Hotel Barcelona 1882

Hotel Barcelona 1882, located in the Gracia district of Barcelona, has become a reference place for sustainability in hotels by achieving LEED GOLD certification. The advantages of its location for transportation have been increased with the installation of 10 spaces for bicycles with changing rooms and showers and four parking spaces inside the building for low-emitting and fuel-efficient vehicles. Part of the roof is dedicated to the generation of on-site energy by solar thermal panels that cover more than three percent of the total energy costs. Furthermore, the project has met uplight and light trespass LEED requirements and the features for a LEED Walkable project site. The facade and installations have been designed including energy efficiency criteria, such as: low thermal transmittance compositions, highly efficient HVAC equipment, LED lighting, building management system, specific lighting controls, among other measures that are expected to represent an energy cost savings of more than 26 percent with respect to a reference building based on ASHRAE 90.1-2007 standard. Another key point of the building is the reduction in more than 46 percent of water consumption and 55 percent for sewage waste, which has been achieved within the engineering design. Also, additional controls consumption meters have been installed in order to manage the building and the irrigation system electronically and supplying automated daily readings. Outdoor air ventilation specifications to all the spaces have been increased by at least 30 percent above the required specs by ASHRAE 62.1-2007 with efficient filtration media. In addition, the ventilation and mechanical systems that are conditioning the building is in compliance with ASHRAE 55-2004 (Thermal Comfort-Design). Regarding the materials, more than 21 percent of the total building materials have been manufactured using recycled materials, more than 53 percent include materials that have been manufactured and extracted within 500 miles of the project site and more than 69 percent of the wood-based materials are FSC certified. All adhesives, sealants, paints and coatings materials used in the building are low-emitting. In the construction phase, measures have been implemented to reduce construction activity pollution and to maintain good indoor air quality during and after construction. In addition, more than 87 percent of construction and demolition waste has been diverted from landfill and incineration.