Fundación Naturgy

Activity “Learning-Service Programme. The energy expense”. Spain
2019-09-01 09:00 - 2020-06-30 17:00 (Europe/Madrid)
The Naturgy Foundation provides the education community with this educational activity about energy management, which is aimed at 14–16 year-old children. This educational method, which is held in classrooms with education support from the Naturgy Foundation, covers topics such as the environment, physics, chemistry and technology.

From 1 September 2019 to 30 June 2020
In education centres across Spain
More information and registration:
Learning-Service
educacionfundacion@naturgy.com o
tel. 93 412 96 80

Exhibition "La belleza de la máquina. Fotografía industrial de Ramón de Baños (1890-1980)". Barcelona
2019-10-07 09:00 - 2019-12-13 20:00
Del 7 October to 13 Desember, the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona presents the exhibition La belleza de la máquina about the most significant artistic work by Ramon de Baños (1890-1980) regarding industrial photography. Thanks to extensive research of the Historical Archive, today the Naturgy Foundation is releasing an unpublished selection of photographs that rediscover Ramon de Baños, known until now as a pioneer of Catalan cinema, as a photographer. The collection of photographs that have been brought to light have their own visual code and offer a new perspective that allows us to enjoy the beauty of industrial photography. These photographs now make up an extraordinary graphic document of a world that no longer exists.
The company Catalana de Gas y Electricidad S.A., just like many other companies of the time, carried out photography projects to document and publish its heritage and capacity of production. Despite the first collaborations between Ramon de Baños and Catalana de Gas in 1929 for the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona, he was not incorporated as a ‘photographer attached to the Technical Services’ until much later. The main project that Ramon de Baños carried out for the company was called 1947 Album, a collection of 58 photographs of industrial machinery and architecture. It is a collection of images that had a propaganda objective and wanted to show the important asset the company once had, its modernity and its extraordinary business activity.
Ramon de Baños develops his own photographic style that enables him to embellish and glorify machinery and the industrial landscape. They are well-framed and well-structured pieces with a careful arrangement of the objects represented. The images are not representations of a truthful reality but rather, while avoiding a human presence, reveal the architectural magnificence of factories and the beauty of machinery. Hence, despite fulfilling a propaganda purpose, these images convey a distinctly spiritual emotion. The photographs have been altered by outlining certain elements with the finest of brushes, airbrushing techniques, paints, pencils and fine cutting tools. This meticulous work enabled him to define surfaces and planes of light, clean up irregularities and obscure imperfections to achieve the incredibly personal lyrical tone of his compositions.

From 7 October to 13 Desember 2019
Schedule: Monday to Thursday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Weekends and holidays, the Exhibition Hall will remain closed.

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Building of the Library of Communication and General Newspaper Archives – Pl. Cívica
08193 Bellaterra, Cerdanyola del Vallès (Barcelona)
Free entrance

Seminar “Policies and Measures against Energy Poverty”. Madrid
2019-11-04 08:30 - 13:30
8:30 Registration
9:00 Opening Session
José Domínguez Abascal, State Secretary for Energy at the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition
Francisco Reynés, Chairman & CEO of Naturgy
09:30 Round Table Discussion I: Actions against energy poverty
Moderated by: María Eugenia Coronado, Managing Director of the Naturgy Foundation
María Teresa Costa, Professor of Economics at the University of Barcelona and Professor of Energy Sustainability (IEB-UB). Presentation of the report entitled “Energy Poverty in Spain: An income-based approach”
Ester Sevilla, Social and International Projects Director at the Naturgy Foundation. Naturgy Energy Vulnerability Plan
10:20 Coffee break
10:50 Round Table Discussion II. Participatory action for dealing with energy poverty
Modderated by: Alberto Barranco, Advisor to the Office of the State Secretary for Energy
Spanish Red Cross representative.
Natalia Peiro, General Secretary of Cáritas
Xavier Mauri, Managing Director of Hàbitat3 Foundation.
11:50 Keynote speaker: Energy poverty from a global perspective
Moderated by: Joan Batalla, Professor at the University of Barcelona and researcher for the Professor of Energy Sustainability (IEB-UB)
Shonali Pachauri, Assistant Director of the Programme for Transitions to New Technologies and Senior Researcher on the Energy Programme at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
12:50 Closing Ceremony
Rafael Villaseca, Chairman of the Naturgy Foundation
13:30 End

A copy of the report “Energy poverty in Spain. Approach from an income perspective ” will be delivered to all attendees.

Monday, 4 November
Casa de América –
C. Marqués del Duero, 2 28001 Madrid
Spaces are limited.

“Air Quality. A modern challenge” exhibition. Barcelona
2019-11-08 09:00 - 2019-11-18 17:00
The exhibition entitled “Air Quality. A modern challenge” and produced by the Naturgy Foundation to help promote environmental training and awareness in society shows how the phenomenon of air pollution is a key factor that determines the health of people and the environment. The implementation of various initiatives by the public authorities, private businesses and the public will be an essential challenge for meeting the levels set by the World Health Organisation to improve air quality in our environment.
Against this backdrop and among other measures, the responsible use of energy –and natural gas, more specifically– as a clean fuel will be a decisive factor in reducing emissions and trying to improve air quality. Commissioned by the expert professor in air pollution, Dr Xavier Querol, the exhibition offers tools for understanding and interpreting the key factors that determine air quality through four sections: description of the phenomenon; the underlying causes; the effects it produces; and the solutions for tackling it.

From 8 to 17 November 2019,
9 am to 5 pm Monday to Friday
and 10.30 am to 2 pm
on Saturday, 16 November.

IDEAE-CSIC
C/ Jordi Girona, 18-24 08034 Barcelona

Free admission
More information at
exposicionesfundacion@naturgy.com
or Tel. (+34) 93 412 96 40

Activity “19th Science and Innovation Week in Madrid: Tour of the Hydropower Plant and Bolarque Museum”
2019-11-09 09:00 - 14:00
This educational activity, which will leave from the Foundation’s offices in Madrid, will lead to the special location of the Salto de Bolarque. This experience will allow you to discover a top-level museum which is considered a unique example in the power industry, especially in terms of power generation through water power.
The Science and Innovation Week in Madrid, which will be held from 4 to 17 November, is a science education event in which the public can take part. It is organised by the Fundación para el Conocimiento madri+d, which aims to actively include the public in science, technology and innovation, with a special focus on including children, promoting science professions and removing gender barriers in the early formative years.

Participants are advised to wear comfortable clothing and bring a small drink for the day. Limited spaces. Activity subject to a minimum number of participants.

Saturday 9 November 2019, from 9 am to 2 pm.
Avenida de San Luis 77 – 28033 Madrid (Collection and meeting point for bus transfer to Bolarque)
Price: free
More information and signups:
educacionfundacion@naturgy.com

Talks On “Developing the Energy Transition and the Role of Natural Gas” with Vaclav Smil. Madrid
2019-11-14 09:00 - 11:00
Vaclav Smil
He conducts interdisciplinary research in the fields of energy, environmental and population change, food production and nutrition, technical innovation, risk assessment and public policies. A favourite author of Bill Gates, he has published 40 books and almost 500 articles on these topics. He is a distinguished professor emeritus from the University of Manitoba and a member of the Royal Society of Canada (Science Academy). He was named as one of the Top 100 Global Thinkers by Foreign Policy in 2010 and was appointed into the Order of Canada in 2013. He has worked as a consultant for many US, EU and international institutions.
Schedule
9.30 am Introduction
9.40 am Developing the energy transition and the role of natural gas
Vaclav Smil, scientist and political analyst.
10.40 am Q&A session
11 am Networking coffee / End of the event

Simultaneous interpreting at Avda. San Luis.

Thursday, 14 November
Naturgy Headquarters Auditorium –
77 Avda. San Luís – 28033 Madrid
Spaces are limited.

Seminar entitled “Energy-related Renovations: from political strategies into practice”. Barcelona
2019-11-18 09:00 - 13:30
9 am Opening session
Assumpció Puig, Dean, Official Association of Architects of Catalonia.
María Eugenia Coronado, , Managing Director, Naturgy Foundation.
Miquel Rodríguez, Commissioner of the 2030 Agenda, representative of the Barcelona City Council.
Pere Palacín, Managing Director of Energy, Industrial Safety and Mining Safety, Generalitat de Catalunya.
09:30 am Block I: The political strategies
– From the European Directive on building renovation to the update and expansion of the Spanish strategy
Eulalia Figuerola, Catalonia Delegate, Green Building Council Spain.
– Barriers preventing the implementation and management of renovations
Jordi Amela, Technical Director, Housing Consortium of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona.
10.30 am Q&A session

10.45am Coffee break

11:15 am Block II: Roundtable discussion on practical cases in building renovation
– EU-Gugle Project: results from efficient energy-related renovations in Sestao, Biscay
Luiskar Delgado, Managing Director, Sestao Berri 2010.
– EuroPACE Olot: innovative solutions in financing renovations
Jordi Ayats, Manager, Programa HolaDomus.
– Growsmarter Project: Stockholm, Cologne and Barcelona
Lisa Ennarson / Gustaf Landahl, Stockholm City Council.<
– Remourban Project: Valladolid, Nottingham and Tepebasi
Miguel Ángel García, Department of Strategy and Business Development, CARTIF.
1 pm Q&A session

1.15 pm End of the seminar

Monday, 18 November
Official Association of Architects of Catalonia –
5 Plaça Nova, 08002 Barcelona
Spaces are limited.

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