Energetic rehabilitation of an office building in Barcelona by use of passive ventilation strategy and active solar technologies as shading device and corporate identity element

The present paper shows an example for an integrated design process combining the design work of the architect, the use of simulation tools and applied research on new combinations of materials, with the aim of the energetic optimization of an architectonical project. This integrated design approach is promoted and applied by CISol- Centre for Solar Research at the School of Architecture ETSAV as a method for a sustainable building design.