sts
in a
ny fi
eld:
urb
an p
lann
ing,
edu
cation
, m
obili
ty, et
c.
The
aim
of t
his
proj
ect i
s to
pro
vide
com
pani
es tha
t are
dev
elop
ing
inno
vative
pr
ojec
ts a
nd t
hat
are
in t
he p
re-c
omm
erci
alis
atio
n st
age
with
the
poss
ibili
ty
of t
estin
g th
em in
the
dis
tric
t th
roug
h pi
lot
tria
ls.
Maj
or p
ilot
proj
ects
in t
he 2
2@
Urb
an L
ab a
re:
•Im
plem
entation
of1
2outdo
orp
ublic
str
eet
light
ing
poin
ts E
co D
igit
al w
ith
LE
D t
echn
olog
y an
d fit
ted
with
sens
ors,
GS
M a
eria
ls,
Wifi
Mes
h ac
cess
poin
t an
d w
ebca
m.
•Rolloutofthe
infras
truc
turefo
ristalling
char
ging
sta
tion
s fo
r ele
ctric
veh
icle
s.•Pilo
tprogram
tore
ad g
as, e
lect
riit
y an
d w
ater
met
ers
tele
mat
ical
ly in
mor
e
than
15
0 h
ousi
ng u
nits
.•T
raffi
c lig
hts
adap
ted
for
blin
d pe
ople
at
all c
ross
road
s.•F
ibre
opt
ic n
etw
orks
(FT
TH)
insi
de h
omes
to
mul
tiply
the
ban
dwid
th.
•Etc.
02
AG
BA
R T
Ow
ER
EX
AM
PL
E O
F G
RE
EN
AR
CH
ITE
CT
UR
E
ww
w.a
gbar
.es
It i
s on
e of
the
lat
est
arch
itec
tura
l ic
ons
of B
arce
lona
’s s
kylin
e. I
t ho
uses
th
e he
adqu
arte
rs o
f th
e AG
BAR
Gro
up (
Bar
celo
na w
ater
sup
ply
com
pany
).
Bui
lt i
n 2
00
5,
the
tow
er i
s th
e w
ork
of t
he F
renc
h ar
chit
ect
Jean
Nou
vel.
It i
s 142
met
res
heig
ht a
nd h
as 3
1 fl
oors
wit
h pl
enty
of
light
, no
col
umns
di
vidi
ng its
use
ful s
pace
, an
d 3
tec
hnic
al fl
oors
, w
ith
cont
rol t
he b
uild
ing’
s m
anag
emen
t sy
stem
s.
La T
orre
Agb
ar w
as a
war
ded
of t
he G
reen
Bui
ldin
g si
gnet
by
the
Euro
pean
C
omm
issi
on,
whi
ch r
ecog
nize
s th
ose
non-res
iden
tial
bui
ldin
gs t
hat
resp
ect
the
envi
ronm
ent
and
exce
ed le
gal e
nerg
y ef
ficie
ncy
requ
irem
ents
.
A ve
ry im
port
ant
part
of
the
tow
er is
a d
oubl
e sk
in.
The
inne
r sk
in is
for
med
by
a c
oncr
ete
wal
l with
open
ings
and
coa
ted
with
insu
latin
g m
ater
ial,
finis
hed
with
corr
ugat
ed a
lum
inum
pla
tes.
The
out
er s
kin
cons
ists
of st
eel f
ram
e an
d gl
ass
slat
s or
ient
ed t
o m
inim
ize
sola
r ra
diat
ion
on t
he f
açad
e.
It h
as 4
,20
0 L
ED
lum
inou
s de
vice
s th
at a
llow
gen
erat
ion
of l
umin
ous
im-
ages
in
the
faça
de.
In a
ddit
ion,
it
has
tem
pera
ture
sen
sors
in
the
outs
ide
of t
he t
ower
tha
t re
gula
te t
he o
peni
ng a
nd c
losi
ng o
f th
e gl
ass
shut
ters
of
the
faç
ade
of t
he b
uild
ing,
red
ucin
g th
e co
nsum
ptio
n of
ene
rgy
for
air
cond
itio
ning
.
03
SIL
KE
NH
OT
EL
DIA
GO
NA
LB
AR
CEL
ON
A
EX
AM
PL
E O
F S
OL
AR
TH
ER
MA
L I
NS
TA
LL
AT
ION
A
RC
HIT
EC
TU
RE
ww
w.b
arce
lona
ener
gia.
cat
ww
w.h
otel
diag
onal
barc
elon
a.co
m
Hot
el d
iago
nal B
arce
lona
(S
ilken
Gro
up)
was
ope
ned
in 2
00
4.
It is
situ
ated
al
ong
Avin
guda
dia
gona
l and
just
a s
tone
’s t
hrow
fro
m t
he A
gbar
Tow
er.
The
proj
ect w
as c
arried
out
by
arch
itec
ts J
uli C
apel
la a
nd M
ique
l Gar
cía
who
kne
w
it w
ould
be
impo
ssib
le t
o co
mpe
te w
ith
the
impo
sing
Agb
ar T
ower
. Th
eref
ore
they
dec
ided
to
cons
truc
t the
hot
el a
s a
sort
of b
ackg
roun
d sc
reen
. The
hot
el
has
a so
lar
ther
mal
inst
alla
tion
on
the
roof
and
it is
a g
ood
exam
ple
of a
rchi
-te
ctur
al in
tegr
atio
n of
ren
ewab
le e
nerg
y sy
stem
s.
The
city
of
Bar
celo
na h
as a
loc
al r
egul
atio
n, t
he S
olar
The
rmal
Ord
inan
ce,
that
reg
ulat
es t
he in
trod
uction
of a
ctiv
e sy
stem
s to
cap
ture
and
use
low
tem
-pe
ratu
re s
olar
ene
rgy
in o
rder
to
prod
uce
dom
estic
hot w
ater
in b
uild
ings
and
co
nstr
uction
s, r
egar
dles
s of
whe
ther
the
y ar
e pu
blic
or
priv
atel
y ow
ned.
The
Sol
ar T
herm
al O
rdin
ance
of
Bar
celo
na c
ame
into
for
ce i
n 2
00
0 a
nd a
f-fe
cts
new
ly b
uilt, r
ehab
ilita
ted
and
fully
refo
rmed
bui
ldin
gs a
nd tho
se s
eeki
ng
to i
mpl
emen
t a
chan
ge o
f us
e, w
ith
a fo
reca
sted
lar
ge c
onsu
mpt
ion
of h
ot
wat
er.
The
mon
itoring
and
ass
essm
ent
of t
he d
evel
opm
ent
of t
he O
rdin
ance
is
don
e by
the
Bar
celo
na E
nerg
y A
genc
y.
04
ME
DIA
TIC
(M
ED
IA-I
CT) B
UIL
DIN
G
EX
AM
PL
E O
F G
RE
EN
AR
CH
ITE
CT
UR
E
A hi
ghly
per
sona
l cre
atio
n of
the
Clo
ud-9
arc
hite
ct’s
offi
ce, le
d by
Enr
ic R
uiz-
Gel
i, th
e ne
w b
uild
ing
aim
s to
est
ablis
h su
stai
nabl
e, e
cono
mic
and
ene
rgy-
gene
ratin
g ar
chitec
ture
, co
ncei
ved
usin
g th
e la
test
tec
hnol
ogy.
Offi
cial
ly i
n-
augu
rate
d in
Sep
tem
ber
2010,
the
MEd
IA-T
IC b
uild
ing
is d
esig
ned
to b
e a
com
mun
icat
ions
hub
and
mee
ting
poin
t fo
r bu
sine
sses
and
ins
titu
tion
s in
th
e w
orld
of
info
rmat
ion
and
com
mun
icat
ion
tech
nolo
gies
(IC
Ts)
as w
ell
as
for
the
med
ia a
nd a
udio
-vis
ual s
ecto
rs.
The
build
ing
is i
n th
e sh
ape
of a
cub
e an
d fo
rmed
by
larg
e iro
n be
ams
cov-
ered
in
a pl
asti
c co
atin
g of
infl
atab
le b
ubbl
es,
whi
ch o
ffer
glim
pses
of
the
fluor
esce
nt s
truc
ture
of th
e bu
ildin
g. T
he a
ttra
ctiv
e co
vering
als
o ha
s a
func
-tion
al u
tilit
y as
a w
ay o
f re
gula
ting
ligh
t an
d te
mpe
ratu
re,
prim
arily
pre
vent
-in
g 1
14 t
ons
of C
O2
a y
ear
from
esc
apin
g fr
om t
he b
uild
ing,
and
off
erin
g a
20
% s
avin
g on
clim
ate
cont
rol.
Ever
y fa
cade
of t
he M
edia
-TIC
is d
iffe
rent
: fro
m t
he o
utsi
de, t
hey
reve
al p
arts
of
thei
r int
erio
r spa
ces
and
give
a d
iver
se p
last
icit
y, w
hile
from
the
insi
de th
ey
offe
r sp
ecta
cula
r vi
ews.
The
tra
nslu
cent
and
inno
vative
cov
erin
g, E
TFE
(Eth
-yl
ene
Tetr
afluo
r Et
hyle
ne), r
ecen
tly
appr
oved
as
a co
nstr
uction
mat
eria
l, is
in
itse
lf an
inno
vation
in S
pani
sh b
uild
ing:
it a
cts
as a
n ex
tern
al c
over
ing
and
a m
obile
sun
scre
en t
hat he
lps
light
to
pene
trat
e an
d af
ford
s he
at s
avin
gs. T
he
ETF
E sk
in is
act
ivat
ed u
sing
pne
umat
ic m
echa
nism
s th
anks
to
“lux
omet
er”
sens
ors
that
aut
omat
ical
ly a
nd in
depe
nden
tly
activa
te t
he c
ham
ber
infla
tion
an
d de
flation
dev
ices
acc
ordi
ng t
o ho
w m
uch
sola
r en
ergy
the
re i
s. T
hese
lu
xom
eter
s ar
e en
ergy
inde
pend
ent.
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w.e
-clo
ud9.
com
05
LIV
E B
AR
CE
LO
NA
P
RO
JEC
T
LO
GIS
TIC
S F
OR
TH
E I
MP
LE
ME
NT
AT
ION
O
F T
HE
EL
EC
TR
IC V
EH
ICL
E
LIVE
Bar
celo
na (
Logi
stic
s fo
r th
e Im
plem
enta
tion
of t
he E
lect
ric
Vehi
cle)
is
an o
pen
publ
ic-p
riva
te p
latf
orm
tha
t pr
omot
es t
he u
se o
f el
ectr
ic v
ehic
les
in
the
city
as
an o
ppor
tuni
ty t
o po
sition
Bar
celo
na a
s a
cent
re o
f in
nova
tion
in
elec
tric
mob
ility
on
a w
orld
wid
e sc
ale.
It
is p
rom
oted
by
the
Gov
ernm
ent
of
Cat
alon
ia,
Bar
celo
na C
ity
Cou
ncil,
the
Spa
nish
Gov
ernm
ent,
SE
AT,
ENd
ESA
and
SIE
MEN
S.
Toda
y th
e ci
ty h
as m
ore
than
24
0 c
harg
e st
atio
ns.
The
goal
is
that
eve
ry
citiz
en h
as a
sta
tion
acc
essi
ble
withi
n 5
min
utes
fro
m h
ome.
Thi
s pu
blic
ne
twor
k of
rec
harg
ing
poin
ts i
s an
exa
mpl
e of
an
inno
vative
inf
rast
ruct
ure
and
is c
reat
ing
new
bus
ines
s op
port
unitie
s. I
t re
spon
ds t
o an
ope
n m
odel
: so
me
vend
ors
impl
emen
t dif
fere
nt te
chno
logi
es. T
he c
ity
is d
evel
opin
g a
pilo
t pr
ojec
t on
a la
rge
scal
e w
here
you
can
tes
t an
d de
velo
p ne
w t
echn
olog
ies.
In c
arre
r Lo
pe d
e Ve
ga, 1
25
(clo
se t
o th
e cr
ossi
ng w
ith
Av. d
iago
nal)
ther
e is
th
e fir
st F
ast
Cha
rge
Sta
tion
for
ele
ctric
vehi
cles
inst
alle
d in
Spa
in, op
erat
ed
by E
ndes
a C
epsa
. Pu
re e
lect
ric
vehi
cles
alre
ady
in t
he m
arke
t, s
uch
as N
is-
san
Leaf
, ca
n be
cha
rged
in t
his
stat
ion
in le
ss t
han
10
min
utes
.
ww
w.li
veba
rcel
ona.
cat
ww
w.n
issa
n.es
/lea
f
06
HO
TE
L M
E
A M
EM
BE
R O
F M
OB
EC
HO
TE
LS
:E
LE
CT
RIC
MO
TO
RB
IKE
S F
OR
TO
UR
IST
S
A B
iosp
here
Hot
el a
nd a
Res
pons
ible
Tou
rism
Est
ablis
hmen
t, H
otel
ME
was
in
augu
rate
d in
20
08
. Th
is t
ower
hot
el,
reac
hing
12
0 m
etre
s hi
gh,
is o
ne o
f th
e ta
llest
bui
ldin
gs o
f th
e B
arce
lona
sky
line.
It
is t
he w
ork
of F
renc
h ar
chi-
tect
dom
iniq
ue P
erra
ult.
Hot
el M
E pa
rtic
ipat
es i
n a
new
ini
tiat
ive,
cal
led
Mob
ec H
otel
s, a
mob
ility
sh
arin
g sy
stem
for
tou
rists
and
cit
y vi
sito
rs w
ith
elec
tric
mot
orbi
kes.
The
pr
ojec
t is
driv
en b
y th
e B
arce
lona
Hot
el A
ssoc
iation
and
Bar
celo
na C
ity
Cou
n-ci
l. W
ith
this
ser
vice
, a
netw
ork
of a
vaila
ble
elec
tric
mot
orbi
kes
will
be
of-
fere
d in
dif
fere
nt h
otel
s of
Bar
celo
na in
ord
er to
redu
ce p
ollu
tion
and
noi
se in
th
e ci
ty.
In f
ront
of
the
hote
l the
re is
a M
obec
poin
t (S
mar
t M
otor
bike
Cha
rge
Sta
tion
).
ww
w.m
obec
poin
t.co
m
ww
w.m
e-ba
rcel
ona.
com
07
FO
RU
M A
RE
A
EX
TE
NS
IVE
RE
GE
NE
RA
TIO
N P
RO
JEC
T w
ITH
CL
EA
N E
NE
RG
Y I
NF
RA
ST
RU
CT
UR
ES
Bar
celo
na’s
org
anis
atio
n of
the
Uni
vers
al F
orum
of C
ultu
res
20
04 –
an
even
t pr
omot
ing
glob
al d
ialo
gue
on c
onte
mpo
rary
cul
tura
l and
soc
ial c
halle
nges
–
invo
lved
the
urb
an d
evel
opm
ent
of t
he c
oast
al a
rea
next
to
the
Riv
er B
esòs
an
d th
e ar
riva
l of
dia
gona
l Ave
nue
to t
he s
ea.
A ne
w s
ubur
ban
cent
re m
ade
up o
f m
ajor
bui
ldin
gs w
as c
onst
ruct
ed,
a ve
ri-
tabl
e ci
ty c
entr
e al
ongs
ide
an a
rea
occu
pied
by
a se
wag
e tr
eatm
ent
plan
t,
an in
cine
rato
r pl
ant an
d a
pow
er s
tation
, inf
rast
ruct
ure
that
was
tra
nsfo
rmed
in
to a
com
bine
d cy
cle
plan
t an
d th
e ne
w B
esòs
was
te t
reat
men
t pl
ant.
The
arch
itec
ts J
osé
Ant
onio
Mar
tínez
Lap
eña
and
Elía
s To
rres
Tur
wer
e ch
arge
d w
ith
desi
gn o
f th
e Fo
rum
Esp
lana
de,
and
they
rec
eive
d va
riou
s aw
ards
for
the
ir w
ork,
the
jury
of
whi
ch v
alue
d hi
ghly
the
inhe
rent
ris
k of
the
pr
opos
al a
nd t
he r
ecov
ery
of o
ne o
f th
e ci
ty’s
mar
gina
l are
as.
From
thi
s hu
ge 1
4 h
ecta
re s
urfa
ce t
he F
orum
Bui
ldin
g an
d th
e C
onve
ntio
n C
entr
e (C
CIB
) ro
se u
p, a
nd i
t w
as h
ere
that
the
eve
nt’s
ope
n-a
ir ac
tivi
ties
to
ok p
lace
. It c
over
s pa
rt o
f th
e co
asta
l ring
-roa
d (R
onda
del
Litor
al)
whe
re
the
heig
ht o
f th
e d
iago
nal
prol
onga
tion
ris
es 1
7 m
etre
s to
cle
ar t
he r
oad,
th
en g
ently
falli
ng u
ntil
it re
ache
s th
e se
a.
Coh
eren
t w
ith
the
Foru
m’s
princ
iple
of
sust
aina
bilit
y, a
dapt
ion
and
the
re-
use
of in
fras
truc
ture
, the
Esp
lana
de is
a v
erit
able
tec
hnic
al fl
oor un
der w
hich
pa
ss d
rain
s, e
lect
rici
ty a
nd w
ater
con
nect
ions
and
tel
epho
ne w
irin
g. C
him
-ne
ys e
mer
ge a
t so
me
poin
ts,
as d
o ot
her
build
ings
tha
t fo
rm p
art
of t
he
trea
tmen
t pl
ant
on t
he l
ower
lev
el,
elem
ents
tha
t ar
e em
ploy
ed t
o pr
ovid
e vi
sito
rs w
ith
shad
e. O
ther
ext
rem
es (o
r fin
gers
) of t
he E
spla
nade
ext
end
until
cu
lmin
atin
g in
clif
fs o
verloo
king
are
as o
f th
e m
arin
a.
08
b_T
EC
FO
UN
DA
TIO
NL
EA
DIN
G T
HE
DIA
GO
NA
L- B
ES
òS
CA
MP
US
b_TE
C s
triv
es t
o cr
eate
a c
utti
ng-e
dge
univ
ersi
ty c
ampu
s in
an
atte
mpt
to
turn
kno
wle
dge
into
eco
nom
ic a
ctiv
ity
mor
e ef
ficie
ntly
and
with
a st
rong
com
-m
itm
ent
to t
he lo
cal c
omm
unit
y.
The
dia
gona
l-Bes
òs C
ampu
s is
str
uctu
red
as a
res
earc
h pa
rk c
ompr
ised
of
thre
e pa
rks
in o
ne:
the
Ene
rgy
Par
k, t
he W
ater
Par
k an
d th
e M
obili
ty P
ark.
As
a r
esul
t, i
t se
rves
as
the
back
bone
of
the
proj
ect
as a
who
le a
nd i
s es
-se
ntia
l for
the
eco
nom
ic d
evel
opm
ent
of t
he s
ecto
r.
The
park
aim
s to
enh
ance
the
qua
lity
of u
nive
rsit
y te
achi
ng,
enrich
ing
the
know
ledg
e de
velo
ped
and
prov
idin
g th
is k
now
ledg
e to
bus
ines
ses
in t
he e
n-
ergy
, w
ater
and
mob
ility
sec
tors
.
ww
w.b
tec.
org
09
CAT
AL
ON
IA
EN
ER
GY
EF
FIC
IEN
CY
CL
US
TE
RP
UB
LIC
-PR
IVA
TE
SE
CT
OR
PL
AT
FO
RM
www.clustereficiencia.or
g
The
Clú
ster
d’E
ficiè
ncia
Ene
rgèt
ica
de C
atal
unya
(C
EEC
) is
an
orga
nisa
tion
th
at s
eeks
to
prom
ote
the
field
of
ener
gy e
ffici
ency
by
faci
litat
ing
colla
bora
-tion
bet
wee
n m
embe
r co
mpa
nies
and
org
anis
atio
ns f
rom
the
tec
hnol
ogy,
re
sear
ch,
inst
itut
iona
l, re
gula
tory
, in
dust
rial
, m
edia
and
bus
ines
s se
ctor
s.
The
CEE
C w
as s
et u
p as
a n
on-p
rofit
bus
ines
s gr
oup
com
pris
ing
com
pani
es
that
, as
par
t of
the
ir bu
sine
ss,
supp
ly,
prom
ote
or d
evel
op e
nerg
y-ef
ficie
ncy
prod
ucts
and
ser
vice
s fo
r th
e fo
llow
ing
sect
ors:
bui
ldin
g, m
obili
ty,
publ
ic
serv
ices
, in
dust
ry a
nd t
rain
ing.
The
Clu
ster
enc
oura
ges
colla
bora
tion
bet
wee
n m
embe
r co
mpa
nies
and
or-
gani
sation
s in
ord
er t
o re
ap t
he m
axim
um b
enefi
t fr
om t
heir
syne
rgie
s.
10
IRE
CCA
TA
LO
NIA
IN
ST
ITU
TE
F
OR
EN
ER
GY
RE
SE
AR
CH
The
Cat
alon
ia I
nsti
tute
for
Ene
rgy
Res
earc
h (I
REC
in
Cat
alan
), c
reat
ed i
n 2
00
8,
is s
peci
alis
ed i
n te
chno
logi
cal
rese
arch
and
dev
elop
men
t ac
tivi
ties
re
late
d to
sav
ing
ener
gy,
ener
gy e
ffici
ency
and
ren
ewab
le e
nerg
ies.
Mor
e sp
ecifi
cally
, it
has
rese
arch
lin
es b
ased
on
tech
nolo
gies
rel
ated
to
mic
ro
netw
orks
, ele
ctric
vehi
cles
, ene
rgy
stor
age,
bui
ldin
g ef
ficie
ncy,
bio
ener
gy a
nd
biof
uels
, an
d of
fsho
re w
ind
ener
gy.
The
Inst
itut
e al
so h
as a
n el
ectr
ical
eng
inee
ring
res
earc
h ar
ea a
nd a
noth
er
devo
ted
to t
he r
esea
rch,
des
ign
and
char
acte
risat
ion
of m
ater
ials
for
ene
rgy.
IR
EC w
ill g
radu
ally
con
tinue
to
deve
lop
until
2014,
by w
hich
tim
e it
will
hav
e 16
0 h
ighl
y qu
alifi
ed r
esea
rche
rs.
ww
w.ir
ec.c
at
11
DIS
TR
ICL
IMA
HE
AT
ING
AN
D C
OO
LIN
G S
YS
TE
M
dis
tric
lima
was
set
up
in 2
00
2 t
o im
plem
ent,
for
the
firs
t tim
e in
Spa
in,
a di
strict
hea
ting
and
coo
ling
netw
ork
for
use
in h
eatin
g, a
ir co
nditio
ning
and
sa
nita
ry h
ot w
ater
. Th
e pr
ojec
t w
as i
nitial
ly l
ocat
ed i
n an
urb
an r
emod
elle
d ar
ea o
f B
arce
lona
: Fo
rum
.
The
proj
ect
enco
mpa
ssed
the
des
ign,
con
stru
ctio
n an
d la
ter
use,
ove
r a
25
- ye
ar c
once
ssio
n, o
f th
e Fo
rum
’s p
rodu
ctio
n st
atio
n an
d en
ergy
dis
trib
utio
n ne
twor
k. I
n 2
00
5,
a se
cond
sta
ge s
tart
ed w
ith
the
ampl
ifica
tion
of
the
net-
wor
k to
the
22
@ In
nova
tion
dis
tric
t.
Mai
n en
viro
nmen
tal
adva
ntag
es of
d
istr
iclim
a: R
esid
ual
ener
gy so
urce
s ar
e ge
nera
lly u
sed
(urb
an s
olid
was
te o
r ot
hers
) in
hig
h pe
rfor
man
ce e
n-
ergy
equ
ipm
ent,
thu
s m
inim
isin
g fo
ssil
orig
in p
rim
ary
ener
gy c
onsu
mpt
ion;
re
duct
ion
of g
reen
hous
e ef
fect
gas
em
issi
on a
nd s
igni
fican
t re
duct
ion
of
refr
iger
ant lo
sses
into
the
atm
osph
ere
com
pare
d w
ith
conv
ention
al s
yste
ms.
d
istr
iclim
a pr
even
ted
10,1
00
t of
CO
2 e
mis
sion
s an
d re
duce
d th
e us
e of
fos
-si
ls f
uels
by
56
% in
2010.
ww
w.d
istr
icli
ma.
com
12
Fò
RU
M S
OL
AR
P
HO
TO
VO
LT
AIC
P
LA
NT
A S
YM
BO
L O
F L
OCA
L E
NV
IRO
NM
EN
TA
LL
Y
FR
IEN
DL
Y P
OL
ICIE
S
The
Foru
m S
olar
Pho
tovo
ltai
c P
lant
was
ina
ugur
ated
in
20
04
and
ins
talle
d on
the
pro
long
atio
n of
the
For
um E
spla
nade
, a
bit
furt
her
out
tow
ards
the
se
a, a
t th
e en
tran
ce t
o th
e ne
w M
aria
na.
The
inst
alla
tion
pro
vide
d a
good
de
al o
f th
e el
ectr
ical
ene
rgy
and
beca
me
esta
blis
hed
as a
mon
umen
t to
ec
olog
ical
com
mit
men
t.
It i
s a
sout
h-fa
cing
, 4,5
00 m
2 o
bliq
ue s
urfa
ce m
ount
ed o
n fo
ur r
einf
orce
d co
ncre
te p
illar
s; a
hug
e pe
rgol
a re
ceiv
es t
he s
un’s
rad
iation
and
sim
ulta
ne-
ousl
y pr
oduc
es e
nerg
y an
d sh
ade.
The
pow
er o
f the
sol
ar p
anel
is 1
,10
0 k
Wp
and
it is
bas
ed o
n si
licon
mon
ocry
stal
line
cells
. In
the
are
a th
ere
is a
sai
ling
scho
ol a
lso
cove
red
with
sola
r pa
nels
.
In 2
00
9, th
e C
ity
of B
arce
lona
thro
ugh
its
Bar
celo
na E
nerg
y A
genc
y as
sign
ed
the
righ
ts f
or t
he o
pera
tion
and
mai
nten
ance
of
the
sola
r pa
nel
to T
ERS
A,
amon
g ot
her
sola
r in
fras
truc
ture
s. T
ERS
A is
a p
ublic
com
pany
spe
cial
ized
in
sele
ctin
g, p
roce
ssin
g, c
ontr
ol,
man
agem
ent
and
reco
very
of
mun
icip
al s
olid
w
aste
, w
ith
the
com
mitm
ent
and
assu
ranc
e of
con
tinuo
us i
mpr
ovem
ent
in
envi
ronm
enta
l man
agem
ent
activi
ties
.
ww
w.t
ersa
.com
ww
w.b
arce
lona
ener
gia.
cat
13
FU
SIO
N F
OR
E
NE
RG
Y (
F4E
)E
UR
OP
EA
N I
TE
R C
ON
TR
AC
TIN
G A
UT
HO
RIT
Y
Fusi
on f
or E
nerg
y (F
4E)
is
the
Euro
pean
Uni
on’s
Joi
nt U
nder
taki
ng f
or I
TER
an
d th
e d
evel
opm
ent
of F
usio
n E
nerg
y. It
was
est
ablis
hed
for
a pe
riod
of 3
5
year
s, f
rom
Apr
il 2
007
on,
and
it is
loca
ted
in B
arce
lona
.
F4E
is r
espo
nsib
le f
or p
rovi
ding
Eur
ope’
s co
ntribu
tion
to
ITER
, th
e w
orld
’s
larg
est s
cien
tific
par
tner
ship
tha
t aim
s to
dem
onst
rate
fusi
on a
s a
viab
le a
nd
sust
aina
ble
sour
ce o
f en
ergy
, sa
fe a
nd e
nviro
nmen
tally
frien
dly.
ITE
R b
ring
s to
geth
er 7
par
ties
tha
t rep
rese
nt h
alf o
f the
wor
ld’s
pop
ulat
ion
– th
e EU
, Rus
-si
a, J
apan
, C
hina
, In
dia,
Sou
th K
orea
and
the
Uni
ted
Sta
tes.
F4E
will
als
o co
ntribu
te t
owar
ds t
he c
onst
ruct
ion
of d
emon
stra
tion
fus
ion
reac
tors
. IT
ER is
curr
ently
cons
truc
ted
in E
urop
e (n
ear
Cad
arac
he in
Sou
th-
east
ern
Fran
ce).
http
://f
usio
nfor
ener
gy.e
urop
a.eu
14
BL
OO
D &
HU
MA
N
TIS
SU
E B
AN
KE
XA
MP
LE
OF
GR
EE
N A
RC
HIT
EC
TU
RE
The
Blo
od &
Hum
an T
issu
e B
ank
is a
pub
lic c
ompa
ny w
hose
mis
sion
is
to
man
age
and
adm
inis
ter
the
dona
tion
, tr
ansf
usio
n an
d an
alys
is o
f bl
ood
and
bloo
d pl
asm
a, a
s w
ell
as a
ctin
g as
a c
entr
e fo
r ob
tain
ing
and
proc
essi
ng
hum
an t
issu
es. Th
e ne
w c
orpo
rate
hea
dqua
rter
s is
a p
roje
ct d
esig
ned
by a
r-ch
itec
ts J
oan
Sab
até
and
Hor
acio
Esp
eche
Sot
ailo
(S
aAS
Sab
até
asso
ciat
s)
and
follo
ws
strict
ene
rgy-
savi
ng c
rite
ria.
The
build
ing
uses
spe
cific
str
ateg
ies
for
hot
clim
ates
, lik
e th
e M
edite
rran
ean,
w
here
the
prim
ary
prob
lem
is
exce
ss h
eat.
The
thi
ck f
açad
e an
d hi
gh lev
els
of t
herm
al i
nsul
atio
n ac
t as
an
exte
rior
shie
ld a
gain
st o
verh
eatin
g. T
he s
ize
of w
indo
ws
has
been
lim
ited
and
thei
r so
lar
prot
ectio
n ha
s be
en a
ssur
ed b
y de
sign
. The
air
cond
ition
ing
equi
pmen
t allo
ws
free
coo
ling,
nat
ural
coo
ling
with
co
oler
air
from
out
side
the
bui
ldin
g w
hen
avai
labl
e, h
eat
exch
ange
rs a
llow
s 10
0%
hea
t re
cove
ry d
urin
g re
nova
tion
of a
ir in
the
bui
ldin
g. T
he h
eati
ng a
nd
cool
ing
syst
em is
also
inn
ovat
ive.
It
is b
ased
on
the
use
of c
entr
ifuga
l co
m-
pres
sors
with
floa
ting
turb
ines
, co
nden
sed
by h
ighl
y en
ergy
effi
cien
t ad
iaba
tic
chill
ers.
Sol
ar t
herm
al a
nd p
hoto
volt
aic
syst
ems
inte
grat
ed i
n th
e pe
rgol
a ov
er t
he r
oof
of t
he b
uild
ing
expl
oit
the
sola
r ra
diat
ion
inci
dent
on
the
roof
to
help
mee
t th
e do
mes
tic h
ot w
ater
dem
and
and
to g
ener
ate
elec
tric
ity.
The
sum
of th
ese
stra
tegi
es h
as e
nabl
ed t
he b
uild
ing
to o
btai
n an
“A”
grad
e Ene
rgy
Effi
cien
cy C
erti
ficat
ion,
with
an o
vera
ll he
atin
g, v
entil
atio
n an
d ai
r co
nditio
ning
(HVA
C) s
avin
g of
72
% (8
4%
in c
oolin
g) c
ompa
red
to a
con
vent
ion-
al b
uild
ing
desi
gned
for
the
sam
e us
e. T
his
high
leve
l of pe
rfor
man
ce is
als
o ve
ry c
ost e
ffec
tive
. For
all
thes
e re
ason
s, the
bui
ldin
g ha
s be
en a
ccla
imed
as
one
of t
he m
ost
sust
aina
ble
prop
erti
es in
Eur
ope.
ww
w.b
ancs
ang.
net
ww
w.s
aas.
cat
15
BIC
ING
BA
RC
EL
ON
A’S
BIK
E P
UB
LIC
UR
BA
N T
RA
NS
PO
RT
Bic
ing
is t
he n
ame
of a
com
mun
ity
bicy
cle
prog
ram
me
of t
he c
ity
of B
arce
-lo
na. It a
ims
to m
ake
avai
labl
e to
citiz
ens
bicy
cles
for
com
mut
ing
wit
hin
the
city
, with
an e
cono
mic
al a
nd s
usta
inab
le tra
nspo
rtat
ion
mod
e. It
s pu
rpos
e is
to
fac
ilita
te s
hort
dai
ly t
rips
, bu
t no
t fo
r to
uris
m o
r re
crea
tion
al u
se.
Use
rs m
ust
acqu
ire
a ye
arly
mem
bers
hip.
The
syst
em h
as a
net
wor
k of
sta
-tion
s to
lend
and
ret
urn
the
bicy
cles
dis
trib
uted
thr
ough
out t
he c
ity.
Mos
t sta
-tion
s ar
e si
tuat
ed n
ext to
pub
lic t
rans
port
sto
ps o
r pu
blic
par
king
to
faci
litat
e an
d pr
omot
e in
term
odal
ity. w
ww
.bic
ing.
cat
TH
E M
OS
T I
NN
OV
AT
IVE
ID
EA
S
ST
AR
T A
T A
BL
AN
K P
AG
E
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