Congratulations! Today the Barcelona+Sustainable network has recognized the project of Princesa49 and its energetic rehabilitation with the Prize for resilience and planetary responsibility (from specific response to global action).

The Barcelona+Sustenible network is made up of more than 1.000 organizations committed to environmental, social and economic sustainability: civic organizations, companies, educational centers, universities, professional colleges, unions, administrations... all of them working to find solutions that increase our quality of life and that minimize the impacts that degrade the environment and resources.

Sostre Cívic we have been part of the #BCNsostenible network for more than a year, and now we have been selected as one of the 10 best practices awarded in 2019, one of the “10 good ideas to change the world”.

We are very happy to share this recognition with the other initiatives selected this year, which are:

• green shaft, with the project We restore the roofs.
• Barna Center, with the project We improve accessibility to the establishment.
• The schools Indian Congress, Baldiri Reixac and Sant Gregori; with the project Nature baths.
• land, with the project LendiApp.
• Restarters Barcelona, with the project restart party.
• The cultural association Orlandai House, with the project Orlandai+Sustainable.
• son canciones, with the project Unusual concerts.
• Free Zone Consortium, with the project Ecocircular CZF.
• Parochial schools, with the project ECOFEP.

Congratulations to all! 🙂

Princesa49: for an efficient and zero-emission Barcelona

The award from the Barcelona+Sustainable network recognizes the energy-related renovation that was carried out in Princesa49 to promote one more energy efficient way of living.

On the one hand, in general terms, the fact that it is a rehabilitation without any extension of the building instead of a new work is in itself a great reduction of resources and energy and therefore a reduction in emissions. In addition, the rehabilitation carried out opted to take advantage of both the constructive advantages presented by the building and the thermal inertia of the enclosures and the use of the patio for a effective natural ventilation.

The project plays with two different performances that, combined, manage to reach the stage of one almost zero emissions building:

• Improving the performance of the construction elements and materials of the existing building to reduce energy demand and, consequently, consumption.
• The implementation of facilities that allow a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to the current scenario.

You can find the good practice sheet Energy rehabilitation of a cooperative housing building in right of use en this link.