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The Lima, low-impact architecture project

Prototype of sustainable housing from Austrian pine

Drafting Interempresas27/04/2009

During the newly closed Edition of Construmat, Joan Sabaté, Sabaté partners architecture and sustainability and the project director, presented Lima (low impact mediterranean architecture), a prototype of sustainable housing that allows a reduction of 97.4 per cent of emissions of CO 2_, and annual energy of only 11.3 kWh per square metre (about 70 euros a year for a House of 80 m²), when the usual are 112,6 annual kWh per m². It also allows significant savings in consumption of drinking water and building materials.

Both the structure and isolation is Austrian pine wood because "because the wood absorbs good part of the CO₂(carbon dioxide) issued by the building ' and also ' is a renewable and recyclable material of which the European market only consumes 2% of its production." "It is the future," said Sabaté.

Following the closure of Construmat, the prototype Lima will be moved to the campus of the school of engineering and architecture of the salt, which is in operation for one year. During this period of time will be checked all the data that have now obtained through simulation software: conditions of comfort, demand and consumption of energy, thermal and photovoltaic, solar production and uptake and consumption of water. The results will be available in real time on the web http://www.lima.cat.

Also save up to 53% the consumption of drinking water, which means passing the 115 litres per person current at only 57 liters per day per person per day. In fact, with this data, Lima is one of the most efficient buildings in Europe, and can become a point of reference for the future for the constructions of the Mediterranean area.

The Lima project has been funded entirely by private capital from a 'cluster' of 40 companies, including some Spanish, in addition to the school of architecture and engineering La Salle.

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