Centralized Heat and Cold Generation Plant in Barcelona

Memory of project

The power station is pioneer  in terms of sustainable production and use of energy, with several high-efficiency technologies. It provides an urban network of distribution of hot / cold and injects  self-generated electricity to the distribution network, from the use of residual cold from the reagasification station from the maritime port and from the biomass provided by the urban and metropolitan pruning.

The implemented system actively contributes to increase the sustainability of the city of Barcelona and its surroundings: triples energy efficiency and reduce in 75% CO2 emissions compared to conventional solutions. The facilities enable the intelligent management of the supply and demand (SmartGrid).

The architectural actuation adds to the functional program (industrial and office) spaces to show  the public the processes of production through a perimeter route tour to the facilities, and at the same time this actuation sets the façades of the building, contributing as an element of education, training and outreach of environmental and sustainability values, which must guide human activity.

Each one of the facades is associated with one of the systems present in the central:  water, gas and biomass.

Text: Forgas Arquitectes.