{"id":69249,"date":"2019-11-18T17:43:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:43:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fundacionnaturgy.org\/assumpcio-puig-energy-rehabilitation-is-a-strategy-that-addresses-the-challenge-of-reducing-greenhouse-gases\/"},"modified":"2019-11-18T17:43:44","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:43:44","slug":"assumpcio-puig-energy-rehabilitation-is-a-strategy-that-addresses-the-challenge-of-reducing-greenhouse-gases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fundacionnaturgy.org\/en\/assumpcio-puig-energy-rehabilitation-is-a-strategy-that-addresses-the-challenge-of-reducing-greenhouse-gases\/","title":{"rendered":"Assumpci\u00f3 Puig: \u201cEnergy rehabilitation is a strategy that addresses the challenge of reducing greenhouse gases\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cEnergy rehabilitation is a strategy that addresses the challenge of reducing greenhouse gases.\u201d The Dean of the Association of Architects of Catalonia, Assumpci\u00f3 Puig<\/strong>, made these statements at the \u201cEnergy rehabilitation: from political strategies to practice\u201d seminar organised by the Naturgy Foundation, in collaboration with the Association of Architects, and held in Barcelona today.<\/p>\n

Puig stressed issues such as the importance of reducing heat losses and energy expenditure, which in Spanish households amounts on average to almost one thousand euros, half of which goes on heating. \u201cThis could be drastically reduced with good insulation, which would also minimise pollutant emissions.\u201d \u201cWe need to teach people about rehabilitation,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

She also asserted that \u201cenergy rehabilitation is a key element for the future of our building\u201d work but there are still important challenges to solve. She appealed to all the players involved: \u201cFrom a sectoral, institutional, economic, social and citizen point of view, we have to build structures that adapt to present and future needs in order to fight against inequalities and generate opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n

For his part, the Catalan government\u2019s Director-General of Energy, Industrial Safety and Mining Safety, Pere Palac\u00edn<\/strong>, said that \u201cthe approval of the regulation on urgent measures for the energy transition, which will favour energy rehabilitation through the use of renewable energies, giving way to a more sustainable system, is being studied\u201d. \u201cWe are facing a climatic emergency. Therefore, we must look for, find and apply certain measures in building that will enable us to create new, more efficient structures,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

In turn, Miquel Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, the commissioner for Agenda 2030 and representative of Barcelona City Council, highlighted public-private collaboration in the field of energy rehabilitation, given \u201cthe innovation capacity of the private sector for putting forward new solutions\u201d. He said that energy rehabilitation is part of the current economic model and proposed taking advantage of renewable energies.<\/p>\n

The Director General of the Naturgy Foundation, Mar\u00eda Eugenia Coronado<\/strong>, stated that energy rehabilitation is one of the keys to improving the energy efficiency of buildings, \u201cwhich represent around 40% of energy consumption and more than 30% of CO2 emissions in the EU\u201d. She also reiterated that one of the fundamental projects in which the foundation participates is the rehabilitation of buildings for families at risk of social exclusion, with the aim of improving their quality of life and reducing their energy bills.<\/p>\n

The Green Building Council Spain\u2019s delegate in Catalonia, Eulalia Figuerola<\/strong>, explained that Spain is reviewing the long-term strategy for energy rehabilitation in the building sector. Figuerola recalled that \u201cbuildings play a major role in the 2050 European Decarbonisation Strategy, as they are responsible for more than 31% of emissions\u201d.<\/p>\n

In his contribution, Jordi Amela<\/strong>, technical director of the Barcelona Metropolitan Area Housing Consortium (CMH), explained that the institution he represents has the challenge of rehabilitating 300,000 homes per year with an average investment of \u20ac15,000 per housing unit. In that regard, he stressed that the main barriers to this project are \u201cthe structure of property and family incomes, and technical, management and economic impediments\u201d.<\/p>\n

Rehabilitation case studies<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Four case studies on improving energy efficiency in buildings were also presented during the seminar. One of the projects presented was the \u2018GrowSmarter Project:<\/strong> Stockholm, Cologne and Barcelona<\/strong>\u2019, in which Naturgy participates. Lisa Ennarson<\/strong>, head of the Planning and Environment Department at Stockholm City Council, and Gustaf Landahl<\/strong>, the GrowSmarter coordinator, explained that this project aims to apply technologies focused on citizen empowerment, economic savings and emission reduction in smart cities. In Barcelona, Naturgy is developing new technologies in the energy rehabilitation of residential and tertiary buildings, energy management in the home, and the integration of distributed generation in urban environments.<\/p>\n

Luiskar Delgado<\/strong>, managing director of Sestao Berri 2010<\/strong>, explained how the EU-Gugle project has rehabilitated an area of almost 20,000 m2<\/sup> in the Txabarri-El Sol area and brought about a change of mentality among the people there, for whom energy-saving devices mean greater comfort and greater autonomy in building energy management<\/p>\n

Jordi Ayats<\/strong>, who manages HolaDomus<\/strong>, a consortium of 8 public and private European companies within the framework of the EuropPACE project, funded by the European Commission, explained that "the aim is to boost energy efficiency and renewable energy in housing, and improve the welfare of families through more comfortable, healthy and environmentally-friendly homes\u201d.<\/p>\n

For his part, Miguel \u00c1ngel Garc\u00eda<\/strong>, from the CARTIF Strategy and Business Development Department, explained the Remourban Project in Valladolid<\/strong>. \u201cThe FASA-Delicias neighbourhood has become a district of almost zero energy consumption, where the rehabilitation of its 20 residential buildings and the installation of a heat network system based on renewables has reduced the consumption of its 24,000m2<\/sup> by 32% and cut CO2<\/sub> emissions by 90%,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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